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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

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Daily prices

27 Oct 2025 to 26 Oct 2026 · daily price range and average

Southern Wales

Nov Dec Jan 2026 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct CheaperAgilemonths DearerAgilemonths CheaperAgilemonths DearerAgilemonths CheaperAgilemonths DearerAgilemonths CheaperAgilemonths DearerAgilemonths

Levies cut by 3.5p · 1 Apr 2026Every Agile price fell by 3.5p per kWh when the government took some levies off electricity bills.

VAT cut to 0% · 1 Oct 2026VAT on home electricity is 0% from this date until 31 Mar 2027. It was 5%, not the usual 20%, so this saves only about 1.3p on a typical price, which normal day-to-day changes can hide.

365‑day average, Agile vs other tariffs

14%

cheaper than Flexible Octopus

22.7p vs 26.5p

10%

cheaper than Octopus Tracker

22.7p vs 25.4p

12%

cheaper than Octopus Go

22.7p vs 25.9p

9%

cheaper than Cosy Octopus

22.7p vs 25.1p

Stats for 27 Oct 2025 to 26 Oct 2026

−12.1p

Cheapest in the last 365 days was on 5 Apr

241.5 hours

Negative prices avg 6.5h per neg. day

10% of days

37 of 365 days had negative prices

17 hours

Longest negative period was on 4 Apr

22.7p

Average price over last 365 days

Show as a table
DateMinAverageMax
27 Oct 2025−0.9p15.9p39.2p
28 Oct 20253.3p15.5p36.6p
29 Oct 202511.3p19.6p39.8p
30 Oct 20251.8p18.1p35.1p
31 Oct 20251.8p13.8p32.9p
1 Nov 20251.8p11.5p35.9p
2 Nov 20257.3p16.2p37.5p
3 Nov 20250.2p13.9p36.2p
4 Nov 20251.4p15.6p36.1p
5 Nov 202513.5p19.5p36.8p
6 Nov 202516.2p21.9p42.6p
7 Nov 202517.0p21.2p37.3p
8 Nov 202516.2p20.5p37.8p
9 Nov 202515.8p20.2p37.8p
10 Nov 202514.8p19.7p36.8p
11 Nov 202510.4p18.9p35.8p
12 Nov 20254.0p16.5p35.0p
13 Nov 20250.5p16.1p37.3p
14 Nov 20259.0p17.6p30.6p
15 Nov 20257.9p18.0p37.8p
16 Nov 202514.6p20.3p36.2p
17 Nov 202512.5p19.9p38.5p
18 Nov 202516.9p22.2p39.2p
19 Nov 202516.6p21.5p38.0p
20 Nov 202516.4p23.3p43.2p
21 Nov 202516.9p28.7p52.1p
22 Nov 202516.6p20.9p36.5p
23 Nov 202513.7p19.1p36.6p
24 Nov 202512.2p21.2p37.6p
25 Nov 202516.3p26.6p63.3p
26 Nov 202516.4p23.9p49.1p
27 Nov 20258.0p17.9p32.7p
28 Nov 20256.8p17.3p33.6p
29 Nov 202511.1p19.9p34.8p
