Is being part of Power Move really worth it?

If you have always done that and haven’t change your use, you are not moving anything.   If you are so conscious of energy use, why don’t you wash your dishes by hand !

If I’d known this was the kind of “helpful” comment I would get, I wouldn’t have bothered. 

I got email this morning and l didn’t achieve target for may. it’s hard because l work different hours. try to do washing different times like they say. but dinner not waiting because should do after nine much to late. we have  eight thirty. we are use to that time.

I'm with you on this! I always get the emails telling me I'm nearly there or that I've missed it! I don't know what else I can do?

I've had double glazing fitted, my thermostat is set at 19C, I've batch cooked to be more economical, but I have COPD & am on oxygen 24/7 so there's no way I can turn that off!

I find being told that I use 50% more electricity than a similar household very disheartening as I know I do as a similar household doesn't have an oxygen concentrator switched on all the time. I think I'd like to be removed from the Power Move scheme  - I understand it can't work for everyone, but to be told month after month that I've failed, does nothing for my morale! It's bad enough having an illness that can't be cured! 

I am very surprised to see that I seem to be using significantly more energy in peak times during this spring challenge. In January and February I used just over 9% electricity during peak times and in March just over 10%. Meaning I received the maximum reward. I am doing everything the same as I did during the winter challenge but adjusted to the new peak time timeframe yet using over 13%. 

Has anyone else questioned their usage calculations? I think something dodgy is going on and calculations are not being done based on the 6-9 time slot. I even emailed OVO and had no response (love that kind of customer service). 

I’m afraid you’re confusing what power move is for.  It is NOT about reducing your consumption its about MOVING any usage from peak times.  If you already don’t use much at peak times you have NOTHING to move and will NEVER meet the targets.  We always meet the target, this month we only used 5.5% at peak times, the main reason we do is we have an EV that is responsible for the highest % of our usage and its never charged at peak times.

I only used 9.9% during peak hours in May and received the whole £10. It's obviously do-able, I just make sure that I do nothing other than watch TV or listen to music between 6 and 9. Every other electrical device gets used overnight or during the day, once you get into the habit, it's quite easy.

Answering your original question - yes, of course. It doesn’t cost you anything, and you might occasionally get refunds without doing anything, so why not?

Tony

 Power Move is one of those things where if you already am a good user, you won't get any benefits. It's for people who have bad habits, who then are ready to change. 

One tip I can give you though is to move things from weekend to weekdays. Power move is only during weekdays and if you use more power outside the power move hours, your % usage during power move hours will be lower. 

Yeah completely agree that its doable because I have received the £15 reward and multiple £10 when they changed it to the 3 different levels. That’s why I am so surprised that I now only received £3.