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Best answer by waltyboy

Updated on 20/01/26 by Abby_OVO

 

Aye @chrispow1 I know exactly what you mean, it is easy to miss the bank holidays for Power Move…but at least that’s it for BH now except for  those two Mondays yet to come  in May (6th and 27th).
 

Did you miss out by much in the last Power Move @JNeve? Better luck this time, but remember it’s 6PM - 9PM this time around, and a lower maximum payout of £10 per month. Actually, forgetting about BH wouldn’t really impact much on your Power Move incentive %, as BH aren’t actually included in the calculations, just a shame to do washing or cooking or whatever on a BH that could have been done/prepared on a weekday.  Better to forget about a BH than forget about a weekday!  Did you get into the habit of checking your daily weekday half-hourly usage in your OVO account pages last time? If you do that every day or every few days it helps keep track of your peak hours usage before getting that mid-month email from OVO. 
 

Lower electricity demand during peak hours will help, I think, now that we’re heading into warmer lighter evenings (hopefully!), so just one or two “heavy” tasks shifted into suitable weekday times from either the weekends (or BH!!) or from the peak hour slots themselves should make a big difference to that crucial % score. 
 

All the best, let us know how you go over the rest of this week, as that’ll indicate how the month is likely to go for you.  Ten pounds for the month might not sound a lot to some, but to my way of thinking it’s roughly 30 free kWh of electricity (or 100 kWh of gas)…

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25 replies

Snowgal
Newcomer
Newcomer
April 1, 2024

Started today. Bank holiday also included.

Snowgal
chrispow1Author
Rank 2
April 1, 2024

Do we know why this is different from other challenges? And what about the May and spring bank holidays? 
 

chris

waltyboy
Rank 8
Rank 8
April 1, 2024

Starts today (1st April) only because it runs from 1st April to 30th June inclusive, but as always Power Move calculations will exclude Bank Holidays, so do not include 1st April, 6th May, and 27th May, as well as all weekends of course, in Power Move calculations. 30th June is a Sunday, not included in Power Move calculations, but that’s when the current Power Move incentive ends: confusingly but logically enough, Spring Power Move incentive dates start and finishe on “non-Power Move” days! 

Walt. 2013: 3.2kW PV East/West + Fronius IG, as at 01 Sep 2026 30 MWh, of which 22 MWh exported. 2023: 2.4kWh LiFePo4 battery. 2024: Tadö wireless smart stat v3; Electriq split unit 2.6kW AAHP (“air conditioner”). 2026: Hyundai Inster 02 EV.
Nukecad
Super User
Super User
April 1, 2024

Do we know why this is different from other challenges?

The target ‘Peak hours’ have changed - They are now 6pm to 9pm.(They were 4pm to 7pm).

The maximum reward you can ‘earn’ each month is now £10.

All bank holidays and weekends are still excluded.

I said, Hey - Watts going on.
chrispow1Author
Rank 2
April 1, 2024

Thanks. I did know about the time changes - although don’t much like them. My question was really about today being a bank holiday. Im happy with Waltyboys answer. Which I thought must be the case. 
 

chris

Rank 5
April 1, 2024

Do we know why this is different from other challenges? And what about the May and spring bank holidays? 
 

chris

Bank holidays are counted just like any other day !!!

Rank 5
April 1, 2024

Bank holidays are counted just like any other day!!!

Firedog
Super User
Super User
April 1, 2024

Bank holidays are counted just like any other day!!!

 

Sorry, that’s not true: OVO Energy | Power Move FAQs 

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Rank 5
April 1, 2024

I always thought is was.  Oh well, Let's just say that I treat EVERYDAY as a regular day !!!  😁

waltyboy
Rank 8
Rank 8
April 1, 2024

Cheers @chrispow1…it’s good to check with each other, all the best

Walt. 2013: 3.2kW PV East/West + Fronius IG, as at 01 Sep 2026 30 MWh, of which 22 MWh exported. 2023: 2.4kWh LiFePo4 battery. 2024: Tadö wireless smart stat v3; Electriq split unit 2.6kW AAHP (“air conditioner”). 2026: Hyundai Inster 02 EV.