Independent Agile Octopus energy price tracker

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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.

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Region

5 Aug to 2 Nov 2026 · daily price range and average

West Midlands

10 Aug 17 Aug 24 Aug 31 Aug 7 Sep 14 Sep 21 Sep 28 Sep 5 Oct 12 Oct 19 Oct 26 Oct 2 Nov

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.

90‑day average, Agile vs other tariffs

10%

dearer than Flexible Octopus

28.1p vs 25.4p

2%

dearer than Octopus Tracker

28.1p vs 27.5p

10%

dearer than Octopus Go

28.1p vs 25.5p

23%

dearer than Cosy Octopus

28.1p vs 22.9p

Stats for 5 Aug to 2 Nov 2026

−7.5p

Cheapest in the last 90 days was on 25 Oct

105 hours

Negative prices avg 7h per neg. day

17% of days

15 of 90 days had negative prices

17 hours

Longest negative period was on 19 Sep

28.1p

Average price over last 90 days

Show as a table
DateMinAverageMax
5 Aug 2026−4.1p16.1p36.2p
6 Aug 202611.3p21.7p38.6p
7 Aug 202613.0p22.5p39.2p
8 Aug 2026−4.2p16.9p39.5p
9 Aug 20261.0p18.2p39.2p
10 Aug 202619.1p25.5p44.6p
11 Aug 202616.8p26.1p45.4p
12 Aug 202617.5p28.0p60.1p
13 Aug 202621.9p31.7p71.6p
14 Aug 202621.7p29.6p53.4p
15 Aug 202613.8p26.0p43.8p
16 Aug 202621.4p28.9p45.3p
17 Aug 202628.1p34.0p51.0p
18 Aug 202621.7p28.8p47.4p
19 Aug 202623.4p30.2p48.1p
20 Aug 202622.9p28.4p43.3p
21 Aug 202623.6p29.7p44.9p
22 Aug 202614.4p25.0p42.6p
23 Aug 202620.4p28.1p46.2p
24 Aug 202623.7p29.9p48.0p
25 Aug 202619.3p28.9p49.7p
26 Aug 202623.0p29.5p49.2p
27 Aug 202622.3p29.4p47.1p
28 Aug 202619.4p28.9p43.5p
29 Aug 202615.1p28.1p46.9p
30 Aug 202622.7p28.5p44.4p
31 Aug 2026−1.5p21.6p44.5p
1 Sep 202610.2p27.2p49.2p
2 Sep 202625.4p31.6p50.9p
3 Sep 20268.2p26.1p48.4p
4 Sep 2026−2.7p17.0p36.3p
5 Sep 2026−4.4p13.3p45.0p
6 Sep 2026−4.5p18.8p48.3p
7 Sep 202614.8p30.3p50.6p
8 Sep 20267.2p24.9p47.9p
9 Sep 202622.6p33.9p56.7p
10 Sep 202622.2p33.7p49.4p
11 Sep 202628.1p36.2p63.6p
12 Sep 2026−2.6p23.2p49.2p
13 Sep 202630.7p37.3p56.8p
14 Sep 202630.3p39.3p58.9p
15 Sep 202623.3p34.1p56.2p
16 Sep 202627.7p35.0p55.4p
17 Sep 2026−2.1p21.3p47.5p
18 Sep 2026−0.5p19.6p41.7p
19 Sep 2026−4.3p4.2p34.9p
20 Sep 2026−5.1p10.4p52.3p
21 Sep 202628.5p36.3p58.3p
22 Sep 202627.8p40.5p90.6p
23 Sep 202622.5p31.7p53.8p
24 Sep 202618.4p30.8p50.6p
25 Sep 202625.2p33.8p57.4p
26 Sep 20261.5p26.3p50.2p
27 Sep 2026−2.5p20.3p47.4p
28 Sep 202625.4p36.8p70.0p
29 Sep 202612.0p29.3p52.5p
30 Sep 20268.7p24.3p49.2p
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 202624.1p31.7p52.1p
2 Oct 202622.6p31.3p47.7p
3 Oct 202623.1p31.6p49.9p
4 Oct 20266.4p27.3p50.6p
5 Oct 202611.0p26.8p51.5p
6 Oct 202624.6p34.5p69.7p
7 Oct 202617.4p31.4p50.2p
8 Oct 202611.5p25.7p51.3p
9 Oct 20261.9p10.8p28.9p
10 Oct 2026−3.6p8.4p45.3p
11 Oct 202616.3p30.6p53.6p
12 Oct 202614.4p31.6p50.7p
13 Oct 202612.2p24.0p47.0p
14 Oct 202613.7p29.2p48.6p
15 Oct 202620.2p31.5p58.4p
16 Oct 202626.1p36.0p56.1p
17 Oct 202622.9p31.6p52.1p
18 Oct 202622.3p32.2p54.4p
19 Oct 202628.7p37.3p57.3p
20 Oct 202625.8p34.8p52.7p
21 Oct 202616.9p32.8p51.9p
22 Oct 202615.6p29.7p58.2p
23 Oct 20265.6p30.5p49.8p
24 Oct 2026−0.3p6.7p28.9p
25 Oct 2026−7.5p3.3p32.4p
26 Oct 20262.5p26.2p54.4p
27 Oct 20261.6p21.8p58.1p
28 Oct 202627.3p38.0p58.1p
29 Oct 202635.5p42.9p64.5p
30 Oct 202633.1p41.0p63.5p
31 Oct 202636.5p43.0p62.4p
1 Nov 202636.0p42.4p62.2p
2 Nov 202635.0p42.0p65.2p