30 Nov 202510.1p17.7p36.2p
1 Dec 202511.2p19.0p35.0p
2 Dec 202511.0p19.4p39.0p
3 Dec 202515.0p21.4p40.0p
4 Dec 202515.0p20.8p38.9p
5 Dec 202513.9p19.4p31.3p
6 Dec 202512.0p18.1p33.2p
7 Dec 20254.7p18.4p35.3p
8 Dec 20252.1p15.8p34.3p
9 Dec 20256.0p17.2p32.2p
10 Dec 20253.8p15.4p33.9p
11 Dec 20259.8p17.5p34.5p
12 Dec 202514.8p20.2p36.2p
13 Dec 20259.5p18.6p34.2p
14 Dec 20256.6p14.0p31.1p
15 Dec 202512.6p19.3p35.0p
16 Dec 202514.8p22.0p41.9p
17 Dec 202513.6p19.2p33.3p
18 Dec 20250.0p16.0p32.2p
19 Dec 2025−0.2p15.3p35.2p
20 Dec 202515.6p20.4p35.0p
21 Dec 202514.6p20.2p34.6p
22 Dec 202511.1p19.6p35.5p
23 Dec 202512.9p19.8p34.2p
24 Dec 202512.7p18.9p33.6p
25 Dec 20259.4p18.6p32.9p
26 Dec 202516.2p20.5p35.0p
27 Dec 202515.3p20.1p34.8p
28 Dec 202516.6p21.2p37.1p
29 Dec 202515.0p20.8p34.6p
30 Dec 202516.2p20.8p36.2p
31 Dec 202512.1p20.0p34.5p
1 Jan 20262.5p11.9p33.2p
2 Jan 20263.7p17.4p36.2p
3 Jan 202616.0p20.6p36.3p
4 Jan 202615.5p21.3p36.8p
5 Jan 202617.1p27.7p57.6p
6 Jan 202617.6p25.5p41.8p
7 Jan 202616.3p22.1p40.1p
8 Jan 202616.2p36.1p69.0p
9 Jan 202616.1p21.0p36.4p
10 Jan 202616.9p21.7p40.6p
11 Jan 202613.9p20.2p34.8p
12 Jan 202613.5p20.0p35.7p
13 Jan 202617.6p22.0p37.3p
14 Jan 202618.1p23.7p44.7p
15 Jan 202617.5p23.7p41.0p
16 Jan 202619.2p25.0p44.9p
17 Jan 202619.9p25.7p43.3p
18 Jan 202620.2p24.9p42.4p
19 Jan 202619.9p29.2p51.6p
20 Jan 202618.0p23.2p39.9p
21 Jan 202615.7p22.6p38.4p
22 Jan 202611.9p22.2p38.9p
23 Jan 202617.9p23.5p39.4p
24 Jan 202617.7p23.0p40.0p
25 Jan 202616.4p23.3p40.5p
26 Jan 202618.1p26.1p42.7p
27 Jan 202616.2p24.0p40.8p
28 Jan 202619.6p27.3p46.6p
29 Jan 202620.1p25.8p40.3p
30 Jan 202618.1p24.2p39.4p
31 Jan 202620.3p24.7p41.0p
1 Feb 202619.9p25.0p41.1p
2 Feb 202614.2p23.4p37.8p
3 Feb 202611.6p21.1p37.2p
4 Feb 202616.7p21.7p35.5p
5 Feb 202614.2p20.8p36.8p
6 Feb 202617.4p22.4p37.1p
7 Feb 202618.1p22.4p38.5p
8 Feb 202617.0p22.0p39.6p
9 Feb 202616.6p23.0p40.1p
10 Feb 202616.9p22.0p37.3p
11 Feb 202616.4p20.8p35.1p
12 Feb 202616.3p20.3p35.9p
13 Feb 202616.4p20.7p37.5p
14 Feb 202616.2p20.5p37.6p
15 Feb 202615.0p19.5p35.6p
16 Feb 202615.1p19.5p35.5p
17 Feb 202614.9p19.5p38.5p
18 Feb 202614.8p18.7p33.4p
19 Feb 202614.8p19.6p35.4p
20 Feb 202611.3p19.0p31.9p
21 Feb 202612.4p18.5p33.6p
22 Feb 20264.4p11.7p33.4p
23 Feb 20264.6p17.0p35.5p
