Octopus Agile tariff rates in West Midlands

Half-hourly prices that follow the wholesale market

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Price now

1.60p

Very cheap

2.81p

04:30 · Very cheap

Today's cheapest

1.60p

04:00 · Very cheap

Today's dearest

58.14p

17:30 · Very expensive

Today's half-hourly rates

Rates in pence per kWh, VAT included
From	To	p/kWh
00:00	00:30	3.180
00:30	01:00	4.900
01:00	01:30	5.140
01:30	02:00	1.990
02:00	02:30	2.290
02:30	03:00	1.950
03:00	03:30	2.540
03:30	04:00	2.070
04:00	04:30	1.600
04:30	05:00	2.810
05:00	05:30	2.540
05:30	06:00	2.960
06:00	06:30	7.070
06:30	07:00	15.370
07:00	07:30	19.340
07:30	08:00	20.390
08:00	08:30	19.120
08:30	09:00	19.720
09:00	09:30	15.850
09:30	10:00	13.590
10:00	10:30	11.360
10:30	11:00	11.360
11:00	11:30	9.970
11:30	12:00	9.890
12:00	12:30	9.580
12:30	13:00	10.940
13:00	13:30	14.400
13:30	14:00	14.510
14:00	14:30	17.660
14:30	15:00	20.330
15:00	15:30	26.060
15:30	16:00	33.520
16:00	16:30	54.020
16:30	17:00	57.480
17:00	17:30	57.150
17:30	18:00	58.140
18:00	18:30	57.410
18:30	19:00	57.330
19:00	19:30	45.100
19:30	20:00	44.160
20:00	20:30	43.840
20:30	21:00	40.060
21:00	21:30	36.740
21:30	22:00	33.070
22:00	22:30	27.700
22:30	23:00	22.450

Today at a glance

Average: 21.49 p/kWh
Cheapest: 1.60 p/kWh
Dearest: 58.14 p/kWh
Half-hours: 46 of 48

The average is duration-weighted across the published half-hours.

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The last 48 months

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Points are interactive: hover, focus or select one for exact values. Shaded band is the cheapest-to-dearest spread within each month; the line is the duration-weighted mean. 2 periods are drawn from part of the calendar rather than all of it: Nov 2022 (6 of 30 days), Oct 2026 (26 of 31 days). A month is partly counted where a version went on or came off sale inside it, and the current month is always still in progress. They are drawn hollow.

Each month shows the version of Agile Octopus you could actually have signed up to then, so the line follows the tariff through its successive versions rather than any one product code. Older versions carry on publishing rates for months after they stop selling; those are not averaged in, because nobody could buy them. Drawn from the stored daily rollups across every payment method the tariff publishes; where a tariff publishes more than one, the rates above show the direct-debit one and this line sits between them.

Year archive

Explore daily and monthly prices for earlier years when you need them.

Against the Ofgem price cap

Over 12 complete months, this tariff came in under the Ofgem cap in 10 of them.

Monthly cost on this tariff against the Ofgem price cap, most recent month last
Month	This tariff	Cap	Difference
October 2025	£60.29	£70.88	−£10.59
November 2025	£60.80	£68.59	−£7.79
December 2025	£60.99	£70.88	−£9.89
January 2026	£70.41	£74.07	−£3.66
February 2026	£57.18	£66.90	−£9.72
March 2026	£71.67	£74.07	−£2.40
April 2026	£55.81	£67.01	−£11.20
May 2026	£67.48	£69.25	−£1.77
June 2026	£64.21	£67.01	−£2.80
July 2026	£68.86	£72.30	−£3.44
August 2026	£79.74	£72.30	+£7.44
September 2026	£80.80	£69.97	+£10.84

Both columns cost the same 2,500 kWh a year on the typical household consumption pattern, on a direct-debit basis — the basis the cap itself is set on. A negative difference means this tariff was cheaper. The cap is a cap on what you can be charged, not a price anyone is billed, so this compares this tariff against the maximum a capped tariff could have charged the same household.

Before you switch

Is Agile Octopus a fit?

A quick suitability check before you compare the live price with your own home and usage.

Reviewed 24 August 2026

Essentials

You need

A compatible electricity meter and a currently available product version for your region.
Any required ev, battery, storage-heater eligibility or compatibility confirmed before switching.

Best fit

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Your usage or export can respond to changing half-hourly prices.

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Standing charges, eligibility, product versions and future rates can change the outcome.

Pairing

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How to verify or switch

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Source details

Smart Tariffs terms and conditions — Octopus Energy; checked 2026-08-24. Smart-tariff eligibility, rate windows, compatibility and publication caveats.

Which product version this isRead more

Current product version

AGILE-24-10-01

Regional tariff reference

E-1R-AGILE-24-10-01-E

Used for the rates shown on this page.

About Agile Octopus

Half-hourly electricity prices that follow wholesale market rates, so you can save money by using electricity when it is cheapest. Octopus Agile is a smart electricity tariff that passes on wholesale electricity prices directly to customers. Unlike fixed-rate tariffs where you pay the same price all day, Agile prices change every 30 minutes based on wholesale market prices, demand levels, renewable generation and the time of day, with overnight periods usually the cheapest. This creates opportunities to save money by shifting flexible usage (EV charging, washing machines, dishwashers) to cheaper periods, and smart home devices can even automate this for you.