Android app has stopped showing electricity usage - gas is still showing?

Thanks I do. The odd thing is that I'm receiving gas data but not electricity data

Hey @Duckers1882,

That would explain the issue with the usage graph. 

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Hope this helps. 

The electricity consumption issue which I raised at the beginning of January remains unresolved.  My smart meter is working correctly and OVO are receiving the data which can be viewed on the website via “View reading history”.  So for January 2023 there is a £14.51 standing charge but no charge for consumption.  My IHD is working correctly and also there is no problem with gas data.

It seems that the daily electricity smart meter readings are being recorded on the OVO database but are not being fed through to the billing part of the system and the usage graphs.

@windpower certainly a strange one.

Sorry if one of the forum volunteers has already asked this. It may not help but sometimes helps to spot issues. 

1. I assume you didn't switch tariff around the time this happened?

2. Does everything look correct on the plan page for electricity (MPAN, Serial number, unit rate for electricity)? 

https://account.ovoenergy.com/plan

3. Has a bill now be created with zero electricity use?

4. Do you have your meter set for 30min readings? Did these stop on the same day on the usage page?

5. Not a question, but just an observation that estimated readings haven't popped up on the Usage page. 

6. Have OVO given any estimate how long it will take? 

I am also not convinced about the reason OVO gave but they may be correct of course. I think we saw a similar issue last year with some customers on the forum, i will see if i can find them but it can be very difficult sometimes when threads are merged.

OVO are very clearly getting daily smart readings as you say which should drive the bills whether you are on  SMETS1 or being upgraded to SMETS2

If you want to be sure it is getting attention you could put in a complaint, else i suggest asking for a weekly update which isn't unreasonable i think. Depends on how urgent the issue is for you. 

https://www.ovoenergy.com/feedback

Answers to your queries:

1.    Haven’t switched tariff since my Fixed rate ended in June 2022

2.    Everything is displaying correctly on the plan page

3.    The bill for January 2023 is “pending” but if I click on “View full details” is shows zero electricity consumption.  In any case I was not charged for the last two weeks December 2022.

4.    My meter is set for 30 mins readings.  I can view the detailed half-hourly readings up to 11 December 2022 but not from 12 to 21 December after which the graph was not updated.

I have been with OVO since May 2014 and my smart meters were installed in March 2016 so I suspect they are SMETS1.

I think the crux of the problem is what the OVO database system does with the electricity meter readings it receives rather than an issue with the meter itself.

Hey @windpower,

Thank you for your response, and providing all the information. 

In that case, it seems as though the issue might be a technical one. please contact Support who’ll be able to raise this to our tech team for investigation. 

It may be as you suggest, an issue with pulling the meter readings onto our billing platform. 

Keep us posted with how you get on. 

@windpower thanks for replying. 

I suspect it won't work as the citizens advice link didn't say your meters were converted, but if you haven't already I would see if loop recognised your meters

https://loop.homes/ 

I asked the previous questions as i had an updating issues that cleared once a bill was generated. But i suspect it won't clear in your case automatically with the current bill given all your answers. 

For part of December 2022 and for 4 months from January to April 2023 I was not charged for electricity consumption and my usage graphs were blank despite OVO receiving all my smart meter data.  On 2nd May 2023 I received an email from OVO apologising for the error which has now been corrected and saying that I currently have a £88.21 debit which can be paid by one-off payment or via a repayment plan.  Monthly graphs have been updated.  The revised December 2022 bill showed 11 Dec 2022 “final read for old meter setup”.  So it seems that the cause of the problem was some kind of software change by OVO.

Unfortunately some posters are seeing similar  errors reappear, even the readings on old bills disappear in some cases. This was from today for example. 

So keep an eye on your bills going forward.

It would have been good if ovo had offered a small goodwill compensation payment for all those impacted.