Advice on choosing between Charge Anytime or Battery Boost

I do not have a EV but I think our next car will be as I hope car to grid will be commonplace in a year or two.

I can’t understand why OVO does not support both battery boost and their EV tariff.

I would definitely look at other suppliers that would offer a service that I the customer requires.

I don’t have the same setup as you, only the Indra Pro charger, but considering you’re only charging your car every 3 months, would it be more cost-effective to use a public charger when required?

I've been asking the same question for over a year and got the same response as you. You need to make a choice between the two, they won't run together. 

I had enough and have left for Octopus IOG. 7p per KwH between 23.30 and 05.30 and you get to choose what goes where. They'll even automate it for you if you wish (I don't). Plus an SEG of 15p per KwH which is not quite as good as OVO's 20p per KwH.

After spending several months on Battery Boost and their indecipherable rebate system I gave up. 

OVO delegates responsibility for Battery Boost to Kaluza who you can't talk to. Additionally I woke up to find that the battery was only charging to 75% or 45% overnight. You hand over complete control to them. 

Now the battery is always charged to 90+% every night allowing the whole house to run all day on cheap rate electricity.

This sounds like an anti OVO rant.  It's not.  They fitted the solar and battery system and did a pretty good job. However their inflexible tariffs and the crazy rebate system was enough to force me to move.

Hi bazza20 I charge my ev 3 times a month not every 3months.cheers dellboy.

I’m sorry to say this ​@Ksansbury , but Vehicle to Grid (V2G) appears to be a dead experiment - it’s unlikely to go anywhere anytime soon. Just about all suppliers appear to have abandoned it.

Please remove V2G expectations from your choice of EV at this time.

Sorry, I completely misread that!!

I've said this before and as a general comment everyone has a unique situation regarding their lifestyle and the combination of tech but energy suppliers can only set up an optimum service for some of these combinations and they evolve relatively slowly with changes in tariffs and SEG rates etc. It is sometimes easier to find the energy supplier that matches (or you think matches - no guarantees) your particular needs at that particular time and level of tech. As your requirements change or new tariffs emerge you may find that a different supplier would be better. That happened to me a while back but if I change my requirements or my supplier changes their tariffs or my original supplier adds a particular tariff (big hint) then I could change back again.

Thanks for your feedback everyone, and apologies ​@dellboy54 for the tariffs not suiting your set up - very frustrating. Just to let you know, I’ve added the EV and solar badges to your Forum account so that other members can recognise the kit you have. I’m just going to quote what I wrote this morning on a similar thread:

It’s always a shame to see anyone switch away from OVO, however we all need to do what’s best for us. If another supplier is offering something that suits you, be it lower prices or a different type of tariff that works best with the kit you have, then we’d always promote switching away if its in your best interests!

 

We’ll of course update everyone on the Forum if any new styles of tariff are going to become available. Thanks all for your input here.

Given that the energy supply market is competitive suppliers strive to provide tariffs that are attractive to customers but have to take account of the costs of doing that and to ensure that they are compliant to Ofgem’s regulations. You might note that some ‘progressive’ energy suppliers have gone bust in the past and some have had restrictions placed on them by Ofgem because they are not currently compliant to the regulations.