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saundersg21
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October 3, 2023
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How didn't I meet the Power Move target when I wasn't even at home for 2 weeks?

Apparently I didn’t meet the target in September, strange as was away for 2 weeks..🤣

waltyboy
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October 3, 2023

Updated on 19/01/26 by Abby_OVO​​​​​​

 

Hi @saundersg21 and @alinbongo54 

 

But you see the thing is, being away will do nothing to lower the key slot relevant to the other weekday hours.  
 

The incentive is based around how your purchase from the grid compares to your grid purchase for the rest of the weekday. All the weekday usages throughout the month are added up, and then taken as a percentage of your total weekday usage throughout the month.  The trick is to move big ticket usage from the key Peak Usage segment into any of the other segments. 

 

You could have a completely derelict and dark house empty of all life and consuming zilch electricity all month, and it still wouldn’t reach the target, because the slot would be no better than any other slot.

 

As mentioned perfectly above by waltyboy, in order to calculate the energy you’ve moved out of peak times, you still need to have a baseline usage for, otherwise, the energy can’t have been shifted and instead, you’ll have used no energy and so cannot be “moved”.

 

For more information on how Power Move works check out the webpage and FAQs.

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Jeffus
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November 6, 2023

It seems the smart meters are smarter than the readers at Power Move. I keep getting told my meters are not sending in readings so I can’t gain from Power Move. All they have to do is take a look at my account, just like I do regularly, and they will see lots of readings. Where do they find their employees?

Hi @omlcgm

I assume you see 30min readings on this page every day

https://account.ovoenergy.com/usage?datePeriod=daily&unit=kwh&fuel=electricity

Did you try phoning ovo ask what they thought? 

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omlcgm
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November 6, 2023

Yes but don’t worry. I’m not using any energy because I haven’t moved in yet.  But I am still paying the standing charge. I just thought I’d get some sort of reward for not using any energy during the specified hours.

Blastoise186
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Blastoise186Super User
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November 6, 2023

You don’t earn anything if you have a totally flat profile I’m afraid

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Anonymous
November 6, 2023

Hi @BARTY1055 ,

 

Being away won't help but moving heavy usage tasks will. If you can avoid doing roasts on weekday evenings, do. Also, try to use the dishwasher, washing machine, dryer and iron on weekdays before 4 pm or after 7 pm instead of at the weekend..

 

Good luck, 

Simon

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    Asantewaa
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    November 6, 2023

    It doesn't matter whether you are in the house or not u will still pay more money 

    Tim_OVO
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    Tim_OVO
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    November 7, 2023

    Hmmm you’re not alone in seeing that message, @omlcgm:

     

     

    @Johnchisholm perhaps you could see if there’s any common factors and I can report it to the Power Move team?

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      Jpe
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      January 8, 2024

      In December your average peak time electricity use was 20.26%. Unfortunately this means you didn’t hit the Power Move target.

      Was on holiday the whole December month 

      Ovo move total Con

      Jpe

      Blastoise186
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      Blastoise186Super User
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      January 8, 2024

      If you were away for all of December, your usage would have been flat the entire time. It’s called OVO Power Move rather than OVO Power Shutdown because the idea is to use more during off-peak than peak. You get no reward for having a totally flat profile because you didn’t “move” anything.

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        Anonymous
        January 8, 2024

        Check your half-hourly data. That will show you the total used fire each eligible day and the amount used in the target period. 

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          Davido68
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          January 8, 2024

          Have a chat with your fridge freezer… It probably kicked in at 4.01pm on weekdays just to screw you over!!

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