Plunge Radar Agile prices

Find the cheapest time to use electricity, every day.

Half-hourly Agile Octopus prices for your area, today and tomorrow, in plain English. Updated every afternoon.

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London · Mon 12 Oct
Cheapest 2 hours11:00–13:00averages 25.2p per kWh. Run the washing machine, dishwasher or car charger now.
Dearest 2 hours17:00–19:00averages 48.5p per kWh. Avoid big appliances if you can.

Day average 30.6p Lowest 21.1p at 22:30 Highest 48.7p at 18:30

Price for each half-hour, pence per kWh including VAT
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  2. Choose Agile Octopus. It needs a smart meter that sends half-hourly readings.
  3. Check Plunge Radar each afternoon. Move washing, dishwashers and car charging into the cheap half-hours.
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Agile prices across Great Britain, Mon 12 Oct

Ranked by the day's average price, cheapest first. The average across all 14 regions is 32.8p per kWh. Prices differ by region because each one has its own network charges.

#RegionAverageLowestCheapest 2 hours
1London30.6p21.1p11:00–13:00
2Yorkshire30.7p21.1p11:00–13:00
3East Midlands30.8p21.1p11:00–13:00
4West Midlands32.2p22.4p11:00–13:00
5North East32.2p22.4p11:00–13:00
6North West32.2p22.4p11:00–13:00
7Southern32.2p22.4p11:00–13:00
8Eastern England32.3p22.4p11:00–13:00
9South Scotland32.3p22.4p11:00–13:00
10South East33.8p23.6p11:00–13:00
11South Wales33.8p23.6p11:00–13:00
12North Wales and Merseyside33.9p23.6p11:00–13:00
13South West35.3p24.8p11:00–13:00
14North Scotland37.0p26.1p11:00–13:00

How Agile works

Agile Octopus charges a different price for every half-hour, linked to the wholesale market. Octopus publishes tomorrow's prices at around 4pm each day.

Prices are usually lowest overnight and in windy or sunny spells, and highest from 4pm to 7pm. When there's more power than the grid needs, prices can drop below zero and customers are paid to use it. At peak times Agile can cost more than the price cap rate, so it suits homes that can move their usage.