I have done this (checked my half hourly useage and put it onto a spreadsheet) and the half hour readings are fairly consistent over the 24 hour period so I cannot see how the 3 hours between 4pm and 7pm suddenly account for nearly 23% of the 24 hour useage. Blastoise186 it clearly states ‘Use 14.5% or less of your home’s total daily electricity between 4pm and 7pm, Monday to Friday’ for a reward, nothing about moving it about so I don’t understand where your explanation comes from. I presume that the half hourly kWh values presented in the useage data is the total amount of units consumed over the previous half hour up to that point in each of the data points.

The way to win isn’t by just using less during the specified periods, but to also move that same usage to other parts of the day. That’s why it’s called OVO Power Move rather than OVO Power Reduce or OVO Power Shutdown. The clue is in the name! :)

I repeat the criteria doesn’t mention anything about moving energy, just about a % of the total daily (24hr) useage between 4 and 7pm on weekdays.

It might not say it there, but it’s been said a lot on the Forum.

Hi @STUAND20, it’s an interesting query you've raised…the apparent discrepancy  between your own peak hours analysis and OVO’s analysis of same. 
 

You ask whether “the half hourly kWh values presented in the useage data is the total amount of units consumed over the previous half hour up to that point in each of the data points”, and yes you’ve got it right: so for March (peak hours will change for the next Power Move incentive) the relevant 6 peak-hour time slots are 1600-1830, out of the 48 weekday slots 0000-2330.
 

If you have the time (if you haven’t done so already) get your spreadsheet to calculate for all 20 weekdays in March (this Friday 29th being a BH doesn’t count), or at least the 18 we’ll have had by midnight tonight: that’s important, because the incentive is calculated as a percentage over the entire month (of candidate weekdays).  One or two wobbly days can have an impact.

Once that’s done, I’d be really surprised if there was much of a discrepancy between your own figures and OVO’s over, say, half a percentage point, if that.
 

The other thing that might have a bearing is that OVO’s Power Move incentives require a minimum number of weekdays throughout the month in which HH readings have been faithfully reported by your meter.  Any days of “missing” data could appear at first glance to be “normal” smart meter days when you look through your usage, but may in fact be estimates.  Check carefully each of the days in your OVO usage account, by clicking on each weekday to make sure that each day opens up to show each and every 48 HH figure.

Let us know how you get on…any (really noticeable) difference between your calculations  and OVO’s would indeed be puzzling, you’re right.

Just to add to Walt’s excellent overview, this point is particularly important. If a single one of the expected 48 figures is missing, the whole day’s data are discarded as incomplete. There is one other limitation over which no-one has any control: the usage data have to have been recorded in your account before 13:00 on the following day. This is an arbitrary cut-off point to prevent delays in the calculations in cases where the data for some reason don’t arrive the following morning as usual. 

There is some leeway, in that the odd discarded day won’t necessarily affect the outcome. But over the whole month, you have to have had a minimum number (I think 14) of eligible weekdays to qualify for the reward, if the percentage calculated for those days meets the target. 

Hey @STUAND20 

Our volunteers have left some really helpful advice for you on this already, but I just wanted to add a few things onto this.

The following quote it direct from the Power Move homepage; “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.”.

I hope this clears that part up a little for you on the intention behind Power Move. and that the overall goal is not to use less, but to move your usage outwith the peak times.

We’ve also got some other really helpful topics that may be of use to you:

I hope this has been helpful for you, if you’ve got any other questions do let us know.