Struggling to achieve Power Move target!

Are you using any other electricity during the 3 hours? Ie kettle or microwave?

You can get half-hourly readings from the Ovo website or others such as Glowmarkt. 

I was out of the country for two weeks so all that was on was fridge freezer didn’t achieve my target! *edited by moderator*

3 hours is 12.5% of a 24 hour day. The original 12.5% target was set so that people who used less than average between 4 and 7pm would hit the target. It has been revised to 13.5% in recognition of the fact that many of us need a bit more juice at that time of day.

Also @Sleepysusie, Power Move is not primarily a net zero initiative. It aims to reduce the peak usage during the day to make it easier for the system to cope. There is a small net zero effect in that the extra power needed at peak time is more likely to come from a high-carbon source but that is not its primary purpose.

I hope that helps. 

Hi @Topsy ,

You can opt out of Power Move by following the instructions under point 21 on this faq page:

https://www.ovoenergy.com/power-move-faqs

Well done @Tasa. 

You are doing great but it seems unlikely that using lights or the tv makes much difference but 6.74% is very impressive! 

I’m not even bothering with Power Move any more. Last year, as an experiment, I sat in the dark not wathing TV on those days when I was set a target and managed to save about £20 in total. This year I’m told if I hit my target I’ll get £15 off my £150 a month electric bill (gas was £120 last month, November). Not worth the bother.

I live in a 3 bed semi and am home all day. My background electricity usage (day and night) according to my smart meter display, is about 10p an hour. That’s for my CCTV (11 cameras) and other stuff like routers, PC, laptop a server and switches etc. As I type this on a cold winters evening (gas heating) with lights and TV and Christmas lights on, my electricity is about 24p an hour. How does that compare to other people?

BTW, I use the Bright Ap  on my phone from Hildebrand Technology to see my smartmeter information. Far superior to the little display unit they give you with smartmeter and its free, no adverts.

Tony

One good guide to ‘essential usage’ is what you’re using in the darkest hours of the night. Assuming that you’re routinely switching everything off at the wall before bed, usage between, say, 02:00 and 05:00 should be your benchmark for what to aim for in the afternoon peak period. If you’re using a lot more in the afternoon period, you might want to find out what it is that’s gobbling your electricity. 

For those of you who said you need to sit in the dark, you might misunderstand the concept of a power move. All you have to do is reduce high power usage within that 3-hour time slot. You can still enjoy your TV, turn on the lights, and operate your gas heater, etc. You can even use high-power devices like the hair dryer (for a few minutes, it's perfectly fine) or the washing machine (not the tumble dryer). 

This power move is so easy to achieve. We have hardly ever had lights on in the house anyway other than switching on to go in a room for something and switching off again after we've left..We turned the TV off when not in the room watching and always do the cleaning, cooking and washing etc out of the peak periods  it's so easy, and we also have completed our power move every month since its inception.