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Susanfl17
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OVO Power Move, can you tell me more?

  • October 17, 2022
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I have read somewhere that Ovo have introduced a scheme/ plan where you can get up to £100 back for reducing usage between certain hours

Best answer by Blastoise186

Updated on 15/01/26 by Abby_OVO
 

 

How do I join?

 

You can join Power Move in the OVO app if you're eligible and have Beyond, our Energy Savings Account.

 

2. Who can join?

 

To be eligible to join Power Move, you need to:

  • be an OVO customer and have your energy supplied by us
  • have downloaded the OVO app and unlocked Beyond
  • have a working electricity smart meter
  • have a credit meter
  • have a single rate tariff only (e.g. not Economy 7 or Economy 10)
  • have an active Direct Debit
  • have opted into half-hourly meter reads for billing (you can do this when you join)
  • have opted into half-hourly meter reads for settlement (you can do this when you join)
  • have an active email address

 

Charge Anytime customers are eligible to join.

 

Please note: not all meter types and tariffs work with Power Move. This means customers with multi-rate meters/tariffs, like Economy 7 and Economy 10 can’t join Power Move right now.

 

Howdy @Susanfl17 !

Yup, it’s a trial scheme called OVO Power Move. Not everyone will be offered it, but if you’re eligible OVO will let you know. There’s more info available too, which you can find at https://www.ovoenergy.com/blog/ovo-news-power-move

 

Power Move is about rewarding you for using energy in a way that’s better for the planet. That doesn’t mean using any less energy. Instead, we challenge you to use energy at greener times of the day – in return for credit on your energy bill.

 

You can find out more on the latest on Power Move, including the latest challenge here. Or head to the website for the FAQs: https://www.ovoenergy.com/power-move-faqs

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Jeffus
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Jeffus
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November 2, 2022

 

Why not Solar users?  

 

They are already contibuting massively at each location by dropping power usage - 15kWh per day for example and a lot of that could be during the afternoon peak - so why not reward them to with a fixed daily fee?

 

 

As far as I understand these schemes, the aim is to shift consumption out of the anticipated collective peak demand (that’s when the risk of power cuts will arise, and these schemes are an attempt to reduce that risk). Only consumers who contribute to that existing/anticipated peak can help towards this specific aim. (And battery owners, including EV owners are very unlikely to be contributing to that existing peak. In the depths of winter, I think batteries are much more relevant to this problem than solar panels, though I own neither.)

I don’t follow these things closely, but I believe the market price at these peak times can be very very high, so high that paying a comparable amount to a user not to consume at these times (which is equally cost effective in reducing the risk of power cuts) can seem very generous.

But, we get what we deserve, having elected successive governments that introduced and maintain a market system for the supply of our energy. For that market to function as a market, all the energy traded within each window has to be priced the same as the last deal struck within that window. That’s why our renewable energy (wind and solar) costs us as much as  electricity generated by burning gas (gas being expensive, that is generally the supply of last resort).

You may well say that’s a stupid system, and the outrageous profits of the energy generators/extractors in the current period would seem to support that assessment.

If those with political power can be influenced by the behaviour of mere consumers, then I would say we have a duty to “game” the system in whatever way we can to make it more just. (I mean, ruthless exploitation of weaknesses in the schemes’ designs. They’re not all the same by any means.) Only in this way might a stupid system be replaced by a more sensible system.

/rant off, /irony on

Enjoy the coming winter, everyone…

/irony off

@Simon1D the government have recently passed legislation to break the link with the highest price electricity

It is in the Energy Prices bill which is now law. 

The Bill also introducing legislation around the old non fossil fuel contracts which were poor value for money. 

Further details to follow. 

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-introduces-new-energy-prices-bill-to-ensure-vital-support-gets-to-british-consumers-this-winter#:~:text=The%20Energy%20Prices%20Bill%2C%20introduced,Bill%20Relief%20Scheme%20for%20businesses

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    Pollowick
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    November 2, 2022

    As far as I understand these schemes, the aim is to shift consumption out of the anticipated collective peak demand (that’s when the risk of power cuts will arise, and these schemes are an attempt to reduce that risk). Only consumers who contribute to that existing/anticipated peak can help towards this specific aim. (And battery owners, including EV owners are very unlikely to be contributing to that existing peak. In the depths of winter, I think batteries are much more relevant to this problem than solar panels, though I own neither.)

     

    With the most up to date solar systems it is possible to chose when you use battery energy.      So,   a solar system can be set to use battery during that peak time rather than from te grid and se grid power at low demand times.

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    Simon1D
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    November 2, 2022

    @Simon1D the government have recently passed legislation to break the link with the highest price electricity

    Thanks very much for that info, @Jeffus, which had completely passed me by. I scanned that link and see that details depend on a consultation - taking steps to break the link sounds more like an aspiration, albeit one with a target date of 1 Jan 2023. From that site:

    Limiting revenue to cost-plus sounds like pretty heavy government intervention, potentially more significant than a “windfall tax” would be, but with the advantage (to them) that its name doesn’t include the bogey word “tax”.

    Simon
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    Simon1D
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    November 2, 2022

    With the most up to date solar systems it is possible to chose when you use battery energy.      So,   a solar system can be set to use battery during that peak time rather than from te grid and se grid power at low demand times.

    In the depths of winter, when the risk of these power cuts is greatest, and solar generation is at its least important, I imagine that the best use of those batteries would be to charge them at off-peak times (from the grid) and discharge them at peak times (firstly to meet the owner’s demand, but feeding any surplus back into the grid). By all means generate what you can with solar panels, but in winter, that won’t be much.

    Simon
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    Cpofchi
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    November 4, 2022

    A technical question on power move.  I was trying to work out how much electricity I used between 4pm and 7pm.   The OVO data in my account shows 30 minute intervals.    Does the 7pm KWH  useage relate to the period from 6.30 to 7pm or from 7 to 7.30pm.

    BPLightlog
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    BPLightlogSuper User
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    November 4, 2022

    Hi @Cpofchi if you look at the whole day it begins at 00:00 (midnight) and so each slot starts at that time. Your 7pm kWh reading therefore will relate to 7 to 7.30pm

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      Cpofchi
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      November 4, 2022

      Thank you  @BPLightlog

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      Vivienne33
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      November 4, 2022

      Hello, today it was announced that reducing energy use during peak times could lead to £100 savings between November and March? Notifications would be 24 hours in advance, how will we know, will OVO use our email address, and when will OVO start this? As it only applies to smart meter users, I’ve tagged smart meters as a topic.

        Blastoise186
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        Blastoise186Super User
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        November 4, 2022

        Hi @Vivienne33 ,

        Yup, that’s right. OVO is doing this as part of the OVO Power Move trial, but it’s only available to invited members who’ve all received the email and have already been selected. If you weren’t invited, I’m afraid you won’t qualify.

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          Jeffus
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          Jeffus
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          November 4, 2022

          What you have probably seen in the press is this scheme. 

          https://www.nationalgrideso.com/industry-information/balancing-services/demand-flexibility

          @Emmanuelle_OVO has checked and at the moment OVO haven't decided either way if they will take part in the scheme. Octopus definitely are.

          However OVO are doing a separate trial with a small number of customers called Power Move. Everyone in the ovo trial has already been contacted.

          https://www.ovoenergy.com/blog/ovo-news-power-move

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