Energy was last better‑than‑free: yesterday Next

On the Agile Octopus tariff, customers get paid to use electricity when there’s too much in the grid.

That’s cheaper than Octopus Energy paying to store it.

The price changes every half-hour.

How free electricity works

Region

Daily prices

1 Jan to 31 Dec 2023 · daily price range and average

Southern England

Jan 2023 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Agile was cheaperfor the full period DearerAgilemonths CheaperAgilemonth Agile was cheaperfor the full period Agile was cheaperfor the full period

Price guarantee ended · 1 Jul 2023The Energy Price Guarantee discount on Agile prices ended on 30 Jun 2023.

New Agile version · 11 Dec 2023A new version of Agile for new customers, with a different standing charge; the half-hourly prices are the same as the previous version’s.

2023 average, Agile vs other tariffs

31%

cheaper than Flexible Octopus

21.9p vs 31.9p

12%

dearer than Octopus Tracker

21.9p vs 19.6p

32%

cheaper than Octopus Go

21.9p vs 32.1p

28%

cheaper than Cosy Octopus

21.9p vs 30.6p

Stats for 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2023

−19.0p

Cheapest in 2023 was on 2 Jul

107.5 hours

Negative prices avg 2.5h per neg. day

12% of days

42 of 365 days had negative prices

8 hours

Longest negative period was on 2 Jul

21.9p

Average price in 2023

Show as a table
DateMinAverageMax
1 Jan 2023−5.1p21.9p34.2p
2 Jan 202319.8p32.3p34.2p
3 Jan 20236.6p29.3p34.2p
4 Jan 2023−2.2p23.6p34.2p
5 Jan 202312.6p26.1p34.2p
6 Jan 202313.1p25.8p34.2p
7 Jan 2023−1.0p23.3p34.2p
8 Jan 2023−4.9p16.5p34.2p
9 Jan 20236.6p26.5p34.2p
10 Jan 2023−4.4p25.6p34.2p
11 Jan 2023−4.4p21.1p34.2p
12 Jan 2023−2.2p21.6p34.2p
13 Jan 20230.0p23.2p34.2p
14 Jan 20231.1p23.8p34.2p
15 Jan 2023−0.7p20.6p34.2p
16 Jan 202319.9p32.2p34.2p
17 Jan 202325.4p31.8p34.2p
18 Jan 202326.2p31.6p34.2p
19 Jan 202328.7p32.7p34.2p
20 Jan 202328.6p33.0p34.2p
21 Jan 202323.4p31.7p34.2p
22 Jan 202327.4p32.7p40.3p
23 Jan 202327.1p33.8p39.6p
24 Jan 202327.5p33.0p35.0p
25 Jan 202327.3p31.9p34.2p
26 Jan 202324.7p31.5p34.2p
27 Jan 202326.5p32.1p34.2p
28 Jan 202326.4p31.0p34.2p
29 Jan 202317.1p29.1p34.2p
30 Jan 20236.7p27.3p34.2p
31 Jan 202317.7p28.7p34.2p
1 Feb 202313.9p27.5p34.2p
