Energy was last better‑than‑free: 7 days ago Show future prices

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

Daily prices

3 Oct to 1 Nov 2026 · daily price range and average

Yorkshire

5 Oct 12 Oct 19 Oct 26 Oct

30‑day average, Agile vs other tariffs

8%

dearer than Flexible Octopus

27.8p vs 25.6p

1%

cheaper than Octopus Tracker

27.8p vs 27.9p

9%

dearer than Octopus Go

27.8p vs 25.6p

21%

dearer than Cosy Octopus

27.8p vs 22.9p

Stats for 3 Oct to 1 Nov 2026

−7.3p

Cheapest in the last 30 days was on 25 Oct

27 hours

Negative prices avg 9h per neg. day

10% of days

3 of 30 days had negative prices

15.5 hours

Longest negative period was on 25 Oct

27.8p

Average price over last 30 days

Show as a table
DateMinAverageMax
3 Oct 202621.9p30.1p48.9p
4 Oct 20265.9p26.1p49.6p
5 Oct 202610.3p25.6p50.5p
6 Oct 202623.3p32.9p67.8p
7 Oct 202616.4p30.0p49.2p
8 Oct 202610.8p24.5p50.3p
9 Oct 20261.7p10.3p28.9p
10 Oct 2026−3.6p8.1p44.5p
11 Oct 202615.4p29.2p52.5p
12 Oct 202613.6p30.1p49.7p
13 Oct 202611.5p22.9p46.2p
14 Oct 202612.9p27.9p47.7p
15 Oct 202619.1p30.1p57.0p
16 Oct 202624.7p34.3p54.9p
17 Oct 202621.7p30.1p51.1p
18 Oct 202621.1p30.7p53.3p
19 Oct 202627.2p35.6p56.0p
20 Oct 202624.4p33.1p51.6p
21 Oct 202615.9p31.3p50.8p
22 Oct 202614.7p28.4p56.8p
23 Oct 20265.2p29.1p48.8p
24 Oct 2026−0.5p6.4p29.0p
25 Oct 2026−7.3p3.1p32.2p
26 Oct 20262.3p25.0p53.2p
27 Oct 20261.4p20.8p56.8p
28 Oct 202625.8p36.2p56.8p
29 Oct 202633.6p40.9p62.9p
30 Oct 202631.4p39.1p61.9p
31 Oct 202634.6p41.0p60.8p
1 Nov 202634.1p40.5p60.7p