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 2020 · daily price range and average

Yorkshire

Jan 2020 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Agile was cheaperfor the full period CheaperAgilemonths DearerAgilemonth

2020 average, Agile vs other tariffs

40%

cheaper than Flexible Octopus

9.1p vs 15.0p

24%

cheaper than Octopus Go

9.1p vs 11.9p

Stats for 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2020

−10.3p

Cheapest in 2020 was on 23 May

109.5 hours

Negative prices avg 4.5h per neg. day

7% of days

24 of 366 days had negative prices

8.5 hours

Longest negative period was on 24 May

9.1p

Average price in 2020

Show as a table
DateMinAverageMax
1 Jan 20205.0p9.6p25.5p
2 Jan 20204.9p9.3p23.7p
3 Jan 20203.1p8.6p23.5p
4 Jan 20203.8p8.9p25.8p
5 Jan 20204.2p9.0p27.1p
6 Jan 20204.2p9.0p24.8p
7 Jan 20204.4p8.7p23.0p
8 Jan 20203.9p9.3p26.7p
9 Jan 20205.0p9.5p26.1p
10 Jan 20204.6p9.4p24.1p
11 Jan 20203.1p8.6p26.1p
12 Jan 20203.8p9.2p26.9p
13 Jan 20203.6p9.0p24.1p
14 Jan 20200.0p8.3p25.8p
15 Jan 20202.1p8.8p25.6p
16 Jan 20204.6p9.2p24.0p
17 Jan 20204.2p9.1p25.0p
18 Jan 20204.6p9.0p25.8p
19 Jan 20204.4p9.0p25.2p
20 Jan 20206.0p9.9p25.0p
21 Jan 20205.5p10.6p25.7p
22 Jan 20206.3p10.9p26.4p
23 Jan 20206.3p10.8p28.8p
24 Jan 20205.8p11.1p28.4p
25 Jan 20205.9p9.3p25.0p
26 Jan 20204.2p9.1p25.2p
27 Jan 20204.0p9.4p25.8p
28 Jan 20204.2p9.2p24.1p
29 Jan 20203.4p8.8p25.0p
30 Jan 20203.5p8.9p23.9p
31 Jan 20200.2p8.0p23.3p
1 Feb 2020−0.1p7.1p24.6p
2 Feb 20202.1p8.9p24.4p
3 Feb 20200.0p7.7p25.2p
4 Feb 20201.1p7.9p24.6p
5 Feb 20205.1p9.4p24.7p
6 Feb 20204.4p9.2p26.8p
7 Feb 20203.2p8.6p23.5p
8 Feb 20203.3p8.4p25.2p
9 Feb 20200.5p7.3p24.6p
10 Feb 20200.1p7.5p23.9p
11 Feb 20200.8p7.9p24.4p
12 Feb 20202.1p8.3p26.5p
13 Feb 20203.1p8.6p24.7p
14 Feb 20204.6p8.4p22.5p
15 Feb 20200.8p7.8p25.0p
16 Feb 2020−3.2p5.9p24.6p
17 Feb 20200.8p7.4p23.7p
18 Feb 20201.1p7.8p23.8p
19 Feb 20203.4p8.3p23.1p
20 Feb 20204.0p8.3p23.7p
21 Feb 20201.9p8.2p23.7p
22 Feb 20202.5p8.0p23.7p
23 Feb 20204.4p9.0p24.1p
24 Feb 20203.6p9.2p23.6p
25 Feb 20204.2p8.9p25.1p
26 Feb 20204.2p8.9p24.8p
27 Feb 20205.5p9.1p24.0p
28 Feb 20205.5p8.8p23.2p
29 Feb 20200.7p7.4p25.4p
1 Mar 20200.7p7.1p25.6p
2 Mar 20204.5p9.1p26.3p
3 Mar 20204.5p9.3p26.3p
4 Mar 20204.5p11.2p33.3p
5 Mar 20205.9p10.9p35.0p
6 Mar 20205.9p9.6p32.3p
7 Mar 20203.2p8.5p22.8p
8 Mar 20200.4p6.8p26.7p
9 Mar 20203.6p8.6p25.8p
10 Mar 20201.4p7.8p24.8p
11 Mar 20203.1p8.2p25.4p
12 Mar 20200.4p7.6p26.3p