2 Feb 202312.1p29.2p34.2p
3 Feb 202312.2p28.0p34.2p
4 Feb 202325.6p31.4p34.2p
5 Feb 202324.2p30.6p34.2p
6 Feb 202326.5p32.0p34.2p
7 Feb 202326.1p32.5p35.7p
8 Feb 202323.8p30.9p34.2p
9 Feb 202324.3p31.0p34.2p
10 Feb 202324.3p30.2p34.2p
11 Feb 202322.5p30.1p34.2p
12 Feb 202325.4p29.7p34.2p
13 Feb 202325.6p30.1p34.2p
14 Feb 202325.1p29.6p34.2p
15 Feb 202323.6p30.0p34.2p
16 Feb 202316.9p30.2p34.2p
17 Feb 202310.7p25.9p34.2p
18 Feb 202311.3p24.5p34.2p
19 Feb 202316.5p27.3p34.2p
20 Feb 202310.5p24.3p34.2p
21 Feb 202325.0p29.3p34.2p
22 Feb 202323.2p29.4p34.2p
23 Feb 202323.8p29.8p34.2p
24 Feb 202324.4p29.8p34.2p
25 Feb 202323.2p29.2p34.2p
26 Feb 202322.7p28.7p34.2p
27 Feb 202323.8p30.4p34.2p
28 Feb 202324.3p30.4p34.2p
1 Mar 202323.2p29.4p34.2p
2 Mar 202325.2p30.7p34.2p
3 Mar 202324.3p30.1p34.2p
4 Mar 202325.1p28.9p34.2p
5 Mar 202325.3p29.0p34.2p
6 Mar 202321.0p29.9p34.2p
7 Mar 202323.0p29.5p34.2p
8 Mar 202322.6p29.1p34.2p
9 Mar 202317.0p27.5p34.2p
10 Mar 202319.4p26.9p34.2p
11 Mar 202319.8p29.1p34.2p
12 Mar 20238.8p22.3p34.2p
13 Mar 20230.2p21.8p34.2p
14 Mar 202316.0p27.4p34.2p
15 Mar 202323.2p28.0p34.2p
16 Mar 202319.4p25.7p34.2p
17 Mar 202317.9p26.0p34.2p
18 Mar 202320.6p26.2p34.2p
19 Mar 202316.7p25.7p34.2p
20 Mar 202320.0p25.5p34.2p
21 Mar 202312.8p23.8p34.2p
22 Mar 202311.3p21.3p34.2p
23 Mar 20239.0p21.0p34.2p
24 Mar 20237.3p21.4p34.2p
25 Mar 2023−0.4p18.7p34.2p
26 Mar 202313.5p24.4p34.2p
27 Mar 202320.1p26.6p34.2p
28 Mar 202318.3p26.1p34.2p
29 Mar 202317.6p24.8p34.2p
30 Mar 202317.6p24.6p34.2p
31 Mar 202318.4p25.8p34.2p
1 Apr 202312.6p24.0p34.2p
2 Apr 202319.2p25.5p34.2p
3 Apr 202317.2p25.8p34.2p
4 Apr 202321.4p27.3p34.2p
5 Apr 202322.2p27.5p34.2p
6 Apr 202318.7p26.0p34.2p
7 Apr 202318.5p25.5p34.2p
8 Apr 202315.7p23.7p34.2p
9 Apr 20238.8p21.2p34.2p
10 Apr 2023−2.5p15.3p34.2p
11 Apr 2023−5.7p18.4p34.2p
12 Apr 20238.8p21.4p34.2p
13 Apr 202311.1p23.3p34.2p
14 Apr 202320.9p27.0p34.2p
15 Apr 202318.3p23.2p34.2p
16 Apr 202318.8p23.6p34.2p
17 Apr 202316.1p25.3p34.2p
18 Apr 202316.0p23.5p34.2p
19 Apr 202314.9p23.4p34.2p
20 Apr 202316.3p23.9p34.2p
21 Apr 202315.1p23.8p34.2p
22 Apr 202317.3p23.6p34.2p
23 Apr 202314.8p23.2p34.2p
24 Apr 202317.0p23.2p34.2p
25 Apr 202318.2p23.7p34.2p
26 Apr 202317.9p25.2p34.2p
27 Apr 202317.2p22.2p34.2p
28 Apr 202316.5p23.0p34.2p