24 Feb 202614.9p19.5p35.7p
25 Feb 202615.0p19.2p35.9p
26 Feb 202610.2p17.8p34.5p
27 Feb 20268.9p18.3p34.8p
28 Feb 202615.5p19.8p36.3p
1 Mar 20266.7p15.5p32.6p
2 Mar 20266.4p20.4p46.2p
3 Mar 202618.5p25.8p54.4p
4 Mar 202620.3p29.6p57.0p
5 Mar 202620.8p26.5p44.7p
6 Mar 202621.5p28.3p52.3p
7 Mar 202622.8p28.1p46.8p
8 Mar 202624.6p29.2p46.9p
9 Mar 202624.7p31.9p56.3p
10 Mar 20267.1p28.1p46.6p
11 Mar 20265.4p19.0p44.6p
12 Mar 20260.3p16.1p35.2p
13 Mar 20260.0p16.7p43.8p
14 Mar 202621.0p27.2p46.6p
15 Mar 20261.8p19.5p39.9p
16 Mar 20261.8p19.0p46.0p
17 Mar 202613.6p21.7p44.9p
18 Mar 202619.4p26.0p46.8p
19 Mar 202621.3p27.9p51.2p
20 Mar 202624.9p31.8p50.1p
21 Mar 202623.6p30.0p48.4p
22 Mar 202622.9p28.9p47.5p
23 Mar 202612.0p29.7p50.1p
24 Mar 20260.6p17.3p40.1p
25 Mar 2026−0.2p11.2p43.1p
26 Mar 202617.7p26.0p46.4p
27 Mar 202618.5p27.2p44.9p
28 Mar 20260.4p15.9p44.6p
29 Mar 2026−0.0p12.8p28.8p
30 Mar 20260.5p14.5p41.5p
31 Mar 202620.1p27.7p44.5p
Levies cut by 3.5p. Every Agile price fell by 3.5p per kWh when the government took some levies off electricity bills.
1 Apr 202615.2p23.9p40.5p
2 Apr 202616.7p22.7p36.6p
3 Apr 20261.1p15.6p32.6p
4 Apr 2026−5.1p8.8p25.4p
5 Apr 2026−12.1p1.6p25.9p
6 Apr 202611.2p21.5p38.3p
7 Apr 2026−4.0p17.3p38.0p
8 Apr 202612.8p23.0p44.5p
9 Apr 20267.8p17.7p31.6p
10 Apr 20263.0p19.3p35.9p
11 Apr 2026−11.6p−2.3p15.1p
12 Apr 2026−4.3p6.8p33.3p
13 Apr 202618.6p24.6p40.8p
14 Apr 202615.2p22.8p38.5p
15 Apr 20262.6p15.8p33.6p
16 Apr 202610.8p18.6p37.7p
17 Apr 20266.2p17.5p34.0p
18 Apr 20262.9p15.7p37.0p
19 Apr 20269.0p18.5p35.0p
20 Apr 202615.2p21.7p37.3p
21 Apr 20261.4p16.0p33.9p
22 Apr 2026−1.2p15.4p34.3p
23 Apr 20268.6p19.9p34.9p
24 Apr 202614.3p21.7p39.0p
25 Apr 202610.4p20.2p35.7p
26 Apr 202614.3p21.3p37.7p
27 Apr 202616.1p22.5p41.9p
28 Apr 202614.5p21.8p39.5p
29 Apr 2026−5.3p13.8p34.4p
30 Apr 2026−7.4p11.9p38.9p
1 May 202615.6p21.3p39.1p
2 May 202617.7p22.4p38.9p
3 May 202615.7p21.5p37.7p
4 May 202617.7p23.2p42.8p
5 May 202618.4p23.5p38.2p
6 May 202618.6p23.5p40.3p
7 May 202616.8p23.7p39.4p
8 May 202616.5p22.5p37.3p
9 May 202614.0p20.6p35.8p
10 May 202611.3p18.9p34.6p
11 May 202615.4p21.6p36.5p
12 May 202611.5p19.5p35.2p
13 May 202615.6p21.5p37.8p
14 May 202616.5p22.4p36.1p
15 May 202614.0p21.0p36.6p
16 May 202618.2p23.7p39.6p
