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Chris_OVO
Community Manager
Community Manager
May 4, 2020
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How to request a refund on the OVO app

  • May 4, 2020
  • 66 replies
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How to request a refund on the OVO app

Updated on 16/06/26 by Ben_OVO

 

You can request a refund of some of this credit yourself through the OVO app (download for Android or iOS).

 

Step 1

 

Click the ‘Bills’ tab at the bottom of the Homepage

 

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On the ‘Bills’ page scroll to the right in the green bar and selec ‘Request a refund’.

 

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Step 2

 

You’ll be taken to this page, where you’ll be able to see your Current balance, your maximum refund amount and the minimum refund amount;

 

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You can enter your requested amount in the ‘Refund amount (£)’ box, up to a maximum of £500 (making sure there’s still at least three Direct Debit amounts remaining in credit), and select ‘Request a refund’ when you’re ready.

 

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Step 3

 

Once you’ve confirmed the amount you wish to have refunded. If successful you’ll see this confirmation page with details about that refund

 

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If not you’ll see this page,

 

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Similarly, if you’ve already requested a refund you’ll be greeted with this notice;

 

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When asking for a refund, you’ll need to have submitted actual meter readings within the last 28 days. If you haven’t submitted regular readings, you’ll see the screen below. Click on ‘send a meter reading’ and you’ll be taken to the correct page to do that. Once you’ve sent a reading, you’ll be able to request a refund. (You might need to wait 24 / 48 hours for your account balance to update before the refund can be requested).

 

 

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If you’d like more credit refunded you can contact our Support Team who can initiate refunds up to £2,000, however if the refund is over £599, we will need to check the account has been billed to smart or actual meter reads and request photos of the meter(s). 

66 replies

Shads_OVO
Retired Moderator
Retired Moderator
June 3, 2024

Hi @JoK1953,

 

I’m really sorry for the issues you’ve been experiencing, that’s definitely not the experience we want for our customers.

 

I’m going to have our Forum_Support team reach out to you so they can help you further with this. Look out for a private message here soon: https://forum.ovoenergy.com/inbox/overview.

Rank 2
June 4, 2024

So update; having heard on the 22nd that it would be 2-3 days and that they would contact me to confirm etc - nada. No emails, no money etc.

I’ve been away the last 2 weekends but heard after emailing again on Friday that they now need a Current Meter reading ( last given 7th May so within 28 days) and then the whole process starts again.

At this point in time you just know it will be blathering 2-3 days and 3-10 days to process blah blah and NOTHING will happen! It is now 2 whole months since I first requested this refund. And it’s not an insignificant amount - it’s £1200!!

And to make it even more infuriating, the website is still ‘under construction’. My son does this stuff, it takes hours, possibly days, NOT 12 MONTHS!!

Shads_OVO
Retired Moderator
Retired Moderator
June 5, 2024

Hi @JoK1953,

 

I’m really sorry to hear this and I totally understand your frustration.

 

The Forum Support team should’ve been in touch to help further with this. They aim to respond to messages within 2 working days.

Firedog
Super User
Super User
June 5, 2024

…  the refund was ‘lost’, my account was reduced by the amount of the refund and I’ve been battling since!
 

 

Just a thought: we’ve seen cases in this forum where payments have been made to the ‘wrong’ bank account. One customer found that a payment he was expecting had been sent to an account belonging to a former partner that had at one time years earlier been used to pay energy bills. Is there a possibility that OVO have had different bank account details for you in the past? If you do have other accounts, it would be worthwhile checking them for this missing payment.

 

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Rank 2
June 5, 2024

I’ve had the same bank acc since I was 17, and the Direct Debits come out of it. The only way it could go to the wrong account is either human error - inputting wrong details- or fraud. 

Emmanuelle_OVO
Retired Moderator
Retired Moderator
June 6, 2024

When a refund takes place it automatically goes to the last active bank account on an account, the details aren’t input manually by a person. 

 

I’m really sorry for the issues you’re having, there may be an issue with the refund itself. It’s been rejected by the bank or not been released by OVO.

 

The forum_support team will be in touch via private message & can take a look into this further for you. 

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