29 Apr 202317.4p23.4p34.2p
30 Apr 202316.5p20.7p34.2p
1 May 202315.7p21.0p34.2p
2 May 202317.1p23.4p34.2p
3 May 202315.2p20.9p34.2p
4 May 202313.0p19.7p31.6p
5 May 202312.8p20.1p34.2p
6 May 202315.9p21.5p34.2p
7 May 202313.9p21.1p34.2p
8 May 202314.9p20.9p34.2p
9 May 202315.1p22.0p34.2p
10 May 202315.6p21.7p34.2p
11 May 202316.5p23.0p34.2p
12 May 202316.1p21.5p34.2p
13 May 202313.9p19.8p32.2p
14 May 202315.2p20.4p34.2p
15 May 202313.2p19.7p34.2p
16 May 202313.2p19.9p32.8p
17 May 202313.8p19.6p34.2p
18 May 202315.0p20.3p34.2p
19 May 202314.2p19.2p33.2p
20 May 202312.1p17.3p31.6p
21 May 202311.0p17.7p33.3p
22 May 202311.0p17.9p31.5p
23 May 202310.4p17.2p30.7p
24 May 202313.2p17.8p32.3p
25 May 202313.2p18.2p31.3p
26 May 202311.7p17.1p30.4p
27 May 20230.0p15.1p29.6p
28 May 20237.7p16.6p30.0p
29 May 20236.3p15.7p32.4p
30 May 202310.1p17.9p33.3p
31 May 202311.0p16.7p30.2p
1 Jun 202311.5p17.7p31.8p
2 Jun 202310.8p16.8p31.3p
3 Jun 20234.2p15.2p28.5p
4 Jun 20237.9p15.4p29.6p
5 Jun 202311.4p17.6p32.2p
6 Jun 202313.2p18.4p33.5p
7 Jun 202312.7p18.4p34.0p
8 Jun 202313.1p17.5p33.3p
9 Jun 202312.3p18.3p34.2p
10 Jun 20230.9p15.9p32.4p
11 Jun 202314.5p20.0p34.2p
12 Jun 202315.9p22.4p34.2p
13 Jun 202315.0p20.9p34.2p
14 Jun 202316.1p21.1p34.2p
15 Jun 202318.5p23.7p34.2p
16 Jun 202319.2p25.0p34.2p
17 Jun 202316.5p22.5p34.2p
18 Jun 202314.8p21.5p34.2p
19 Jun 202316.5p22.6p34.2p
20 Jun 202317.6p24.3p34.2p
21 Jun 202318.8p24.2p34.2p
22 Jun 202318.4p23.6p34.2p
23 Jun 202316.1p21.9p34.2p
24 Jun 202312.3p20.1p34.2p
25 Jun 20231.0p15.0p32.7p
26 Jun 202312.3p20.4p34.2p
27 Jun 202316.4p21.9p34.2p
28 Jun 202315.9p22.8p34.2p
29 Jun 202316.3p22.5p34.2p
30 Jun 202316.3p20.6p33.4p
Price guarantee ended. The Energy Price Guarantee discount on Agile prices ended on 30 Jun 2023.
1 Jul 2023−2.2p9.1p27.8p
2 Jul 2023−19.0p2.7p24.3p
3 Jul 20232.8p17.8p36.5p
4 Jul 202311.8p21.7p38.0p
5 Jul 202312.3p20.3p35.5p
6 Jul 202315.6p21.2p36.6p
7 Jul 202313.2p18.8p35.0p
8 Jul 20238.5p17.5p35.6p
9 Jul 202315.4p20.7p34.8p
10 Jul 202315.5p23.3p42.9p
11 Jul 202314.2p20.1p35.3p
12 Jul 202313.0p19.0p32.7p
13 Jul 202312.9p19.3p35.2p
14 Jul 202311.0p16.9p28.6p
15 Jul 2023−2.2p7.2p26.2p
16 Jul 2023−9.3p4.6p25.2p
17 Jul 20238.8p17.2p33.1p
18 Jul 202313.2p22.2p45.7p
19 Jul 202312.7p19.0p34.0p