17 May 202617.8p23.8p39.4p
18 May 202619.6p26.0p39.3p
19 May 202612.0p20.2p36.8p
20 May 202612.4p21.4p38.2p
21 May 202618.0p24.4p39.9p
22 May 202613.3p21.8p37.2p
23 May 202611.5p20.9p36.4p
24 May 202617.5p23.1p39.5p
25 May 202617.7p22.8p38.7p
26 May 202618.2p24.0p42.4p
27 May 202617.4p22.5p36.1p
28 May 202613.6p21.4p37.7p
29 May 202612.2p22.1p35.7p
30 May 202617.1p22.7p36.8p
31 May 202616.4p22.1p37.4p
1 Jun 202617.7p24.2p40.7p
2 Jun 202617.4p24.0p40.0p
3 Jun 202611.1p21.2p35.5p
4 Jun 2026−1.2p12.5p31.7p
5 Jun 20269.4p22.4p39.6p
6 Jun 20266.1p18.3p37.1p
7 Jun 2026−4.9p9.0p31.5p
8 Jun 202616.3p23.4p39.1p
9 Jun 202613.5p22.1p36.6p
10 Jun 202618.2p24.3p40.0p
11 Jun 202616.3p23.0p38.0p
12 Jun 20264.6p16.5p28.0p
13 Jun 2026−9.0p5.2p21.0p
14 Jun 20261.6p16.0p37.4p
15 Jun 202616.0p22.2p40.2p
16 Jun 202616.3p23.6p40.9p
17 Jun 202613.1p22.0p36.2p
18 Jun 202612.9p23.2p43.1p
19 Jun 202610.1p20.3p38.4p
20 Jun 202614.0p21.3p37.8p
21 Jun 202617.3p22.1p36.9p
22 Jun 202615.9p24.5p51.4p
23 Jun 202616.8p28.9p63.4p
24 Jun 202615.7p34.5p84.5p
25 Jun 202615.2p23.9p48.4p
26 Jun 202614.5p25.6p58.4p
27 Jun 2026−1.2p16.0p35.0p
28 Jun 2026−5.5p13.7p33.5p
29 Jun 202615.3p22.8p46.7p
30 Jun 202616.1p25.1p52.0p
1 Jul 202613.8p22.8p34.5p
2 Jul 2026−4.5p8.8p29.0p
3 Jul 202612.2p20.1p33.7p
4 Jul 2026−5.4p10.2p30.9p
5 Jul 20269.8p18.3p35.6p
6 Jul 20261.3p18.4p33.3p
7 Jul 202615.0p21.5p34.5p
8 Jul 202616.5p23.7p39.5p
9 Jul 202616.6p26.6p44.9p
10 Jul 202619.1p25.1p40.4p
11 Jul 202616.2p23.6p39.6p
12 Jul 2026−2.3p14.3p34.0p
13 Jul 202614.1p23.2p38.4p
14 Jul 202617.2p24.6p41.1p
15 Jul 202617.3p26.4p43.0p
16 Jul 202618.7p29.3p53.9p
17 Jul 202619.4p26.5p40.6p
18 Jul 20263.6p20.2p36.2p
19 Jul 20269.0p19.1p38.0p
20 Jul 202622.0p28.1p45.1p
21 Jul 202620.7p26.5p41.0p
22 Jul 202622.1p27.4p43.0p
23 Jul 202623.8p29.9p46.1p
24 Jul 202612.0p25.8p44.2p
25 Jul 2026−6.9p15.3p41.1p
26 Jul 2026−5.4p15.6p37.6p
27 Jul 202615.0p25.9p42.3p
28 Jul 202613.8p26.1p46.5p
29 Jul 202620.3p27.7p50.2p
30 Jul 202614.7p26.6p45.0p
31 Jul 202620.4p28.0p42.8p
1 Aug 20266.1p23.6p42.0p
2 Aug 202621.2p27.7p44.3p
3 Aug 202620.2p27.9p47.9p
4 Aug 202621.4p27.2p42.5p
5 Aug 2026−4.1p17.0p37.4p
6 Aug 202612.0p22.8p40.0p
7 Aug 202613.7p23.7p40.6p
8 Aug 2026−4.2p17.8p41.0p
9 Aug 20261.2p19.2p40.6p
