£66 government energy bills support scheme deducted from my OVO account balance not added?

Slightly yep lolol..    I know I’m not the only one.. 

So why does it not add to the credit balance before its taken back out? 

Ah… 🤔

….because it’s reduced the charges instead.

I believe it was done that way because that method was already available for paying other grants through the bill.

How has it reduced the charges? Unless its a credit first… then a refund, by the math on my numbers in the above example it is taken from my credit and refunded to my account..   IE: £66 less in my credit balance? 

I’m honestly not trying to be difficult here .. :) Just totally not getting it and its not making sense how if the £66 is taken from my credit balance and refunded to my bank account how i’ve been given an additional £66 from the support.. 

I thought this also when I first looked at my account but what ovo appear to have done is reduce the amount you should have paid for your energy by £66

So for example you should have been charged £83.46 for energy use this month but you have been charged £17.46 and then you recieve a credit back into your bank of £66

It would have been better if the £66 was not refunded and helped to pay the bill but this is how the government wanted it.

Also I think the way that ovo shows it is not the easiest way but guess systems all work differently and that's the way that was probably easiest for them 

Hey @Amerififer,

I think part of the confusion here is that it appears as -£66 when you click on other charges.

This is actually a credit in. The payment then gets refunded, so it should have no affect on your balance, as it is first credited and then refunded.

Hope this helps. 

I experienced the same, my credit is debited by refunds, but never shown in my payments as energy support scheme money received. upon making contacts… whatsapp rep could not explain. nor over the phone to ovo. This can make me believe that something is seriously wrong in OVO and matter now need to be investigated by OFGEM.

my previous provider SSE has clearly shown this payments as adjustments totalling ZERO as a result of money received from support and paid to my bank account, but with OVO it raised questions. My credits are reduced by £66 as a result of refunds to bank account and Help money remain invisible in my OVO account. 

it is not long before my account is migrated from SSE. 

SSE has better to show and nothing to hide.

WE all who face this has no choice to suffer mentally with OVO as no choice to go to different and surely reputable providers. As no energy company now taking in or transfers  from any company.

I would ask if anyone and any which way we can leave OVO and go to more clear, simple and transparent company? which will not raise issues to worry with?

@vimaljb have you checked in the Details of your charges ? That is where the £66 goes into your account. If you click on See details where you see the Refund you should get details of the gas and electricity charges and a line which says Energy Bill Support Scheme - £66 eg on next post…

I wondered why the £66 was debited from my account but I can see now what is happening, OVO is putting the Government Grant of £66 back into my Bank Account so in effect I’m paying £66 less than my D/D. The £66 takes at least 3 working days to land in the Bank Account i.e. if it’s credited on a Thursday, you won’t see it until at least the next Monday