20 Jul 202313.4p18.8p34.2p
21 Jul 202315.4p19.8p34.2p
22 Jul 202312.7p18.8p33.2p
23 Jul 20230.0p13.2p30.7p
24 Jul 202312.1p18.9p32.4p
25 Jul 202314.6p20.6p35.6p
26 Jul 202314.8p20.2p34.9p
27 Jul 202313.2p19.8p34.4p
28 Jul 202313.6p19.0p32.6p
29 Jul 20230.9p15.0p30.2p
30 Jul 2023−4.4p10.3p31.0p
31 Jul 20235.4p15.9p31.2p
1 Aug 202310.7p17.9p35.8p
2 Aug 202311.9p17.0p32.2p
3 Aug 20231.3p14.5p30.2p
4 Aug 202313.5p19.7p36.6p
5 Aug 202313.0p18.8p33.4p
6 Aug 202310.8p16.7p31.6p
7 Aug 202312.1p18.4p34.1p
8 Aug 202310.0p17.9p33.8p
9 Aug 202312.4p19.8p38.7p
10 Aug 202315.4p20.4p33.6p
11 Aug 202311.3p20.0p36.5p
12 Aug 20230.1p16.2p32.7p
13 Aug 20239.2p17.2p32.5p
14 Aug 202315.2p20.5p35.1p
15 Aug 202314.0p19.5p36.9p
16 Aug 202315.8p22.0p41.3p
17 Aug 202314.3p19.6p35.1p
18 Aug 202312.9p19.6p35.5p
19 Aug 20232.2p13.7p32.7p
20 Aug 20239.9p20.7p35.2p
21 Aug 20238.8p22.5p38.7p
22 Aug 202315.4p23.7p45.8p
23 Aug 202319.4p29.7p66.0p
24 Aug 202315.8p27.1p62.2p
25 Aug 202315.8p21.9p39.1p
26 Aug 202315.7p20.5p35.4p
27 Aug 202314.6p20.0p35.7p
28 Aug 202314.6p20.7p38.1p
29 Aug 202315.9p21.6p38.5p
30 Aug 202315.2p21.2p39.2p
31 Aug 202316.8p21.5p38.0p
1 Sep 202315.9p20.8p36.4p
2 Sep 202314.3p19.5p34.9p
3 Sep 202311.4p19.9p36.2p
4 Sep 202315.2p20.8p38.7p
5 Sep 202314.7p19.6p38.7p
6 Sep 202315.2p20.8p46.3p
7 Sep 202315.0p20.7p43.9p
8 Sep 202315.3p22.2p48.3p
9 Sep 202314.6p21.0p39.8p
10 Sep 202316.6p21.8p38.4p
11 Sep 202313.2p24.4p59.8p
12 Sep 202316.0p22.8p41.0p
13 Sep 202315.6p21.1p37.3p
14 Sep 202314.3p21.9p40.2p
15 Sep 202316.1p21.2p38.0p
16 Sep 202314.8p20.3p36.9p
17 Sep 202314.5p20.8p39.7p
18 Sep 2023−1.9p18.2p37.7p
19 Sep 2023−3.9p15.0p33.8p
20 Sep 2023−1.7p14.7p35.0p
21 Sep 20239.5p20.2p40.5p
22 Sep 202314.6p21.4p36.4p
23 Sep 202317.1p22.2p41.3p
24 Sep 2023−0.2p11.8p36.2p
25 Sep 2023−2.3p17.3p40.8p
26 Sep 202312.2p22.0p41.1p
27 Sep 2023−4.6p20.7p36.4p
28 Sep 2023−7.3p16.8p39.4p
29 Sep 20235.7p18.3p40.9p
30 Sep 202314.0p20.9p37.8p
1 Oct 202310.6p19.3p38.2p
2 Oct 202316.8p22.6p46.7p
3 Oct 2023−1.1p14.8p39.4p
4 Oct 20234.3p14.9p36.2p
5 Oct 20239.4p18.3p34.6p
6 Oct 20230.0p13.2p34.5p
7 Oct 20230.0p13.8p35.2p
8 Oct 202313.2p20.3p42.1p
9 Oct 202315.0p23.3p55.3p
10 Oct 202310.5p20.3p39.1p
11 Oct 2023−4.4p18.3p41.3p
12 Oct 202318.7p26.7p54.7p
