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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

Newcomer
January 23, 2024

I'm registered with Ovo & they recognise me on their system....just not able to get a statement 

Emmanuelle_OVO
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Retired Moderator
January 24, 2024

I’ll ask Forum_Support to reach out @Lordy, please keep an eye on your private messages. 

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Newcomer
January 24, 2024

Mea culpa!

 

Ovo have pointed out to me that they emailed a request for a meter reading in December. 

Unfortunately, I missed that email & didn’t send a reading.🙄😏

I’ve not got to wait until March to submit another.

AyronCAuthor
Rank 2
March 7, 2024

Forum support gone quite as well as the FIT lot!! 

Just started a case with the Energy ombudsman! What an absolute farce this company is!!

AyronCAuthor
Rank 2
March 7, 2024

24th of July 2023 I sent the application in! THE most inept company in existence!!

Newcomer
March 25, 2024

Hi, I can’t believe that after so many unhappy customers OVO is not doing anything about the issue and the switch from SSE to OVO is still so painful. 
I had over 10 accounts with SSE and only 4 got moved to OVO the rest was not. I was told the same story that they are working through so I gave them every quarter meter readings for all my  FITS but this is the 3rd quarter I have not been paid and I really think they are incapable of running this. I have provided them with all the FIT ID, account ID, serial meter number, meter reading, photographs of all my meters to proof that they exist and the meter reading is correct, then I also provided SSE statements for each of my account as a proof so account name, address, number but I’m getting absolutely nowhere and the debts in payments is growing. I sent several emails to each with details in subjects etc. I get several different responses, all just excuses why, once it’s email address, once its account number, once it’s out installation is not FIT , but neither of there responses have any details to which email they are responding to. I am really at the end of the journey. I don’t know what to do. This is the worse ever experience with SSE/OVO and after providing everything and more I am getting nowhere. On the top of this, I have one export meter on the installation that I’m paying yearly subscription in order to be paid for export, but since October 2022 I have not been paid for export. It’s ok to take my money and my generated electric but to pay for it, that doesn’t seem to work. What is this company? They clearly need to change the and implement the CAN DO ATTITUDE. I am thinking about taking all my paperwork and go to their office and get it resolved there. Anybody up for this? 

AyronCAuthor
Rank 2
March 25, 2024

Hi I meant to update this thread as I’ve had a major breakthrough!!

First thing I did was start a case with the Energy Ombudsman as I was absolutely at the end of my tether.. They were brilliant! Then lo and behold I suddenly get a welcome e-mail from Ovo saying it’s all sorted out and my account is now open! Although it’s going in the right direction etc, I’ll only be convinced this is all sorted out when I see some cash coming in from Ovo!!

I would highly recommend getting in touch with the ombudsman and get them to act for you. it’s all free.

Newcomer
March 25, 2024

Hello and thank you very much for the update. 
I have been patient with OVO and give them a chance to get things right but clearly the soft way, emails and phone calls don’t work. I will follow your advise and see if the Energy Ombudsman will help. Hopefully the hard way will work and OVO will get it sorted eventually. 
thank you 

Newcomer
September 10, 2024

OVO took over our SSE Feed in Tariff account over a year ago and we haven’t managed to get payment since. Dealing with OVO has been exactly as described at the head of this article

We submitted a complaint to OVO on 01/07/24 and, apart from acknowledging receipt of the complaint have heard nothing more but have continued to go round in circles in getting a new account set up

We contacted the Energy Ombudsman who 48-hours later acknowledged receipt of our complaint but the Ombudsman somehow thinks that 26/09/24 is eight weeks after the 01/07/24 so will not get involved just yet!

Chris_OVO
Community Manager
Community Manager
September 10, 2024

Hey @Hall Treasurer,

 

Unfortunately on our Community Forum we don’t have access to complaints or accounts so we wouldn’t be in the best position to help you with this. I’d recommend speaking directly with the Feed in Tariff team who can be contacted on 0330 102 7421 or at fits@ovoenergy.com

 

They’ll be able to have a look at your case and give you an update. I’m sorry there isn’t more that we can do for you here and we hope it’s resolved soon for you. 

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