13 Mar 20205.5p10.2p32.5p
14 Mar 20202.9p8.8p23.5p
15 Mar 20200.8p7.5p24.8p
16 Mar 20204.3p9.0p25.8p
17 Mar 20204.0p8.2p24.3p
18 Mar 20204.4p8.7p25.6p
19 Mar 20205.3p10.3p35.0p
20 Mar 20204.4p7.9p23.6p
21 Mar 20202.7p7.7p23.1p
22 Mar 20204.6p8.5p25.4p
23 Mar 20204.2p8.4p23.3p
24 Mar 20203.4p7.3p22.6p
25 Mar 20203.7p8.1p29.6p
26 Mar 20205.3p8.0p25.2p
27 Mar 20205.0p8.0p23.1p
28 Mar 20200.6p5.7p23.1p
29 Mar 2020−1.1p5.6p21.2p
30 Mar 20203.5p7.6p22.1p
31 Mar 20204.7p8.1p23.6p
1 Apr 20204.6p7.9p22.1p
2 Apr 20202.3p7.2p20.8p
3 Apr 20203.8p8.0p23.1p
4 Apr 20202.3p7.5p22.4p
5 Apr 2020−3.1p3.8p20.0p
6 Apr 2020−0.3p6.1p22.3p
7 Apr 20202.6p7.7p21.2p
8 Apr 20204.6p8.1p23.3p
9 Apr 20204.6p7.6p21.1p
10 Apr 20203.6p8.1p22.3p
11 Apr 20204.0p8.5p22.2p
12 Apr 2020−1.0p7.5p20.4p
13 Apr 2020−2.1p4.9p22.1p
14 Apr 20203.4p8.1p22.3p
15 Apr 20204.2p7.5p21.2p
16 Apr 20202.5p7.0p21.4p
17 Apr 20201.9p6.0p20.2p
18 Apr 20201.4p6.7p20.8p
19 Apr 20201.3p6.3p20.4p
20 Apr 2020−4.0p3.8p19.9p
21 Apr 2020−3.1p3.0p21.5p
22 Apr 2020−0.8p5.4p19.9p
23 Apr 20203.1p7.3p21.8p
24 Apr 20203.1p7.2p21.6p
25 Apr 20203.8p7.0p21.0p
26 Apr 20202.7p7.1p21.2p
27 Apr 20203.1p6.8p21.6p
28 Apr 20203.1p7.2p21.6p
29 Apr 20203.6p7.4p21.1p
30 Apr 20203.1p6.9p20.8p
1 May 20202.6p6.8p20.7p
2 May 20202.5p6.9p21.0p
3 May 20203.6p7.4p22.1p
4 May 20203.1p7.3p21.0p
5 May 20202.9p7.0p20.9p
6 May 20203.5p7.1p21.2p
7 May 20203.2p7.0p20.9p
8 May 20204.2p7.8p22.1p
9 May 20204.2p7.9p22.1p
10 May 20200.0p4.6p19.5p
11 May 2020−1.5p6.0p21.8p
12 May 20204.2p7.7p22.1p
13 May 20203.3p7.1p21.0p
14 May 20203.8p7.5p20.9p
15 May 20204.0p7.7p21.0p
16 May 20202.9p7.0p20.8p
17 May 20201.4p6.3p20.6p
18 May 20202.1p6.0p21.0p
19 May 20202.1p6.9p20.6p
20 May 20202.5p7.1p20.8p
21 May 20202.9p6.9p20.8p
22 May 2020−2.9p3.4p18.1p
23 May 2020−10.3p−0.7p14.7p
24 May 2020−4.8p3.3p21.4p
25 May 20202.2p6.5p21.2p
26 May 20204.2p7.7p21.6p
27 May 20204.3p7.5p21.8p
28 May 20203.1p7.0p20.7p
29 May 20202.3p6.8p20.8p
30 May 20202.0p6.6p21.2p
31 May 20201.2p5.8p20.8p
1 Jun 20202.9p7.3p21.4p
2 Jun 20203.9p7.3p22.3p
3 Jun 20203.4p7.2p20.8p
4 Jun 20203.2p7.2p21.0p
5 Jun 20201.7p6.0p19.9p
6 Jun 2020−2.0p4.9p22.2p
7 Jun 20202.3p6.9p21.5p
8 Jun 20204.2p7.5p21.8p
9 Jun 20204.9p7.8p22.2p
10 Jun 20204.3p7.9p21.1p
11 Jun 20203.2p7.1p21.6p
12 Jun 20202.0p6.9p21.8p
13 Jun 20204.7p8.1p22.4p
14 Jun 20204.2p8.5p22.9p
15 Jun 20204.4p7.9p22.1p
16 Jun 20204.8p8.1p22.4p
17 Jun 20204.6p8.2p22.6p
18 Jun 20204.6p7.8p21.1p
19 Jun 20204.4p7.9p21.0p
