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Power Move Plus- Really low target? Unachievable?

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December 5, 2023
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This Power Move Plus is getting a joke now the first one I had to get under 0.5 than it was 0.3 now it's 0.2 i see a pattern emerging here next it will be 0.0 if I wasn't able to achieve it at 0.3 why do there think i can at 0.2. It's like it's been set up to fail.

OVO seems to be the only energy company that is going for low % most other companies have just asked customers to try to reduce there energy to lower than they would usually use for the time allocated.

Best answer by Nukecad

Had an email today saying I had missed my February Power Move target……for 22 of the 29 days of February the house was empty and the heating off🤷🏼

The clue is in the name.

Power MOVE is about MOVING your usage out of peak hours into off-peak hours.

It is NOT about reducing your overall usage.

If the house was empty then you reduced the overall useage - but you didn't, you couldn't, MOVE anything from peak to off-peak.

To put it in other words you have to have a peak usage to MOVE, if there is no (peak) usage then there is nothing to be moved.

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Jeffus

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For one of the demand flexibility events last year I went round to a neighbours for tea and cake as they weren't taking part.....

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IanFerguson

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Absolutely right @MGSteve . My personal lifestyle meant I only had to move cooking evening meals from peak periods to hit target for the past two months. Glad to know that you can benefit from the Plus scheme. A little is better than nothing!

Still prefer the pub option! As well as saving the planet, I'd be contributing to my local economy and, they've got a big tele !! All the best.

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MGSteve

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Has anybody else tried turning up their CH thermostat, for an hour or so, before the events, (and then back to normal for the event itself)??? It seems to work fine for me - I can see the effect on the Smart Meter - without the CH and fridge/freezer running I can get down to about 30W, from the usual 300W, but only for an hour or so.

Rgds,

Steve

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IanFerguson

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@Jeffus . Sly devil ! I never thought of that. What excuse did you give for popping round?

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JNeve

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I achieved my target for the hour and half for the event the other evening. but not for the month. so try and do something different. it’s a bit harder sometimes to use less electrical appliances when needed. but give it ago.

juliamc

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@Jeffus I’m glad to hear it’s a test event tonight as I hadn’t heard about it from Octopus and have a baked potato planned for tea !! Air fryer may be on the Christmas list (if I can persuade him indoors we need one…)

Jeffus

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@Jeffus I’m glad to hear it’s a test event tonight as I hadn’t heard about it from Octopus and have a baked potato planned for tea !! Air fryer may be on the Christmas list (if I can persuade him indoors we need one…)

I have been getting push events from the Hugo app.

Octopus aren't offering much for this event I see

Jeffus

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Interesting looking at how some companies are compensating users with low energy savings in each session.

British Gas for example pay a minimum of £1 per event if you manage to save anything.

This would help some low users take part I assume.

What do other posters think about that as an idea? Would it make a difference for some of you struggling with Power Move Plus? Is a guaranteed £1 if you save anything enough? That would be at least £1 for 12 events and then at least £1 for any live events.

I don't know if anyone else does that.

Has anyone spotted any other differences across suppliers? There are differences in £ per kWh as suppliers have to bid for some events and some suppliers keep a proportion of the money from the National Grid ESO to cover their costs.