Updated on 15/01/25 by Ben_OVO
Hi everyone,
In 2024, OVO customers saved over £1.6 million by shifting their energy and making greener choices with Power Move.
Ahead of the challenge starting 1 February 2025, we introduced a few changes.
Power Move prize draw
Whilst Power Move will always be about helping you save money on your energy bills and reducing demand on the energy grid, the way it works has changed.
Each month, if you use 15% or less of your total electricity during peak times you’ll now earn entries into a monthly prize draw. The number of entries depends on how much electricity you use during peak times. The lower your home’s peak time energy use, the more entries you’ll earn.
How we calculate your number of entries
If you have a peak time electricity usage of 15% or less at the end of the month, you’ll earn entries for the prize draw.
The amount of entries earned will correspond with your end-of-month peak time electricity use percentage as follows:
- 0 to 1% = 15 entries
- 1.01 to 2% = 14 entries
- 2.01 to 3% = 13 entries
- 3.01 to 4% = 12 entries
- 4.01 to 5% = 11 entries
- 5.01 to 6% = 10 entries
- 6.01 to 7% = 9 entries
- 7.01 to 8% = 8 entries
- 8.01 to 9% = 7 entries
- 9.01 to 10% = 6 entries
- 10.01 to 11% = 5 entries
- 11.01 to 12% = 4 entries
- 12.01 to 13% = 3 entries
- 13.01 to 14% = 2 entries
- 14.01% to 15% = 1 entry
- 15.01% or above = 0 entries
After each month ends, the number of entries you’ve earned will be automatically entered into a prize draw, along with all the entries of other customers who’ve earned entries in that month.
The prizes
A minimum of 5 customers each month will win up to a year’s worth of free energy*, with a range of other bill credit prizes also available to win. There’ll be a minimum of 10,000 prizes available every month.
You can see what prizes are being offered in the Power Move section of your OVO app and on ovoenergy.com/power-move at the beginning of each new month.
If you’re a winner you’ll be notified in the Power Move section of the app. Customers can win one prize per month.
Changes to peak times
We've heard your feedback that it can feel difficult to shift your home’s energy use during the current window of 4-7pm. From 1 February 2025, peak times changed to 5pm-7pm, Monday - Friday.
Weekend usage is still counted as off-peak.
Updates via the OVO app
You'll be able to see your progress through the app. When the new challenge is live, sign in to your account and select 'Power Move' on the home screen.
Here, you’ll have a progress dashboard to track how you’re getting on, and see if you’ve won a prize at the end of the month.
For more information, visit ovoenergy.com/power-move, our Power Move FAQs and Power Move terms and conditions.
*A year’s free energy is set at a maximum bill credit of £2,000. A year’s free energy is calculated in line with Ofgem’s average Energy Price Cap for January-March 2025 for customers paying by Direct Debit, which is worked out based on a 2-3 bedroom house, with 2 to 3 occupants using 11,500 kWh gas and 2,700 kWh electricity per year. Credit may not equal one year’s free energy if you are a higher than average user or if the price cap were to increase beyond current forecasts. We’ll pay it as energy bill credit in 12 monthly instalments. For example, if you win a year's free energy in January, the credit would be applied to your bill in February and each following month up to the last payment in January the following year.
