Cheapest Electricity Times UK

Live UK prices · updated every 15 minutes

Agile Octopus rates today & the cheapest time to use electricity

Live half-hourly Agile Octopus prices and Octopus Tracker rates for every UK region, updated automatically. Sunday, 25 October 2026. Times in UK time (GMT).

Cheapest times right now

Agile price now · London-3.26pLowest in Great Britain right now: -3.26p (Eastern England)
Cheapest half-hour still to come-4.94pat 11:00 today
Best 2-hour window from now11:00–13:00average -4.29p

Shown for London (Region C). Other regions are in the table below; pick yours for exact prices.

🕐 Clocks go back today (Sunday, 25 October 2026). That day has 50 half-hour slots, so times around the change are labelled BST or GMT.

⚡ Plunge pricing: some regions have negative prices coming up – you get paid to use electricity. Open your region to see when.

Right now across Great Britain

RegionAgile nowCheapest todayBest 2 hours from nowTracker today
Eastern England A-3.26p-7.54p at 01:00 BST11:00–13:00 (-4.33p)13.78p
East Midlands B-3.26p-7.34p at 01:00 BST11:00–13:00 (-4.29p)12.86p
London C-3.26p-7.34p at 01:00 BST11:00–13:00 (-4.29p)13.67p
Merseyside & North Wales D-3.25p-7.74p at 01:00 BST11:00–13:00 (-4.38p)15.04p
West Midlands E-3.26p-7.54p at 01:00 BST11:00–13:00 (-4.33p)12.95p
North East England F-3.26p-7.54p at 01:00 BST11:00–13:00 (-4.33p)13.22p
North West England G-3.26p-7.54p at 01:00 BST11:00–13:00 (-4.33p)13.93p
Southern England H-3.26p-7.54p at 01:00 BST11:00–13:00 (-4.33p)13.90p
South East England J-3.25p-7.74p at 01:00 BST11:00–13:00 (-4.38p)14.20p
South Wales K-3.25p-7.74p at 01:00 BST11:00–13:00 (-4.38p)13.94p
South West England L-3.25p-7.94p at 01:00 BST11:00–13:00 (-4.43p)14.07p
Yorkshire M-3.26p-7.34p at 01:00 BST11:00–13:00 (-4.29p)12.85p
South Scotland N-3.26p-7.54p at 01:00 BST11:00–13:00 (-4.33p)13.45p
North Scotland P-3.24p-8.14p at 01:00 BST11:00–13:00 (-4.48p)14.34p

Tomorrow's Agile prices are usually published around 4pm UK time. Last price change: 25 Oct, 00:46 BST.

Pick your region

Eastern EnglandRegion AEast MidlandsRegion BLondonRegion CMerseyside & North WalesRegion DWest MidlandsRegion ENorth East EnglandRegion FNorth West EnglandRegion GSouthern EnglandRegion HSouth East EnglandRegion JSouth WalesRegion KSouth West EnglandRegion LYorkshireRegion MSouth ScotlandRegion NNorth ScotlandRegion P

Guides

What is Octopus Agile and how does it work?Half-hourly prices, the 4pm update, plunge pricing and who Agile actually suits.Octopus Tracker explainedOne price a day, where it comes from, the formula, the cap and the 12-month term.Cheapest time to charge an electric car in the UKLive cheapest 4-hour charging windows by region, and how to work out what a charge costs.Cheapest time to run a washing machine or dishwasherLive cheapest windows while you're awake and at home, plus the fire-safety advice you should know.What are negative electricity prices and why do they happen?Why wholesale prices drop below zero, and where it is happening in today's data.Agile vs Tracker: which is cheaper?An honest comparison, with today's Agile and Tracker prices side by side.

How to use this

Agile Octopus prices change every half hour and follow the wholesale market. They are usually cheapest overnight and around midday on sunny, windy days, and most expensive between 4pm and 7pm. Pick your region to see a chart of today's prices, the cheapest 1, 2, 3 and 4-hour windows for running appliances or charging an EV, and any slots where the price drops below zero.

Want to compare regions? Agile Octopus prices by region shows every region's half-hourly prices as a heat map.

Octopus Tracker is different: one price for the whole day, set from the day-ahead wholesale price. See Octopus Tracker prices today and tomorrow for every region.

Read the FAQ for how regions work, why prices go negative, and the standing charge.