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June 8, 2023
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Overpayment of FiT

  • June 8, 2023
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I have recently had money paid into my account by OVO yet I switched to OCTOPUS last october and OVO are up to date with FIT payments.

Best answer by Abby_OVO

Updated on 20/06/2023 by Abby_OVO

 

Update on this, the team working on this have began contacting customers who were impacted by this. They’ll be in touch soon to let you know what the next step will be, and if there’s anything you need to do.

Hey @mwalim @blueoatgrass 

 

I’m sorry for any confusion this may have caused.

 

I raised this internally as you’re both not the only person to have receive refunds/credits out of the blue. It’s been flagged to us as an ongoing incident in which the necessary team are working on fixing this at the moment. Thank you for bringing this up to us, it’ll be helpful for any others in a similar situation. 

 

We do apologise for any confusion this may have caused, I’ll pop back on this thread and update you when we have any further updates on this.

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BPLightlog
Super User
Super User
July 11, 2023

Hi @mwalim if you have a record via your bank or otherwise that should suffice, although I understand you might like a response

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mwalimAuthor
Rank 3
July 11, 2023

That's not what worries me. OVO says they will reclaim money from bank accounts if not repaid. As they are so slow to respond and rather error prone they may claim the money back from my bank, leaving me overdrawn, before they realise their mistake.

Emmanuelle_OVO
Retired Moderator
Retired Moderator
July 12, 2023

Hey @mwalim,

 

We got an update from the team, they are going to ensure manual payers like yourself do get a payment confirmation. They are currently working on this. Once it is sorted, we’ll update this topic. 

 

If you followed the instructions in the email, the payment will have been received. 

Renewable Energy? Big Fan.
Newcomer
September 20, 2023

I received my quarterly fit statement on the 17/8/23

it showed a payment of £271 and then an amendment of -£261 leaving me a balance of £10 to be paid into my account. Has anyone else had this and do they know what it’s for?. 

I sent the fits team an email asking about it on the 18/8/23 but have yet to get a reply.

Emmanuelle_OVO
Retired Moderator
Retired Moderator
September 21, 2023

Hey @Moodygaz,

 

I’ll see if I can find out anything about this internally. Have you tried calling the FiT phone line? 

 

You can speak to our FiT Team by calling 0330 303 5063 and selecting ‘4’ when the IVR instructs you to do so.

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mwalimAuthor
Rank 3
November 14, 2023

Hi Emamuelle,  It's now 6 months since I refunded your overpayment but still no acknowledgement. How rude. Pathetic OVO.

Jeffus
Rank 20
Rank 20
November 14, 2023

I received my quarterly fit statement on the 17/8/23

it showed a payment of £271 and then an amendment of -£261 leaving me a balance of £10 to be paid into my account. Has anyone else had this and do they know what it’s for?. 

I sent the fits team an email asking about it on the 18/8/23 but have yet to get a reply.

Hi @Moodygaz did you find out anything about this?

Newcomer
November 14, 2023

Hi Jeffus

yes OVO finally got back to me to say they had given me an extra payment in June so we’re taking it back, I checked my bank statement and it was true. They could have mentioned that in the FIT statement and it would have been clear! 
cheers