Switching suppliers and moving home

We have recently bought a house, and Cadent have connected a gas supply. We have a meter point reference number but no meter, and are choosing an energy supplier. I was told by your support team a couple of weeks ago that although you were able to switch customers who were already electricity and gas customers of other companies, you were unable to accept new gas-only customers who had no meter. Is that still the case, or have things improved?

I am a first time tenant who recently moved into a home supplied by OVO but I am receiving bills under the previous tenants account. I am non-verbal and have tried emailing and using the online chat service both of which haven't worked. Is there anyway I can resolve this without calling? The property mangers have already tried to resolve this by calling and explaining all this but the advice has still been to call. I also already looked into switching to a more accommodating service but unfortunately still need to set up an account on OVO before I could do so. PS- I live alone and quite far from any family so getting someone to help would be quite difficult. I also would prefer to not have to rely on such methods.

Hello, I moved in April into a property with electricity supplied by OVO. I registered, but there was a mistake - my start date was listed 1 month late (14th of may instead of 14th of april, which is when I actually moved in).I immediately phoned OVO when I saw the wrong start date on the contract. The person I talked to was very nice, but said he could not do anything, but would forward the information to the relevant people, who would be able to fix this issue. It has been almost two months, and I have had no news...I have also sent in an e-mail a couple of weeks ago, but I have not received any reply either. Is there some contact number for the contracts team, or some other way to contact and fix this?

Hiya - this is not an OVO question but I hope someone can help. My stepson moved into his own house in September 2021. The energy supplier for gas and electric is British Gas. He contacted them on completion to give them his details and a meter reading but they told him, they couldn’t talk to him because he is not the account holder and there are arrears on the account. The house was empty for some time before he moved in (deceased estate) and although we have a name for the former tenant (it’s not the same as the person who sold the property) we have no idea who he is or where he is now. We have tried repeatedly to talk to British Gas by phone and email but we’re getting nowhere. Letters from a debt collection agency are now coming chasing the outstanding amount - still in the name of the former tenant. We know we’re liable for the gas and electric from his moving in date but just cannot get British Gas to update his details or send a bill in his name.  We’ve tried switching as well b

I recently moved into a new (rented) property which was supplied by British Gas.  It has a smart meter and was initially set to use PAYG topups.  I want to switch to OVO on a monthly DD.What will happen to my existing credit on the meters that I have already topped up?

  Hi, My tenant has left the property. Currently, it is vacated - i.e. no tenant. They were with Ovo previously. What can I do now?  

ive found out today that OVO have taken over the supply of a rental property i own without authority, providing fictitious meter readings to E-on.E-on, equally incompetent, cant tell me who instigated this but as i’m the bill payer and i havent so it amounts to fraud and identity theft. Ovo are shut  - sound like a great scam going on here OVO - identify vacant letting properties, take control on an unknown tariff and give fictitious readings to the outgoing supplier. send the bills at an inflated tariff to a vacant property. Sharp practices which i shall be taking up with the ombudsman

Hi, I've moved out of a rented house and forgot to read the meters :( I'm now living away from the property and it's been more or less unoccupied for the most part for the last couple of months so I've got a feeling any estimated readings are going to be way too high. If the estimates are too high (ie higher than the next readings taken when landlord gets property back) how will I get the difference back?? Thanks!!

I'm looking to change suppliers and Ovo is definitely high on the list.However I am told we are a bit unusual, we have two meters, one to do the cheap nighttime electricity, and one to do the day rate, so that means two MPAN numbers etc.Is this something Ovo can accommodate? I had another supplier tell me they could but it would mean two standing charges, which is definitely something we don't currently pay to one of the big suppliers.