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My home is in an area where smart meters do not communicate with the WAN. All the EV tariffs I can find state you must have a smart meter to be able to get the tariff. However, my husband read somewhere that it is possible to use an OVO compatible smart charger to access OVO Charge Anytime because the charger can send charging data directly to the owner's OVO online account. Can anyone confirm this is true? We really need to access an EV Tariff without having a working smart meter.

While a smart charger can manage the control element of Charge Anytime, it doesn’t look like you can forego having a smart meter

 

Yes, I had read that was the case. However, the person who my husband read about, said he didn’t have a smart meter. I guess I was wondering if maybe originally a smart meter would have been needed, but newer smart chargers may mean this is no longer the case. Indra have told me the Indra Pro has the capability, but they couldn’t tell me if OVO did. It’s very frustrating. 

The Indra Pro has a network connection and so can have ‘intelligent’ control. 
OVO use a ‘greenness’ system to allow charging at the times best to reduce emissions and then credits your usage at those times when using Charge Anytime. 
You could ask the team in case there’s another option chargeanytime@ovoenergy.com 

Thank you, I will email them.

Hi @sjd,

 

It seems our forum volunteer has already given some good advice here.

 

You’d also be able to get through to the team via phone on 0330 175 9678 (Option 1)

 

This thread may also be useful:

 

 

Please let us know how you get on.

Thank you, this looks helpful! I will let you know.

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