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Hi thereLooking for some advice please. I have built up quite a lot of credit - so had been hoping to reduce my Direct Debit, so that some of this credit can be used up. However, I have been unable to reduce the direct debit online. I keep getting the message “sorry we are unable to show you a payment recommendation right now”. . . . I’m wondering why this is:- Would it be because OVO mistakenly allowed an Erroneous Energy Transfer to happen to my electricity account in October last year, and it has only recently been returned to me in the last month or so? . . . Also, I had quite a high credit amount in my account before this Erroneous Energy Transfer happened. However, it looks like the credit has increased. Why would this be happening? Thanks

On my recent bill I used 37.320 cubic meters of gas.  My house is unoccupied at the moment so only using minimal gas. I followed the conversion calculation ; 37.32 x 43 x 1.02264 divided by 3.6  =  455.8588  kwh However, on my bill it says energy use 1167.073  kwh and I was charged for 1167.073 kwh. I don’t know where I am going wrong with my calculation.Can anyone help me please.  I have tried to email OVO customer services but have not received a reply. Thank you

We purchased a property that had lay empty for some months prior to purchase.  Furthermore, we’ve not lived in it we have cosmetic renovations undertaken.The previous tenant was with OVO on PAYG for gas and electric so we thought for ease we would stick with OVO then instructed them to switch to meter supply, which we did, OVO having advised that we had smart meters.  Over the course of the month, the contractors have reported the power going off on 3 to 4 occasions, having top top up the PAYG card.  On every happening, I have contacted OVO and they have said it has been transferred over to meter. To compound the issue, just over a month later, the first bill is showing daily usage despite nobody living in the property, on both the gas and and electric.  Furthermore, the contractor has notified us that the gas has been capped off!As a side story, the adjoining neighbour has informed us that when the previous tenant was in our property, they use to top up the PAYG and the credit went on

There are 5 meters in this property (3 Phase supplies). Each meter servicing a different potion of the property. (Underfloor heating , Lighting, Utilities and defunct equipment on the property). The billing reflect MPAN numbers for Heating meters (3) and separate meters for Lighting(2). The supplied monthly bills do not detail which meter reading (actual or estimated) relates to which meter. In order to establish reading data to each meter i am keeping a separate spreadsheet. Could these bills not show “Meter - Reading “ for each meter with their MPAN no alongside?

Hello,I have been using the New Ovo app for payg and I logged in to top up and my meter balance has disappeared.  I went and topped up online instead, but the app keeps saying an error has occurred.  Do you know if anything is wrong with the app as the Top Up website is working OK.  The app still has all my other details there but not my meter balance so I cannot top up on app.  Thank You for any replys.  It says error 404 if that helps.

We're victims of the termination of heatpump plus too. I'm speechless and out of pocket after changing to OVO, getting the Internet connection for the heatpump and, after complaining, a smart meter fitted. Even now this tariff is still being advertised. OVO staff seem not to have been informed of this change, as we were told we could go straight onto the tariff as soon as we had the smart meter. Oh well, off to another energy supplier I suppose. Very disappointing, to say the least.

For the past 3 months my bill (Economy 10) has been wrong when it comes to Off-peak energy. Peak energy and Standing Charge are spot on but Off-peak is out by a few pence. Like this:Off-peak energy use 1694.781 kWh at 22.06p £373.95Peak energy use 261.497 kWh at 27.14p £70.97Standing charge 30 days at 59.00p a day £17.70The Off-peak should be £373.87.  There must be a glitch in their software because two specific figures when multiplied gives only one answer!  Anyone else noticed this?My emails to OVO haven’t changed anything so my hope is that a Mod here has access to someone who can actually identify and fix this issue.

why do ovo even though ive never missed a payment and im £110 in credit continue to threaten to raise my payment by £ 80 a month ,we are in the middle of a pandemic people are dying or losing there jobs and we get these threats to nearly double monthly payments based on ovo and there crystal ball and what you may or may not use energy wise over the next 6 months

I am using the Charge app and the Hypervolt Pro 3 (bought through OVO) to charge my Volvo XC40 Recharge. It doesn’t work.  Customer service has been woeful. I have to wait for 40 minutes plus to speak to someone, who doesn’t have an answer and who promises to ‘escalate’ it. I’ve had a ‘ticket raised’ which amounted to zero contact. I’ve sent three emails and had no response to any of them.  So what’s happening…The car doesn’t charge through the app. I set the schedule, wake up the next day and nothing. I thought it might be the fact that Vovlo settings have their own schedule internally - I disabled it. It worked. Then it didn’t again. When I looked, something between the app and the car had switched the Volvo’s internal schedule on again. This morning however, that wasn’t the case at all, it was still disabled but the car hadn’t charged. When I went to bed last night the schedule was set for it all to be done by 0700 this morning through the Charge app.  There is nothing wrong with th

Morning I am looking for some advise as my smart meter in my house has been showing credit available of £19.34 for the last 5days and it sounds like it is stuck and won't allow me to top up.I have checked my main power box out side my house and this display the amount of £19.34.I am just a bit worried at these figures as I work from home and I'm needing to have a supply of electricity and have a fear of getting cut off or have a large amount of dept that I will have to pay as I can't see if I am in credit for my Pay As You Go meter.Unfortunately the plastic smart card that I can use as an alternative was lost a while ago so I can't use that as an alternative. Please advise what I can do  

I was referred to Charis and told I would receive the small measure pack within 10 days - on 27 November 2025 - this was put through Lightning Reach and the status has been sitting like this since then.  There are no contact details for Charis on the site and when I enquired with Lightning Reach a few weeks ago I was told it was in hand and I would hear from them soon.  On checking the site today the status is the same.  Anyone else waiting? Anyone know what's happening? At the same time I was referred to Exertis for Energy efficiency measures and I received a SMART plug a few days later… not sure how that is supposed to help me stay warm but hopefully if the heated blanket ever appears I will be able to switch it off and on using the SMART plug?

