Power Move going into Beyond - new challenge information

You are not the only dual rate customer dissapointed by this change to the Power Move eligibility.

There is an ongoing discussion about it here that you might want to join so that all discussion about it is in the one place:

I am somewhat confused here ... so, even though I am on a single-rate tariff, I am excluded because my smart meter is capable of handling multiple rates?

Seems somewhat counterproductive, because you are actually encouraging people to use more peak energy.

I invariably earned the maximum bonus (averaging barely 1% of use during the peak hours) and will now make no effort at all to shift usage to off-peak 🤷🏼‍♂️

Ah well, on the bright side, no more chilly evenings and no more mealtimes planned to avoid peak.

OVO do win, by encouraging their clients to move their energy consumption out of peak hours, when the cost to buy that energy by Ovo is high. Many clients will try to achieve the objectives, without getting rewarded in any way; thus Ovo get their benefits and profits without paying any rewards or costs. It is a clever move by Ovo, more profit without paying.

Based on ovo's announcement,

I've now decided that I'm treating  the whole family on an all expenses paid holiday to a luxurious Spanish villa this year.😀

Well when I say the whole family I obviously don't mean the one member with a dual electric meter,  They need to understand that they can't have everything!!!  They think its ok to go cold & hungry for a few hrs each night just to save £10 a month. ITS NOT (according to ovo)

So good on ovo for taking us (dual meter) people down a peg or two & not letting us get reliant on what seem like a good offer.

Maybe next time they will just come round & poke us with a sharp stick.

Brilliant customer relations 👏 

It has always been made clear on this Forum - if you are medically dependent on electricity and/or have a valid need to use electricity at Peak times for health/welfare reasons, you should absolutely 100% prioritise that over Power Move. There is absolutely no reason why you should put your welfare at risk just to save a tiny bit of cash each month - that is not the intention of Power Move at all, which is why it’s a voluntary thing.

This is the same stance that OVO takes. If participating is having a negative effect on your health, there’s no shame in dropping out - OVO would, in fact, WANT you to drop out under those circumstances.

For the rest of you, this mindset of “we can’t possibly cope with moving our usage around unless you force us to” is exactly why Power Move exists in the first place - it’s to break the ice and show you that it, is in fact, totally possible. The whole idea is to help spread the load so the National Grid doesn’t have massive surges all at once every day. Power Move is designed to reward those who help balance the grid, not punish those who don’t.

Has anyone received their email to,join autumn challenge, just wondering if I have missed this.

Saw on info no longer automatic roll over and no longer visible in beyond power move so have been looking for email invite but nothing as of yet....I could be too early of course. 

Thanks in advance...Fi

@Fi1976 Do you have the OVO Beyond app? The sign up will be on there. The OVO Beyond app was rolled out (or made available) to everybody and as far as I know it is the only way you can join the next PM but if you only have a computer/laptop then it isn't available on the OVO web page if I recall correctly.

I'll need to invoke the fount of all knowledge that is @Blastoise186 and ask if an invite via Email was also a route in to next month's PM. Cheers buddy.

Peter

DON’T get the OVO Beyond App - It is the wrong one.

(I made that mistake myself today).

It is still available on the Playstore but is discontinued now.  I have been told that it will be removed from the store - but google can work slowly at times.
(I assume that it’s the same for iPhone/Apple but can’t check that here).

Instead what you want to download/install is the ‘OVO Energy’ app which now includes Beyond.

TBH though, even with the right app installed you may not be able to sign up to the new Winter Power Move challenge until next Monday, apparently they are still ‘testing’ the signup??

I’m still waiting for an invite too. @Blastoise186 said the emails were being sent out in batches not to overwhelm the system. But it’s getting very close to the start day…

Thanks @Nukecad for the correction and the correct information. I'm no longer eligible for PM as my account is E7 so I had no way to check if OVO Beyond was the correct route and I was going on the previous information that I had. Went to load OVO Energy only to be told I already had it but it says OVO Beyond at the top. Do I have OVO Energy or OVO Beyond installed then?

It also sounds like emails are being sent out albeit somewhat slowly.