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January 3, 2024

FIT change of ownership nightmare!

  • January 3, 2024
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I’ve been trying to do a FIT change of ownership for 6 months now and still pulling my hair out on a daily basis trying to explain to the people in the FIT team! Absolute disgrace! I've complained god knows how many times, sent multiple e-mails and still nothing!! I actually don't know what to do now apart from rip out the solar panels and dump them in OVO's carpark and not even bother with the whole scheme but I desperately need the payments from them to help with bills! I feel completely stuck! The change of ownership process is completely flawed and very difficult to follow. If there is anything wrong with the application they just send a generic e-mail saying something is missing and they don't tell you exactly what's wrong. So you call them endlessly and they tell you it's all ok and to ignore the generic e-mails. Then I call for updates as they never get back to you and they tell me information is missing, so I send them everything again and again and then send complaints asking to be contacted but I hear nothing. I call back and escalate to manager but again told everything is ok, this just repeats and repeats. I finally spoke to another manager 4 weeks ago who told me the proof of ownership was not acceptable all a long! How can they wait 6 months to tell me this?? This could have been sorted out in July! Once I sent the information, again I asked for confirmation that this has been accepted and I will recieve payment but 4 weeks later nothing! I have sent another e-mail this morning but I have have zero hope I will hear anything. I’ve given up phoning because it’s so infuriating speaking to these people. What do I have to do to get this sorted out??

22 replies

AyronCAuthor
Rank 2
January 4, 2024

Just tried calling the FIT team for about the 100th time, eventually spoke to somebody but instead of trying to help they just hung up on me! This seems to be the norm..

Abby_OVO
Community Manager
Community Manager
January 4, 2024

Hi @AyronC 

 

I’m really sorry hear about this.

 

I’m going to have the Forum_Support reach out to you to help with this issue. Look out for a private message here soon: https://forum.ovoenergy.com/inbox/overview 

 

Unfortunately you’re not alone in this type of situation. 

 

 

Currently Playing: She's Electric
Newcomer
January 4, 2024

If you get somewhere, please let me know. Seems like this is a common problem with OVO.

I submitted my change of ownership application on 10th August (almost 5 months ago) and I haven’t been able to get it sorted either. The change of ownership form states that the process could take up to 6 weeks!

I was asked to provide an alternative form of proof of ownership on 31st August, which I duly provided on 7th September. Since then I have heard nothing. I called on 30th October to ask for an update and was told they didn’t know why it was taking so long and my case would be escalated and someone would call me. I was provided an escalation number and have yet to receive that phone call (over 2 months have passed). I emailed the complaints department on 7th December but received no response other than an automated response claiming that they would try to respond within 2 days. I emailed their complaints department a few days later regarding an unrelated matter and received a response the next day, so it appears the FIT customer service team is non-existent. I’m now currently waiting for 8 weeks to pass from my complaint email before taking the matter to the energy ombudsmen. 

AyronCAuthor
Rank 2
January 4, 2024

I feel your pain! And your experience sounds exactly what I’m going through.. Did you read the topic that Abby linked to above? Interesting reading and that particular person has been waiting a year and still nothing! A disgrace!

The funny thing is, the complaint e-mail address goes to the same people you speak to in the FIT team so I would expect that complaint to go absolutely nowhere… 

AyronCAuthor
Rank 2
January 12, 2024

Hi @AyronC 

 

I’m really sorry hear about this.

 

I’m going to have the Forum_Support reach out to you to help with this issue. Look out for a private message here soon: https://forum.ovoenergy.com/inbox/overview 

 

Unfortunately you’re not alone in this type of situation, I’ve linked below to a similar topic thread:

 

 

Abby_OVO I’ve heard nothing back from support, I gave all my details and sent several replies asking for any updates but I’ve had nothing back.. That’s over 1 week ago

Abby_OVO
Community Manager
Community Manager
January 12, 2024

Hey @AyronC 

 

Sorry to hear this.

 

I’ll check in with the team, and ensure they’re on this.

Currently Playing: She's Electric
Newcomer
January 19, 2024

Same here. Previous occupier with Ovo- I’ve been with Octopus since I moved in back in June 23. 

Trying to get the FIT registered & then moved to Octopus is proving to be nigh-on impossible. 

Octopus won’t move forward until they have a FIT statement from me. Ovo won’t supply one as I’ve never been a customer of theirs.

Energy Ombudsman have been partially helpful but can’t force either party to change their position.

Emmanuelle_OVO
Retired Moderator
Retired Moderator
January 22, 2024

Hey @Lordy,

 

This sounds very frustrating. So who was your FiT contract with? Did you ever get a FiT statement in this time? 

Renewable Energy? Big Fan.
Newcomer
January 22, 2024

The FiT contract was with Ovo & the previous occupier. I switched to Octopus the day I moved in, so have never been an Ovo customer. 

In hindsight, I should've stuck with Ovo for a month or two & then switched to Octopus....I didn't know how difficult it is to switch FiT suppliers

Emmanuelle_OVO
Retired Moderator
Retired Moderator
January 23, 2024

That is a tricky one, I can’t imagine that OVO would be able to give you a statement if you never registered yourself. I can see how frustrating this must be for you. 

 

Is it possible for you to register with OVO and then switch to Octopus @Lordy? Or maybe find a supplier where you can sign up from scratch with them and they won’t require a statement from the previous supplier? 

Renewable Energy? Big Fan.