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Firedog
Super User
Super User
November 30, 2023

New Power Move Plus event on Friday 1 December!

  • November 30, 2023
  • 18 replies
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Reuters have just reported this:
 

Nov 30 (Reuters) - Britain's National Grid will pay some households to use 550 megawatts less electricity between 1630 and 1800 GMT on Friday evening, it said on Thursday.

 

18 replies

Rank 6
November 30, 2023

Thanks @Jeffus that helps me understand it a bit better.

Do you know if companies (and I mean all, not specifically Ovo) get paid for the number of clients that sign up or do they just get what they need to reward the successful customers?  (I have tried to make head and tail out of the ESO / DFS docs but I just cant - I am not fluent in that language lol! )

November 30, 2023

Loop

 

£5.50 is pretty good but, with a target of 0.3KWh for 1.5 hours (and a family dinner to cook)there is still no point in me chasing it. £1.65 for 0KWh (which is so not going to happen) - nah!

juliamc
Rank 20
Rank 20
November 30, 2023

I got an Octo-ping just after 5:00

 

My Octoping doesn’t have a points or £ value - I assume it’s because I’m on their Cosy tariff ?? I’ve opted in. Very aware of the heat pump surging into action after its setback during the saving session though ☹️

BPLightlog
Super User
Super User
November 30, 2023

Not sure @juliamc , I think the totals are just general. Don’t think they’re any different for different tariffs. 
Incidentally I’ve seen a calculation that my ‘base level’ (so my normal level) at that time is around 8wh 😳 .. oh well

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Newcomer
December 5, 2023

I signed up for this Power Move Plus several days ago, and was told to look out for emails giving me details of “events” and targets for me to aim for but I’ve heard no more. How long is it before I can start to get involved, and benefit from my change of habits?

Firedog
Super User
FiredogSuper UserAuthor
Super User
December 5, 2023

The last event was on 1 December, so you may have joined too late to be included - it takes a while for the addition of a new customer to filter through the system. 

The email arrives just a few hours before the event, so you can’t really ‘change behaviour’ beforehand. The two events so far have been early-evening ones. The next might be an early-morning (05:30?) one. You never know. 

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Nukecad
Super User
Super User
December 5, 2023

@Electric Fred

You should have just got an event email - there is a PM+ (DFS) event today 5th Dec

Reading what you say in your post though “benefit from my change of habits” I believe that the scheme you may want to join is Power Move and not Power Move Plus.

Power Move Plus is a series of one off events at short notice.
An event is for a short time on a particular day.

Power Move is a peak-hours/every weekday, usage reduction challenge that runs for a whole month at a time.

I said, Hey - Watts going on.
Emmanuelle_OVO
Retired Moderator
Retired Moderator
December 6, 2023

Hey @Electric Fred,

 

Great to hear you want to get involved! 😊

 

We have two schemes as pointed out by @Nukecad, both might be of interest to you. 

 

These topics give a bit more insight into how it all works, they may be helpful to you:

 

 

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