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 next challenge starting 1 February 2025, we have a few changes we wanted to let you know about.
Power Move prize draw
While 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 is changing.
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.
The first prize draw will take place in March. There is no end date to the Power Move prize draw.
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 are 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, peak times will change to 5pm-7pm, Monday - Friday.
Weekend usage will still be 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 new and updated progress dashboard to track how you’re getting on, and see if you’ve won a prize at the end of the month.
Your end of January results will be via email and you'll no longer be able to see January progress in the app
For more information, visit ovoenergy.com/power-move, our Power Move FAQs and Power Move terms and conditions
Thanks,
The OVO team
*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.
