Octopus Agile automation
Octopus Agile changes import price every half hour. The real question for battery, EV and heat-pump homes is whether the house can respond to those price signals without creating new conflicts.
Private beta rollout
Use this page as an operating guide, not a supplier rate card.
Tariff rates, eligibility rules and regional pricing move over time. The useful part of this page is the operating logic: which homes suit the tariff, where conflicts appear, and what you should verify before acting.
Your hardware changes the answer
Battery, EV, solar and heating all interact with the same tariff in different ways, so the home-level pattern matters more than the headline unit rate.
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Key facts to verify
- Import prices change every 30 minutes and the next day's slots are published in advance
- Octopus's public Agile page currently shows examples ranging from negative prices up to around 67p/kWh, depending on region and market conditions
- Negative pricing can happen, but not every day and not in every region
- Works best when battery charging, EV charging, or heating demand can move away from expensive evening periods
- Check the current Octopus terms and meter requirements before switching, because tariff details move over time
Facts last checked on 11 March 2026. Rates and eligibility can change by region and over time.
What makes this tariff hard
Agile is powerful, but the complexity moves from the tariff itself into the home: charging windows shift, export opportunities appear and every large load becomes timing-sensitive.
Best fit households
What strong control looks like on this tariff
- See current import and export pricing in the same product as the rest of the home energy system.
- Use price-aware thresholds to decide when battery charging is good value and when battery reserve matters more.
- Compare import cost, export value and net cost with actual household behaviour rather than theory.
- Spot when EV charging or heating demand lands in the wrong half-hour window and wipes out savings.
Where homes usually go wrong
- Agile works best when the battery and EV schedule do not compete for the same short cheap windows.
- Homes without a clear reserve policy can over-optimise for price and under-optimise for comfort or evening demand.
- A single-device app rarely explains whether the whole property actually improved.
Integrations that fit this tariff
These integration pages explain which devices are most likely to benefit from this tariff’s control and reporting logic.
Solis
Connect Solis hybrid inverters to 1app.energy to see live solar, battery, grid and home demand in one place, then automate battery charge decisions around tariff windows.
myenergi Zappi
Connect your myenergi Zappi charger to see EV charging in context with solar, battery and tariff data instead of guessing whether the car is stealing the cheap window.
Daikin
Bring Daikin heat-pump data into the same operating layer as your battery, solar and smart tariff so heating demand stops being a blind spot.
Octopus Energy
Connect Octopus tariffs to turn raw device telemetry into cost-aware actions, daily savings reporting and smarter battery decisions.
Related whole-home use cases
Use these pages to move from tariff intent into the actual home-level operational problem.
Solar and battery optimisation for smart tariffs
This is the core 1app.energy use case: understanding whether solar, battery reserve and tariff timing are working together or fighting each other.
Smart tariff EV charging without home energy conflicts
When EV charging is cheap, it can still be operationally expensive if it competes with battery reserve, heating demand or export value elsewhere in the property.
Whole-home conflict detection for modern energy homes
The more flexible devices a home has, the more valuable it becomes to detect conflicts between them before they show up as cost, lost solar or poor comfort.
Smart controls that usually fit this tariff
These mode pages explain how the battery can behave on this tariff once reserve, export, and whole-home demand are included.
Autopilot
The best starting mode for most homes. Autopilot decides when to charge, hold, or export by balancing tariff value, home coverage, refill confidence, and your protected minimum battery SoC. Choose Balanced for a calmer default or Aggressive for stronger value seeking.
Home First
A simpler home-first mode. It prioritises running the home from your own solar and battery first, minimises grid dependence, and avoids optimiser-led battery export.
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