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Firedog
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March 17, 2025
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Live Billing dead for everyone, or just me?

  • March 17, 2025
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Until recently, I could be fairly confident that OVO had retrieved my midnight meter reading and yesterday’s usage data by the time I signed in each morning. There were occasional delays; once or twice one or other of the data sets didn’t arrive until later in the day.

Now, I find that the data aren’t appearing in my account until more than 24 hours after the event. No data for Saturday had arrived when I switched off at 01:00 last night. 

This makes the billing details for the current period unreliable. At 01:00 on 17 March, I was seeing energy use charges for 15 days and standing charges for 16. Now at 12:00 I’m seeing a different balance, because the use charges are still for 15 days but the standing charges are for 17 days. 

I learnt that this was a consequence of the move to MHHS, but I don’t understand why this would affect the retrieval of meter readings - the basis for live billing. Would things get back to normal if I were to withdraw consent for half-hourly data for settlement?

 

Best answer by Chris_OVO

Updated on 24/03/25 by Ben_OVO

Hey ​@Firedog

 

I'm glad to see your usage data has appeared, even if it's a bit delayed. I recommend waiting a few more days; if you're still experiencing problems, please contact our Support Team. They can submit a case to our billing teams to investigate the delay.

 

I did ask ​@Ben_OVO to check his and found similar results so it could just be a delay in the information being available. 

 

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Firedog
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FiredogSuper UserAuthor
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March 21, 2025

Thanks, Chris.
 

… please contact our Support Team. They can submit a case to our billing teams to investigate the delay.

 

I did ask ​@Ben_OVO to check his and found similar results so it could just be a delay in the information being available. 
 

It’s really not that important to me, but I was more interested in whether what seemed to be unprecedented delays in the retrieval of both usage data and meter readings was just another quirk of my blighted account, or whether i was seeing symptoms of a more general malaise.

I can understand that the shift to MHHS might cause some disruption until it all settles down, but again I don’t see why this should affect the retrieval of meter readings. 

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