Have you checked out OVO Energy Tracker?

Yup, that’s spot on!

In some cases, it’s also possible that certain changes are only being rolled out slowly under particular circumstances initially, before being rolled out to wider scopes as time passes. For example:

1. Roll out Change X for 10% of members who access MyOVO on a computer running Chromium on Ubuntu for five days
2. Increase roll out to include a further 20% of members who use the OVO Energy app on iOS for three days
3. Further roll out to 80% of members who use the OVO Energy app on Android
4. Penultimate rollout to 90% of all members accessing either MyOVO or the OVO Energy app on any platform for two days
5. Full rollout to 100% of members

This is of course just one example of how a staged or phased rollout can take place and it doesn’t even scratch the surface of what magic tricks OVO uses to pull of the wizardry. I’m not really able to reveal the secrets because I’m a true magician. And a true magician never reveals the secrets of their magic...

Ours from the last couple of weeks.

Will be interesting to see the comparison difference in winter. I suspect it will flip to us using more energy than the average. 

Am hoping the half hourly readings should give us a better idea about how best to heat the house when we are working from home. Probably more useful for us than the Greenlight.

I found Greenlight useful in terms of prompting action rather than worrying too much whether the figures were accurate. 

I did find the weekly view in Greenlight vs the monthly view on the Usage page useful. A week feels like a good time period when seeing what difference small changes make. 

I tried the energy efficient mode on our TV for the first time but the picture was terrible. We do need manufacturers to do more. Perhaps more modern TVs are better than ours. 

Am I saving money by using my white goods when my OVO app is telling me it’s green?

I know environmentally it’s better but I want to know if it’s better on the pocket too 🤷‍♀️

Hi @Charl13 . That’s a good question. The straight answer is no, not in your current bills unless you’re on Economy7 and use more power during the off peak time (on Economy7 your electricity charged is cheaper during those times).

The more complex answer is as we get a renewable energy network, it will become cheaper than it would have been as our wind, solar and other renewable power continue to provide power rather than us searching for more things to burn. 
It’s one of these ‘invest in the future’ conundrums really - as more people begin to invest in renewables, the power network becomes more sustainable, and that will provide a lower cost than if we don’t. 

 

Brilliant thank you 😊

You could have a look at this

https://loop.homes/turn-down-and-save/#:~:text=What%20is%20Turn%20Down%20and,generate%20electricity%20at%20peak%20times.

The Hugo app is doing the winter cash back scheme as well.

https://app.hugoenergyapp.co.uk

I’ve not seen it in an active state yet though! Apparently the scheme started 21st Nov and you just have to wait for a notification of when the scheme becomes active so you can try and save energy (and get paid) in the activated energy saving time periods

hello, do you know when is the best and worst time for non essential use of electricity (and gas if that is not a silly question!) we want to try and use washing machine outside the the high use time if possible, charge phones and fill the kettle for the flask. Thanks!

do we have different prices during day and night or why are you asking this?🤔

OVO show a little of this on their web feed

but there is an app from National Grid which has a whole raft of info and prediction forwards