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October 14, 2024
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Smart meter isn't giving enough data for Power Move

Why does the app tell me my smart metre didn't send enough data when I can still see my daily half hour usage every day up until now - Sunday?

(Just a point out, I have half hourly readings for every day since the beginning which is over a year)

 

Chris_OVO
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Community Manager
November 6, 2024

Updated on 21/01/26 by Chris_OVO

Hey @Kall,

 

I asked the team this morning if there’s any delays and this is an updated version of the communications made over the course of this month whilst they done some testing.

 

“Our consumption data collection and calculation process previously ran from 1pm each day, collecting consumption data from the day before. We've since identified that some data now doesn't return until later in the day, after the calculation process has been completed, so for the day before you may have been classed as 'no-data' and is why some of you may have seen in your progress update that we don't have enough data to calculate your progress.


We've now moved our process to run later in the day, and have been testing to ensure this pulls through as much data as possible, there will be some circumstances still where we couldn't retrieve any data for a genuine reason, however the tests have seen a dramatic reduction in the amount of customers with 'no-data' we've had so far in October.


At the end of October we will calculate rewards and look to pull through data from the first 2 weeks of October that have previously been flagged as not having any. We will only use this data for your end of month results if it positively impacts your peak %, e.g. you now earn a reward or go up a tier, if it would negatively impact your end of month results then we will honour the more positive result and reward.”

 

Basically speaking when they were collecting the data needed to calculate your Power Move data the system was running too early and causing some of the data to be missing. They’ve trialled a new time for collecting the data and seen a huge improvement so far. They’ll need to process payments this month manually which means a small delay until the credits arrive but it’s nothing to worry about. 

 

Things should return to normal in November with the process being fully automated and the feedback we’ve had from users has helped us make improvements that’s helping everyone. If you have any follow up questions let me know! 

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Blastoise186
Super User
Super User
April 19, 2025

If you haven’t so far, I’d suggest running through https://smart-meter-help.ovoenergy.com to see if that tool can find any issues. If it does, it’ll send a report for you.

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Newcomer
April 19, 2025

If you haven’t so far, I’d suggest running through https://smart-meter-help.ovoenergy.com to see if that tool can find any issues. If it does, it’ll send a report for you.

Thanks , thats really useful. Although I just tried this, and it says 

Your smart meters are talking to us

You don't need to fill in this form as we're getting updates from your meters.

 

But Ovo said that the reason I can’t see mine is because my peak usage in April in 15.1% (which is odd, as it was 3% last month). And not sure why it would have what looks like an error message rather than telling me my percentage.

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Nukecad
Super User
Super User
April 19, 2025

TBH I would take what you were told there with a barrel of salt. You are probably correct that percentages have noting to do with it.

It does not sound likely at all and sounds more like the sort of thing a phone jockey will trot out when they don't have a clue.

They are generally trained to never say “I don't have a clue” and so can get pretty creative at times with what they hope are semi-plausible answers.

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Chris_OVO
Community Manager
Community Manager
April 21, 2025

Hey ​@nmt79,

 

I’ll flag this with the Power Move team and see if we can get clearer answers for you. I’ll reach out to you through Private Message to gather a couple of pieces of information they’ll need so keep an eye out for that. 

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Newcomer
August 8, 2025

Power Move says "my" smart meter is not sending sufficient data but the OVO on-line guide for smart meter problems says that it is communicating satisfactorily. So, I am beaten and will give up on Power Move unless OVO provides me with a fully functioning smart meter; how can I get one?

Blastoise186
Super User
Super User
August 8, 2025

Hi ​@JohnBurridge ,

I’ll ask the Power Move team about this, but I’d also suggest you ask the Support Team to make sure your meter is set to Half-Hourly readings.

You can reach them via these methods:

 

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EssyC
Rank 2
Rank 2
August 8, 2025

IDK if this helps but I had the same problem with my meter last year, I emailed the help team and received an updated credit a couple of months later.

Ben_OVO
Community Manager
Community Manager
August 11, 2025

​@JohnBurridge good morning,

 

Is your smart meter set up to provide half-hourly reads? I’ll link below an article which shows how to check this, and get it set up via your online account / app.

 

 

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