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Smart meter failed installation from THTC

  • November 30, 2024
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Hi, I live in Dundee, Scotland which is a fairly large city, senior citizen currently on pre payment meter THTC and know all about the RTS switch off. Made arrangements with OVO to change over to pay as you go Smart meter, Engineer arrived yesterday and couldn't do the switch as the Smart meter failed to connect, he sent the relevant information to OVO that no installation had been made, what happens next?

Engineer just said let OVO figure it out, can someone help

Best answer by janie

Mission Accomplished 

Yes everybody you read that correctly 

After 18 months, a few failed installations and miscommunication my new meter has been installed and seems to be working fine and it's all down to ​@Chris_OVO ​@Lukepeniket_OVO ​@Bradley_OVO and others working behind the scenes.

I have to give credit to them for their time, support and patience with me over this period of time but they pulled out all the stops, went above and beyond all expectations to get the job completed before my imminent rts switch off. Big job , Great team effort 👌 

A big shout out to the SMS engineer who uninstalled the old meters and installed the new meter without leaving any mess behind whatsoever. 

Finally,  thanks to Forum Contributers/Advisers for their input throughout ​@Ben_OVO ​@Blastoise186 ​@Firedog spring to mind but am sure there were many more.

That's me sorted now and it comes with a great feeling of relief, as previously mentioned I couldn't have got to this point without the assistance of all of the aforementioned people. 

 

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113 replies

janieAuthor
Rank 2
May 14, 2026

@Ben_OVO thanks, I would hate to waste a valuable Engineer Visit , there was no contact number on the email or I would have called them back

Chris_OVO
Community Manager
Community Manager
May 19, 2026

Hey ​@janie,

 

We just wanted to share a quick update from Luke. He’s reached out to SMS to request the job card for removing the second MPAN, so you shouldn’t hear from us anymore regarding this matter. If you’ve received any messages from us until now, feel free to ignore them. And if any more pop up in the next week, just disregard those too.

 

If you’re still getting contacted about this next month, don’t hesitate to give us a shout, and we’ll be happy to follow up. For now, we're pretty confident that everything is on track on our end.

Renewable energy jokes never get old.
janieAuthor
Rank 2
May 19, 2026

@Chris_OVO thanks for that info