20 Jun 20203.8p8.2p22.6p
21 Jun 20201.1p6.2p21.6p
22 Jun 20204.2p7.9p22.1p
23 Jun 20204.2p7.9p22.5p
24 Jun 20204.9p8.4p22.7p
25 Jun 20204.6p7.9p21.6p
26 Jun 20203.9p8.4p22.3p
27 Jun 20202.9p7.7p20.6p
28 Jun 2020−3.8p4.0p20.0p
29 Jun 2020−3.7p6.1p21.0p
30 Jun 20201.9p7.6p22.5p
1 Jul 20204.9p8.4p22.2p
2 Jul 20205.0p8.6p22.5p
3 Jul 20204.3p8.3p21.8p
4 Jul 20201.7p7.2p22.6p
5 Jul 2020−4.0p3.3p19.7p
6 Jul 2020−0.6p6.9p22.1p
7 Jul 20205.0p8.6p22.6p
8 Jul 20205.0p9.0p23.7p
9 Jul 20204.4p8.5p23.7p
10 Jul 20204.7p8.2p21.6p
11 Jul 20203.9p7.6p22.1p
12 Jul 20204.1p7.4p21.4p
13 Jul 20202.7p7.9p21.9p
14 Jul 20204.2p8.0p22.1p
15 Jul 20204.6p8.3p22.2p
16 Jul 20205.2p8.4p22.1p
17 Jul 20204.9p8.2p21.6p
18 Jul 20203.8p7.7p21.8p
19 Jul 20203.9p7.7p20.7p
20 Jul 20204.1p8.1p21.6p
21 Jul 20205.0p8.2p22.1p
22 Jul 20204.6p8.2p21.7p
23 Jul 20204.3p8.1p21.8p
24 Jul 20204.7p8.0p20.7p
25 Jul 20203.4p8.0p22.0p
26 Jul 20202.4p7.2p21.9p
27 Jul 20203.5p8.0p21.7p
28 Jul 20201.7p7.1p21.3p
29 Jul 20204.6p8.9p22.9p
30 Jul 20204.6p8.6p23.9p
31 Jul 20205.0p8.5p24.1p
1 Aug 20205.0p8.3p22.5p
2 Aug 20203.9p7.2p20.6p
3 Aug 20204.4p8.4p22.6p
4 Aug 20203.4p7.9p21.5p
5 Aug 20203.8p8.1p22.1p
6 Aug 20204.7p9.0p23.9p
7 Aug 20205.5p9.0p23.0p
8 Aug 20205.7p9.0p23.0p
9 Aug 20204.6p8.6p22.4p
10 Aug 20205.2p9.3p23.8p
11 Aug 20206.0p9.7p24.4p
12 Aug 20205.8p11.1p31.7p
13 Aug 20205.5p9.2p24.3p
14 Aug 20205.7p9.4p23.2p
15 Aug 20205.4p8.8p22.9p
16 Aug 20205.3p9.1p23.4p
17 Aug 20205.9p10.1p26.3p
18 Aug 20206.3p10.1p26.3p
19 Aug 20205.7p9.9p23.6p
20 Aug 20204.6p9.2p25.4p
21 Aug 20202.1p8.5p24.1p
22 Aug 20203.8p8.2p22.9p
23 Aug 20204.1p9.1p25.4p
24 Aug 20205.0p13.0p34.6p
25 Aug 20203.1p8.7p22.7p
26 Aug 20200.8p10.0p31.5p
27 Aug 20206.7p13.1p35.0p
28 Aug 20206.1p9.9p23.8p
29 Aug 20205.2p9.2p23.6p
30 Aug 20205.9p9.9p24.6p
31 Aug 20206.9p12.2p31.4p
1 Sep 20206.7p11.2p26.3p
2 Sep 20206.6p10.7p25.7p
3 Sep 20206.3p10.3p25.1p
4 Sep 20205.0p9.8p23.5p
5 Sep 20205.0p9.7p24.6p
6 Sep 20206.7p11.4p26.8p
7 Sep 20205.9p10.7p25.2p
8 Sep 20205.5p10.7p26.0p
9 Sep 20206.0p10.8p25.6p
10 Sep 20206.8p11.0p27.6p
11 Sep 20206.5p10.3p25.8p
12 Sep 20206.3p9.7p25.4p
13 Sep 20202.6p8.4p24.3p
14 Sep 20205.9p11.7p35.0p
15 Sep 20207.3p14.9p35.0p
16 Sep 20207.6p11.9p27.5p
17 Sep 20207.1p11.2p28.9p
18 Sep 20206.7p10.3p24.7p
19 Sep 20206.2p9.9p24.8p
20 Sep 20206.3p10.3p25.4p
21 Sep 20206.6p14.0p35.0p
22 Sep 20206.7p10.7p26.2p
23 Sep 20206.4p12.2p30.4p
24 Sep 20206.3p10.9p28.1p
25 Sep 20204.2p10.5p26.7p
26 Sep 20204.2p9.2p26.5p
