I understand what you're saying.  I guess some like me, live or.there own and don't cook a Sunday roast though.…

I kept my tv on as 20p was not worth it for me!

Well to me doesn’t seem any point if it only saves less then pounds it is not worth it. to much hassle if you ask me.

I appreciate what you say however, the whole point of power move is to reduce demand at the peak times. 

Sunday lunch is a big thing for many people, but not for all, so if they can reduce their demand it helps over all. 

@Nash98 , Power Up and Power Down events are part of the Power Move Flex scheme. It is different from Power Move, which this forum deals with.

If you have comments or questions about Power Move Flex, please post them in the dedicated space: Power Move Flex | The OVO Forum. If you’re not already a member of the group, ask to join it.

Isn’t it POWER UP event ?!?

Today’s was a Power Down event:
 

Just think what an effect this could have had on national demand if everyone delayed cooking the Sunday roast for a couple of hours.

This is the message I received 

That’s strange. It’s Power Down to me too. 

I posted a query on Power Move Flex section of the forum but I’m not sure anyone goes there much.

Are the power up/down events dependant on where you live ?

I suppose it’s possible but I’ve seen no previous evidence of that.  

Hi @juliamc,

I’ve checked this with the team who’ve responded saying they can be dependent on where you live. There are some events where Scotland will power up and the rest of the country will power down.

Hope this helps.

Would it possible for OVO to come up with a plan that offered lower rates at off peak times and higher rates at high peak times rather like Octopus enery? The power down events jsy seem like a gimmick for those who have plenty of time on their hands. 

What would be really good would be if OVO could offer their customers who have a smart meter that doesn't work due to "no signal" some kind of lower rates. It's really annoying when they push you to get a smart meter so you can access the best deals/off peak prices/EV charging etc and the smart meter will not work. Spoke with OVO and no help in the foreseeable future. Frustrated!!

Presumably the peak and off-peak times are different for many areas, situations and populations of UK. The OVO method may be tuned into that, so the it can be more effective ?

​@DGHooke 

Unfortunately OVO don't offer a tariff like Octopus at the moment but energy suppliers do change what they offer over time. They have an Add On called Charge Anytime for EV drivers but no use if you don't have one of those. There are also E7 etc tariffs that give a cheaper rate for certain hours but balance that with a more expensive rate for the rest of the time. Good for storage heaters.

It's simply a question of looking at tariffs which are available now I'm afraid. I'm sure it will happen at some time in the future but not now.

Peter

As Peter mentioned, there are various ‘economy’ tariffs which can be checked for your own location 

Some will depend on your payment method and existing meter setup but they could offer some peak and off-peak options 

Others also have some lower cost slots for EV’s and Solar but there are specific requirements for these.

Yep people are discriminated against through no fault of their own. We had an utter shambles of a smart meter install (not ovo) which resulted in a non-working smart meter for 3 years, a year of which we had an EV so I think it cost us at least £1k that year as we couldn't get any ev tarrifs as we didn't have a working smart meter. Lucky for us I had a new meter installed by shell and when it was installed I was able to get a MESH connection, still no WAN so the meter now works, touch wood! 

​@DGHooke I agree. I don’t know statistically, but I would have thought Octopus are one of OVO’s main competitors so you’d have thought they (OVO) would have a similarly competitive tariff. I’m with OVO but would consider switching to Octopus as don’t feel OVO’s customer service is great.

However, I have my solar panel Feed-In Tariff with OVO and fear trouble if I switched my fuel supplier to a different company, due to afore mentioned problems with OVO.

I would like to hear if anyone on here has different companies to supply their fuel and provide their Feed-In Tariff, and if it works smoothly.

Thanks,

Jasmin

My daily energy supplier is different to my FIT provider. They were the same company originally but I’ve moved supplier but not FIT provider.

It all works ok and I’ve even got a different provider for my solar export (which is decoupled from my FIT generation)

Hi,

 Going  slightly off topic yet again🙄, I am a very happy OVO customer and have had a fixed rate for over 4 years (my first fix was during Covid), I also have a Vaillant aroTHERM Plus 10kW VWL 105/6A 2 ASHP and have a discounted rate from OVO of 0.15p kwh in stead of 0.237p kwh, “in partenership with vailliant” using the AirSource Plus tarriff.

Answering the quote above from Jasmin10,

I also have a 2.4kwh Solar PV that was fitted by a third party so I don`t get the “OVO customer only tarriff” ☹️

I export my surplus energy using Scottish Powers SmartGen SEG tariff at 0.12p kwh, this is the best rate I found at the time of having my panels fitted that didn`t require you to buy energy from them 😁,

the export is all done automaticaly using my OVO smart meter,

I started exporting

SOLAR to SP on the 06-11-2024 and my total system generation is 566kwh,

I have six panels that are south east facing.

Sorry for hijacking your post.

Hi ​@Jasmin10 like you, I have a FiT provider rather than the newer SEG payments.  Before OVO, whom I’ve been happily with since getting transferred over from SSE, I switched energy supplier three or four times, but never the FiT side of things. So apart from the very early days when my energy supplier for the first few Solar years was also my FiT payments provider (probably originally nPower I think), my various energy providers over the last ten years or more have been totally separate from my FiT provider.  Absolutely no problems at all.

Thank you, ​@waltyboy, that’s helpful to know.