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  • 20 November 2023
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I had Smart Meters electricity installed on 1st March with SSE. In August I got my first OVO bill. Since then I've not been charged for electricity just the standing charge, it is now over 4 months since the change over.

I can see my usage on the website (though strangely not in the app), so I know the meter readings are going to you, and obviously my DD credits are accumulating, so the lack of statements is not a major issue, but presumably I ought to be getting them at some point .

Also our 'dumb' meter is showing peak rate when it should be showing off-peak, and off-peak when it should be showing peak. 

Your comments please!

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BPLightlog
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@pegem , it’s worth checking on the web if those usage figures are smart or estimated. 
For your peak/off-peak set up, it would be worth getting this reconfigured via Customer Support. 

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Smart, it appears that OVO are working on correct figures , it's our Not so smart meter that's showing the wrong readings!

BPLightlog
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Smart, it appears that OVO are working on correct figures , it's our Not so smart meter that's showing the wrong readings!

Ok, so the IHD (In home display).

I'm not sure how these perform on dual rate … someone else will

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Blastoise186
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On Dual-Rate, the IHD will usually show whatever the meter is showing for the current tariff rate.

The daily calculations will factor this in.

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The IHD gets tariff data from the meter, which gets them from OVO. This is for information only; all that matters as far as billing is concerned is that the meter registers (peak and off peak) are recording at the right times and the daily readings are being transmitted accurately to OVO. So if you’re happy that the offpeak register is clocking overnight and the peak one during the day, you’ll be charged the right amount. It should be fairly simple for Support to send the right tariff data to your meter if you ask them nicely.

‘Billing-on-hold’ is apparently not unusual after a new meter is installed, but it shouldn’t take eight months to come right! Again, Support may be able to help, although they will probably only be able to pass your concern on to the billing team and hope for the best. That team is clearly under pressure at the moment (I’m in the same sort of boat), so it may be that it’s cases where no bill = no money coming in that are draining their resources. 

Let us know what Support say.

  

Noel | Aclara SGM 1416-B Electricity-only E7 meter | Chameleon IHD3-PPMID-AAA

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