27 Sep 20202.1p9.0p25.7p
28 Sep 20205.3p11.3p31.0p
29 Sep 20206.7p13.4p35.0p
30 Sep 20207.1p11.6p28.7p
1 Oct 20206.4p13.0p35.0p
2 Oct 20205.1p10.6p25.8p
3 Oct 20203.8p10.1p26.4p
4 Oct 20201.9p9.1p26.9p
5 Oct 20205.5p10.8p30.9p
6 Oct 20205.0p10.3p26.2p
7 Oct 20203.9p10.6p28.7p
8 Oct 20206.3p11.5p28.4p
9 Oct 20205.1p10.6p26.0p
10 Oct 20205.9p11.1p29.0p
11 Oct 20205.5p10.6p28.8p
12 Oct 20207.5p11.6p29.6p
13 Oct 20206.6p11.4p27.7p
14 Oct 20205.6p10.8p29.2p
15 Oct 20207.1p12.0p35.0p
16 Oct 20206.4p12.7p35.0p
17 Oct 20207.8p11.6p30.4p
18 Oct 20208.0p11.8p31.0p
19 Oct 20205.8p10.9p26.7p
20 Oct 20205.2p10.5p29.0p
21 Oct 20206.4p11.7p27.3p
22 Oct 20204.1p10.8p30.4p
23 Oct 20206.4p11.4p26.7p
24 Oct 20200.7p10.1p29.2p
25 Oct 2020−8.2p7.3p30.4p
26 Oct 20203.1p10.5p32.0p
27 Oct 20205.7p11.3p29.8p
28 Oct 20203.5p10.0p28.9p
29 Oct 20202.9p10.3p27.9p
30 Oct 20200.3p10.1p32.5p
31 Oct 20203.4p9.4p29.9p
1 Nov 20200.7p8.0p29.6p
2 Nov 2020−1.4p8.7p30.0p
3 Nov 20203.0p9.7p28.8p
4 Nov 20206.7p11.2p35.0p
5 Nov 20205.9p11.9p35.0p
6 Nov 20207.5p11.1p30.2p
7 Nov 20207.0p10.9p29.8p
8 Nov 20206.4p11.2p30.4p
9 Nov 20205.9p11.8p32.3p
10 Nov 20206.3p11.6p32.5p
11 Nov 20205.7p10.5p29.4p
12 Nov 20205.1p10.1p28.6p
13 Nov 20205.3p10.4p30.0p
14 Nov 20201.7p10.2p29.3p
15 Nov 20200.0p8.4p30.2p
16 Nov 2020−0.2p9.1p29.8p
17 Nov 20204.6p10.1p28.6p
18 Nov 20202.9p9.7p28.6p
19 Nov 20200.4p9.8p32.1p
20 Nov 20204.6p11.2p27.5p
21 Nov 20204.2p9.6p27.9p
22 Nov 20205.3p10.0p29.4p
23 Nov 20205.6p10.9p27.3p
24 Nov 20205.5p10.4p26.1p
25 Nov 20205.7p11.6p33.6p
26 Nov 20207.4p13.3p35.0p
27 Nov 20207.6p14.1p35.0p
28 Nov 20207.9p12.2p31.5p
29 Nov 20208.3p12.3p34.6p
30 Nov 20207.3p11.6p26.9p
1 Dec 20207.2p12.2p32.3p
2 Dec 20207.8p13.5p35.0p
3 Dec 20207.4p13.9p35.0p
4 Dec 20204.7p11.9p27.3p
5 Dec 20207.6p13.2p35.0p
6 Dec 20205.0p12.3p35.0p
7 Dec 20207.3p15.6p35.0p
8 Dec 20206.7p15.3p35.0p
9 Dec 20206.3p16.6p35.0p
10 Dec 20206.6p13.7p34.6p
11 Dec 20206.5p12.9p35.0p
12 Dec 20206.9p12.4p32.5p
13 Dec 20206.5p12.1p30.2p
14 Dec 20205.5p11.8p31.3p
15 Dec 20208.0p12.8p30.9p
16 Dec 20206.7p12.6p31.3p
17 Dec 20206.6p12.4p28.8p
18 Dec 20206.3p12.1p30.1p
19 Dec 20203.4p10.6p29.2p
20 Dec 20205.0p10.8p30.8p
21 Dec 20208.0p12.6p29.7p
22 Dec 20207.5p13.4p35.0p
23 Dec 20209.0p13.1p27.3p
24 Dec 20200.0p11.2p30.4p
25 Dec 202010.0p13.5p25.2p
26 Dec 2020−1.1p9.8p28.3p
27 Dec 2020−4.2p8.1p30.7p
28 Dec 20208.0p14.0p34.6p
29 Dec 202010.1p14.6p35.0p
30 Dec 202010.1p15.2p35.0p
31 Dec 202010.3p15.2p35.0p