Power Move Autumn Challenge

@JMB and@MM94

For those not seeing the button, try using Edge browser in Windows, or use an Android phone or tablet.

(It appears to be a problem with some browsers not showing it on a Windows computer).

Hi @john23 

For the Autumn Power Move (Oct, Nov, Dec) the target is to ensure your usage within the critical 3-hour segment 1600-1900 hrs of every weekday is less than 13.5% of weekday usage (the Summer Power Move Jul-Sep had slightly less leeway, at 12.5%). The critical three-hour segment totals and also the totals for each of the weekdays are added up at the end of the month and the percentage is derived from those aggregated totals.  Any Bank Holidays in the month don’t count.
 

As for easily monitoring it as you go through the month (which makes sense), as far as I know there’s no ready-made OVO progress graphic or anything. But people on here have made excellent suggestions about noting the relevant figures each day in your calendar, or even on a sheet of paper or entering the values in a spreadsheet.  For the mathematically agile and computer savvy there is also now available, *I believe*, a CSV data file of meter readings available daily from the OVO website. 
 

Mention has also been made of the difference between calculating usage to three places of decimals or to two.

And I can only see my OVO half-hourly readings in my account after a lag of a day or so, which is fine for me, but maybe that CSV data stream would provide quicker access?

Good luck, all the best…

Hi Waltyboy thanks for the reply

I spent a fair bit of time going through the various menu option in my account. I discovered a change. Perhaps since I signed up for Power Move There an option USAGE clicked that 

scroll down to select Electricity and in half hour block shows the Kw/H consumed for the block.

I’ll try and track down the CSV file.

Thanks for the info. It would add clarity if OVO provided a worked example of how the 13.5% reduction is being achieved. Of the top of me head I would suppose total the Kw/H consumed over 24 hours. Total the Kw/H consumed from 4pm to 7pm and calculate as a percentage of the the 24 hour total

Not clear if you fail on say one day what net affect does that have? On the refund.

Ah ha! I was using Safari on macOS. I tried with Chrome and the button was there! 

Hi @john23 Yes, you’re absolutely right, those half-hourly blocks in Usage are the way to go. If you make a note of them as you go through the month on a calendar, if not every day then every couple of days, it’ll be a lot less adding up for you come the last weekday in the month!

Don’t worry about failures to hit the target in any particular day or set of days: it’s the percentage of the aggregated totals at the end of the month that matter; as far as I know (I only joined the Summer Power Move on 7th September myself, so am pretty new at all this too!) there is no penalty accruing to “missed” days.  I do find it a bit confusing that the financial incentive is described as “up to” an amount. But I’m assuming that to cover pro rata final amounts for folk like me who join part-way through a month!

best of luck, there are some excellent posts on the forum about not attempting to cut background usage (like ‘fridges and freezers, heating controls and pumps, necessary lighting, etc. as, apart from making for miserable evenings, cutting that type of stuff doesn’t really help achieve the target) but rather concentrating on moving any big stuff out of the key segment into neighbouring segments (or into the weekend). Conversely, to keep your critical segment usage down as a percentage, you could also try moving the odd weekend washload or baking session into weekday slots (not the key slot, obvs!).

all the best, let us know how you go next week…

Brilliant @Nukecad, never thought about the particular browser platform…I’ve been OK on Apple’s iOS on my iPad, as I haven’t used my Windows laptop for a while now.  
 

Luck of the draw!!

Just so you know, I’ve done more testing.

@Ria your issue is likely caused by an outdated version of Samsung Internet and/or outdated Android version. Please head into the Galaxy Store/Google Play Store and update your apps as well as going to device settings > Software Update > Check for Updates > Follow the instructions.

I have tested using both Oshawott and Dewott and cannot reproduce that issue on the latest versions of Samsung Internet, Chrome and Android 13 w/ Samsung One UI 5.1. For security reasons, I don’t reveal exactly what my devices are but these codenames are known to the forum moderators.

As for everyone else, I used Exploud to recreate the conditions that both Safari and Firefox create with enhanced anti-tracking - that is the root cause here. It’s not OVO, it’s your browser settings that’s causing it.

@Blastoise186 

My samsung internet is up to date. Could be my antivirus maybe causing it? Im not that techie, but i do keep my apps and my phone up to date.

The Anti-Virus on your phone shouldn’t, because of how they work on Android. However, I use Bitdefender Total Security across all of my devices and even with that on I have never had this issue.

When im next on pc i will try on there. Dont go on it as frequently nowadays.