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Future Annual Consumption with Charge Anytime

  • July 13, 2026
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TomThumb
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Been searching the forums but drawn a blank.

 

 Can anyone confirm if ovo’s estimated annual consumption figures make any concessions / adjustments for Charge Anytime usage.

 

 I’m sure I’ve seen somewhere that ovo’s predicted usage kWh includes a combined total for household & EV charging? just need confirmation before I pull the trigger on another fixed deal.

 

TIA 

Tom…

 

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Firedog
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  • July 13, 2026

Can anyone confirm if ovo’s estimated annual consumption figures make any concessions / adjustments for Charge Anytime usage.
  

I doubt it. The last we heard (I think) was of a customer who relied on Charge Anytime. She was being required to increase her DD to an unaffordable level, because the basis for calculating the amount ignored her regular CA discount. An equitable (for her) solution was eventually found, but because it fell outside the norms for an OVO account, the details were removed from the forum. 

We also heard of another customer in a similar situation; again, the automated system wasn’t working for him, so he complained and OVO eventually found a solution he could live with.     


TomThumb
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  • July 14, 2026

Can anyone confirm if ovo’s estimated annual consumption figures make any concessions / adjustments for Charge Anytime usage.
  

I doubt it. The last we heard (I think) was of a customer who relied on Charge Anytime. She was being required to increase her DD to an unaffordable level, because the basis for calculating the amount ignored her regular CA discount. An equitable (for her) solution was eventually found, but because it fell outside the norms for an OVO account, the details were removed from the forum. 

We also heard of another customer in a similar situation; again, the automated system wasn’t working for him, so he complained and OVO eventually found a solution he could live with.     

 

Thanks ​@Firedog no wonder I couldn’t drop on anything definitive on the subject.


 Following the July price cap increase & the subsequent £88 increase to my DD, I needed to run some more detailed figures with the draw from the BEV.

 

Cheers 

Tom…

 

 

 

 

 

 


Abby_OVO
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  • July 14, 2026

Hey ​@TomThumb 

 

I’m glad to see Firedog has already stopped by with some helpful advice on this one. 

 

All usage that goes through the meter, be it home appliances or charger charging an EV is calculated as one usage. There’s no way to separate out what’s being used at any given time. So as Firedog mentioned, this isn’t excluded or adjusted for. We have a slightly similar topic where other users have built up credit as a result of this as we can’t factor it out: 

 


TomThumb
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Cheers ​@Abby_OVO  I thought the estimated usage had been a combined total, but I could not find a definitive answer online anywhere.


Now to double check my figures.

 

Tom…