Rates And Cheapest Periods

With Octopus Agile having a different price every 30 minutes, it's important to keep up with the current and upcoming rates.

Octopus Energy typically publish the Agile rates at 4pm each day and we poll the figures to provide them to your Octopus Compare app as soon as they're available. Sometimes there can be a delay in Agile rates without warning but usually you can expect them to be available by 4:30pm each day. You can also opt into receiving notifications which will outline the cheapest and most expensive price throughout the next 24 hours and is sent as soon as the rates are available.

Upcoming Rates Table

Octopus Compare allows for you to view any past and future rates by scrolling through the provided table. Each row will contain both the time the rate is valid between, a colour indicator and the price. Below outlines the the thresholds for each colour displayed in the table.

0 p/kWh and below	Blue
1 p/kWh to 10 p/kWh	Green
10 p/kWh to 25 p/kWh	Orange
25 p/kWh and above	Red

Each colour is divided into a lighter and darker variant dependants on the price between the range.

Rate Alarms (Pro)

As a Pro subscriber you can set an alarm for a specific rate by clicking on the bell icon next to the rate. You can set if the alarm is preemptive to alert you up to 30 minutes before the selected tariff time within Settings --> Notifications. You will receive a notification outlining the price for the period selected.

Price Drops (Pro)

As a Pro subscriber you can set an automatic alert for when a rate drops below a set price. You are only required to set this up once and we'll handle the rest for you. To set this up, head to Settings --> Notifications and find the dropdown labelled Agile Price Trigger.

You can set this value to any figure you would like and each time the current rate drops below your threshold, you will receive an alert. This does not guarantee that the rate will remain consistently under your trigger, but often rates will remain around your threshold for multiple half hour periods.

Cheapest Periods

Octopus Compare makes it easy to get an overview of when the next cheapest period is approaching dependant on how long you may require up to 6 hours. By swiping left on the Agile Rates table you will be presented with a 2x3 grid which outlines the current cheapest periods throughout the day.

We automatically discover which consecutive half hours have the cheapest overall average unit rates and present them as overview boxes. Therefore if you require 6 hours to charge your EV you can view the 6 hour cheapest rate box and find that you will average the displayed pence per Kilowatt Hour.

The cheapest period will always show the next cheapest and therefore may display more expensive averages throughout the day as there are less available rates.