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Best answer by Abby_OVO

Updated on 20/01/26 by Chris_OVO

 

Over the 18 months, Power Move Flex (as part of CrowdFlex) has shifted 864,700 kWh's and paid out over £1.02 million in bill credits.

We've had over 100,000 customers take part over the 3 trials in which Power Move Flex helped match the demand to the power being generated. So homed used cleaner, greener energy.

The trials were aimed at understanding how households can contribute to a greener electricity grid. The learnings we gathered from being part of these trials will be essential for the Electricity System Operator to plan for the future of the electricity grid, and how our customers can play a role in this. Together we've been making energy better for people and the planet. 

 

Our current trials are now closed, and we'd like to thank our users for their participation.

You can find more information Power Move can be found here:

 

Hey @Ria 

 

Regarding yesterday's power move down, the email never provided the base figure for the hour. How do we calculate this?

 

Sorry for any confusion. I did double check this with the team in regards to what the baseline is with these events. 

 

In summary, the baseline is the typical usage for that time period based on your consumption for the last 10 working days.

 

In the terms, section 3.4, explains how we calculate a baseline, and customers should be able to follow the directions if they wanted to understand their personal baseline better.

I hope this helps.

36 replies

Newcomer
October 9, 2024

I couldn’t take part in this as my smart meter isn’t connected to my new meter

Rank 9
October 9, 2024

I also noticed that but as I only use about a quarter of a KWh between 3 and 4 on a typical weekday afternoon, the offer of 50p to save a whole KWh made it all seem a bit irrelevant.

Rank 4
October 9, 2024

I had the same query.  1 kilowatt less than what? I use virtually nothing at that time of day anyway so doubt I can use less, though I did spot the email just in time to delay getting the mower out but there wasn't enough warning to plan ahead really.

RiaAuthor
Rank 7
October 9, 2024

I had the same query.  1 kilowatt less than what? I use virtually nothing at that time of day anyway so doubt I can use less, though I did spot the email just in time to delay getting the mower out but there wasn't enough warning to plan ahead really.

I was the same and was about to cook a dinner between 3 & 4 instead of waiting til after 7, and spotted the email just in time, so I had a sandwich instead. It was only when I looked at it a bit later I realised a kwh less than what? Normally I only use between 2 & 3 kwh a day but I had recently had workmen in for a while so sometimes electric was being used at that time, although 4pm was pack up time.

BPLightlog
Super User
Super User
October 9, 2024

I couldn’t take part in this as my smart meter isn’t connected to my new meter

Are you referring to your in home display (IHD) ? Unless you’re relying on that for info on usage, it won’t affect the data used by OVO

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Rank 2
October 9, 2024

For 1 hour between 3:00 PM and 4:00 PM on 08 October. 

Avoid use of non-essential electricity.

You’ll receive £0.20 credit towards your energy bill for every kWh you shift.

That what my email says. I assume, that the tariff for that period of time would be 20p per each 1kWh used less than I usually use at the same period of time on weekdays. (It’s still confusing to me with the weekends, which are not counted, but which are taken into account)
I guess, that everything less would be counted from that 20p per 1kWh.

Rank 9
October 9, 2024

My message definitely said 50p.  Presumably I would got 50p for every kWh used less than my normal 0.25 kWh between 3 and 4pm - which would mean I would gain 12.5p if I used zero electricity for that hour.  

Rank 9
October 9, 2024

OVO are now messaging about another event tomorrow between “12.00pm and 12.30pm”.  I would have thought that a company of their size would know that there is no such time as 12.00pm or 12.00am - it’s either 12 noon or 12 midnight !

Firedog
Super User
Super User
October 9, 2024

Thanks for pointing this out - I was feeling rather lonely in my objection to this illogical usage. 12:00 is midday, midnight is  00:00. In some circumstances, 00:01 and 23:59 are used for periods that start or end at midnight.

Tomorrow 10 October, which is the earlier time - 11:59pm or 12:00pm?

 

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RiaAuthor
Rank 7
October 9, 2024

The 24 hr clock would have best for clarity, that said 12.30pm is definitely afternoon and they wouldn't be doing a 12.5 hr power up so 12pm is noon🤣