10 Aug 202620.2p26.9p46.3p
11 Aug 202617.7p27.4p47.1p
12 Aug 202618.5p29.4p62.5p
13 Aug 202623.1p33.3p74.6p
14 Aug 202622.9p31.1p55.5p
15 Aug 202614.6p27.3p45.5p
16 Aug 202622.6p30.4p47.0p
17 Aug 202629.6p35.7p53.0p
18 Aug 202622.9p30.2p49.2p
19 Aug 202624.7p31.8p49.9p
20 Aug 202624.1p29.8p44.9p
21 Aug 202624.9p31.2p46.6p
22 Aug 202615.2p26.3p44.2p
23 Aug 202621.5p29.5p48.0p
24 Aug 202624.9p31.4p49.9p
25 Aug 202620.4p30.4p51.7p
26 Aug 202624.2p31.0p51.1p
27 Aug 202623.5p30.9p48.9p
28 Aug 202620.5p30.3p45.1p
29 Aug 202616.0p29.6p48.7p
30 Aug 202624.0p29.9p46.1p
31 Aug 2026−1.4p22.7p46.2p
1 Sep 202610.9p28.6p51.1p
2 Sep 202626.8p33.2p52.9p
3 Sep 20268.8p27.4p50.3p
4 Sep 2026−2.7p17.8p37.6p
5 Sep 2026−4.4p14.1p46.7p
6 Sep 2026−4.6p19.8p50.2p
7 Sep 202615.6p31.8p52.6p
8 Sep 20267.7p26.2p49.7p
9 Sep 202623.9p35.6p59.0p
10 Sep 202623.4p35.4p51.4p
11 Sep 202629.6p38.0p66.2p
12 Sep 2026−2.6p24.4p51.1p
13 Sep 202632.4p39.2p59.0p
14 Sep 202631.9p41.3p61.3p
15 Sep 202624.6p35.8p58.4p
16 Sep 202629.2p36.7p57.6p
17 Sep 2026−2.0p22.5p49.3p
18 Sep 2026−0.4p20.6p43.2p
19 Sep 2026−4.4p4.5p36.1p
20 Sep 2026−5.2p10.9p54.3p
21 Sep 202630.0p38.2p60.7p
22 Sep 202629.3p42.6p94.5p
23 Sep 202623.7p33.3p56.0p
24 Sep 202619.4p32.4p52.6p
25 Sep 202626.5p35.5p59.7p
26 Sep 20261.8p27.7p52.2p
27 Sep 2026−2.5p21.3p49.2p
28 Sep 202626.7p38.7p72.8p
29 Sep 202612.7p30.8p54.6p
30 Sep 20269.3p25.6p51.1p
VAT cut to 0%. VAT on home electricity is 0% from this date until 31 Mar 2027. It was 5%, not the usual 20%, so this saves only about 1.3p on a typical price, which normal day-to-day changes can hide.
1 Oct 202625.5p33.3p54.2p
2 Oct 202623.8p32.9p49.5p
3 Oct 202624.4p33.2p51.9p
4 Oct 20266.9p28.7p52.6p
5 Oct 202611.7p28.2p53.5p
6 Oct 202625.9p36.2p72.7p
7 Oct 202618.4p33.0p52.2p
8 Oct 202612.2p27.0p53.3p
9 Oct 20262.2p11.4p29.8p
10 Oct 2026−3.7p8.9p47.0p
11 Oct 202617.3p32.2p55.7p
12 Oct 202615.3p33.1p52.7p
13 Oct 202612.9p25.2p48.9p
14 Oct 202614.5p30.7p50.5p
15 Oct 202621.3p33.1p60.8p
16 Oct 202627.5p37.8p58.4p
17 Oct 202624.2p33.2p54.2p
18 Oct 202623.5p33.8p56.6p
19 Oct 202630.2p39.2p59.6p
20 Oct 202627.2p36.5p54.8p
21 Oct 202617.9p34.4p53.9p
22 Oct 202616.5p31.2p60.5p
23 Oct 20266.0p32.1p51.7p
24 Oct 2026−0.2p7.1p29.9p
25 Oct 2026−7.7p3.5p33.5p
26 Oct 20265.8p28.6p56.5p