I’m getting quite confused with solar & battery used with anytime.Is this even possible on ovo? I seem to think I might be best changing to octopus, we are looking at getting solar and a Powerwall 3 installed, we are currently using charge anytime with an indra pro and the more I look the more i’m confused if we can A: actually charge the car when excess solar, assuming we generate enough, B: use any kind of time of use tariff with anytime to charge the battery at a cheap rate C: have this battery boost addon with a Powerwall? I can’t even see battery boost any ware on my ovo page, D: Export rate prices, I think ovo will pay 12p excess for a install not done by them?

Hi, Thanks for reading. I have a dumb prepay meter, which I have been topping up with the prepay card. However, for some reason, about a month ago I was put on a pay monthly plan without my knowledge. I now owe £97 on this account, even though I have kept my prepay meter in credit.I have also had a letter asking me to book a engineer visit to look at my gas meter. When I tried to book the visit, I explained the situation to the customer service team, and was told to ignore it and send pictures of my gas and electric meters over email - they would then verify the meters that way. I have done this, but I have received no follow up email, and no action has been taken regarding changing my account back to prepay. How do I get my account back to just prepay? Thanks in advance.

Hi, hope someone can help. Had a new pre paid gas meter installed last Monday after mine had failed. Unfortunately OVO have not supplied a new card as they said they would, shops they stated stoke them don't. Fortunately I have located a shop with OVO cards, OVO have sent me 2 codes that don't bloody work...what fo I do know?? And to top it all the customer service personally said he couldn't help me due to his shift finishing in 2 minutes 😱😱😱😡😡😡 can someone help. 

I have a Volvo V60 T6, which my app recognises, but the App charge history is going an ‘unknown device’ and the T6 being charged, which almost double the kWh compared to the charger App and the Volvo App. Any ideas?

Hello. My ovo top up app never works i cant schedule payments, make card payments or make bank transfers. All the details are correct and have reinstalled the app a couple of times and nothing has made a difference. Basically only way to top up is to go to the shop but I want the option to do payments online to be able to manage my budget efficiently. 

I have a brand new Hypervolt pro 3, set to a smart schedule charging period. Using charge anytime. The period begins at 11pm and ends at 7am.  When I plug in the charger, both OVO App, Tesla app and Hyper volt app all have the same charging schedule and all are set to charge to 100%.  the OVO app states that the charger will start, in time to allow the car to finish by 7am. But the charger never gets the car too 100%, always stopping at some point in the 90s.   the charger is often delaying starting until 1 or 2 am, but then not getting to its desired level.  anyone experienced this or have any idea how to ensure the charger gets the car too 100%

I work in the electrical field and have been running into this conversation more often lately, especially with older homes.Panels sometimes look serviceable, but once modern loads and safety concerns are considered, the overall service capacity becomes questionable.I’m curious how others here explain the difference between a panel upgrade and a full electrical service upgrade to homeowners. What are the key indicators you rely on when making that recommendation?

Since updating the charge time app my devices have been wiped off my account. I have tried deleting and reinstalling the app. Logging out and back in but it lets me connect the car however it doesn't show as a device in my account settings and when I try and add the charger it gives error something has gone wrong please try laterthis has been happening for two days now. I have a monthly plan with 1000 units paid for on my account however as the car is not registering I am being charged at full price the two charges I have done this month have cost £40 so far, I have raised a ticket through the ovo service yesterday but not had anything back as yet.has anyone experienced this ? 

Hi everyone,I’m looking for some clarification regarding the OVO Beyond Heating offer for customers with electric heating.As per the offer details, customers with electric heat are eligible for a 63p weekly credit for 10 weeks, starting from the week commencing 27th October, provided we opt in each week. I have opted in every week as required.So far, I’ve had two bills generated, but on both bills I can see the OVO Beyond Heating offer credit showing as £0.00.I wanted to check with the community (or OVO moderators, if you’re able to clarify):1. Has anyone actually seen this credit applied on their bill yet?2. How exactly does this credit work in practice?3. Is the total credit applied after the full 10-week period ends, and then reflected in a subsequent bill, rather than weekly?4. Or should the credit appear incrementally on each bill during the offer period?Any insights or experiences would be really helpful, as the billing part isn’t very clear from what I can see. Thanks in advance

Hi.  how to connect two different electric prepaid meters to have one account 

Is this connection for several falts correct or wrong?

I have solar and battery installed through Ovo currently exporting on the SEG Install Exclusive tariff. I'll be getting a great pink soon and am looking at tariff options. How does the Heat Pump Plus tariff calculate the electricity used by a heat pump if some is generated by solar and not imported? Is it as simple as the 15p/kWh cost being applied to any electricity imported, up to the amount that the heat pump has used? Over what period is this calculated? I’d like to work out the most cost effective way to run the systems if I get paid 20p for export but only pay 15p for import!