13 Oct 2023−3.3p15.8p31.8p
14 Oct 2023−4.2p11.0p46.1p
15 Oct 2023−2.2p19.4p47.4p
16 Oct 202321.9p30.4p65.8p
17 Oct 20238.9p24.2p43.2p
18 Oct 2023−1.0p15.7p40.2p
19 Oct 2023−0.5p19.2p44.3p
20 Oct 20232.4p18.9p36.6p
21 Oct 20234.2p19.5p41.3p
22 Oct 202311.5p22.9p44.4p
23 Oct 202318.5p25.2p44.7p
24 Oct 202319.6p25.3p43.8p
25 Oct 202320.8p26.7p46.1p
26 Oct 202319.4p25.2p45.0p
27 Oct 202317.0p24.4p41.4p
28 Oct 2023−1.2p18.6p41.9p
29 Oct 2023−0.0p14.4p47.9p
30 Oct 20230.5p21.0p50.3p
31 Oct 202317.7p25.4p45.8p
1 Nov 20236.9p18.8p39.9p
2 Nov 20231.8p16.7p36.4p
3 Nov 20232.1p17.5p38.0p
4 Nov 202313.8p22.1p40.3p
5 Nov 202318.3p23.1p43.5p
6 Nov 202314.3p22.4p42.0p
7 Nov 202312.6p21.5p42.6p
8 Nov 202312.1p21.4p39.9p
9 Nov 202315.4p22.6p41.7p
10 Nov 202316.5p23.1p40.1p
11 Nov 202317.2p22.4p42.6p
12 Nov 202317.6p22.3p42.4p
13 Nov 20238.8p18.6p38.1p
14 Nov 202311.5p20.4p43.9p
15 Nov 202313.0p21.1p42.6p
16 Nov 202317.4p27.1p52.5p
17 Nov 202318.5p25.0p47.9p
18 Nov 20230.9p19.8p36.6p
19 Nov 2023−4.4p15.9p42.6p
20 Nov 20239.7p22.2p42.5p
21 Nov 202318.9p25.5p44.0p
22 Nov 202310.7p23.0p39.8p
23 Nov 20232.0p18.3p40.0p
24 Nov 20234.4p21.4p43.5p
25 Nov 202318.7p25.3p45.2p
26 Nov 202319.4p26.1p45.7p
27 Nov 202317.6p25.0p39.1p
28 Nov 202316.8p26.3p52.0p
29 Nov 202316.2p30.1p67.7p
30 Nov 202317.6p31.0p63.3p
1 Dec 202318.2p32.6p64.2p
2 Dec 202318.7p25.6p45.7p
3 Dec 202317.4p24.4p44.9p
4 Dec 202314.6p23.2p39.3p
5 Dec 202314.6p23.5p41.7p
6 Dec 202316.5p26.2p46.6p
7 Dec 202314.3p20.6p37.1p
8 Dec 202313.9p20.7p35.9p
9 Dec 20239.1p17.8p35.1p
10 Dec 20233.3p16.6p38.3p
New Agile version. A new version of Agile for new customers, with a different standing charge; the half-hourly prices are the same as the previous version’s.
11 Dec 202311.0p19.9p38.5p
12 Dec 202314.1p20.0p34.6p
13 Dec 202313.9p19.6p36.2p
14 Dec 202314.3p20.1p37.3p
15 Dec 202311.5p18.9p33.1p
16 Dec 20237.9p15.3p32.1p
17 Dec 20233.5p12.7p32.2p
18 Dec 20238.2p16.9p33.3p
19 Dec 20237.7p17.3p34.6p
20 Dec 20231.0p13.5p31.3p
21 Dec 2023−3.7p9.9p31.3p
22 Dec 2023−0.9p9.7p28.5p
23 Dec 2023−4.4p6.1p24.7p
24 Dec 2023−2.6p2.7p19.5p
25 Dec 2023−3.3p7.4p23.6p
26 Dec 2023−4.4p13.2p35.9p
27 Dec 2023−0.4p12.4p29.6p
28 Dec 2023−2.2p7.9p29.8p
29 Dec 2023−3.9p12.3p34.3p
30 Dec 20235.3p15.8p34.1p
31 Dec 20234.0p14.7p36.2p