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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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Tricia

I no longer participate either. If I turn off my fridge freezer I can get down to .02 or .03 per half hour over the 3 hour period for PM but PMP is impossible - and not worth the effort anyway for such derisory rewards!

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Anonymous

Yup - same stuff 2 months ago!

https://forum.ovoenergy.com/power-move-plus-163/nonsensical-target-for-power-move-plus-16528

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superted_76

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It’s a joke. Let’s announce after a freezing night knowing it will be freezing all day and the following night when they set the target knowing full well people cannot sit in the cold. Total joke totally unacceptable and utterly disgraceful

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dermots

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We sat with most lights off last week, no TV, we did it! 13p off our bill. Woo hoo!

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superted_76

Newcomer

We sat with most lights off last week, no TV, we did it! 13p off our bill. Woo hoo!

Yes and we’re supposed to be grateful. 1992 it cost on average £10 in electric and £5 in gas to heat the average three bedroom house for one week. Now it’s that in a day!!!

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Anonymous

It’s a joke. Let’s announce after a freezing night knowing it will be freezing all day and the following night when they set the target knowing full well people cannot sit in the cold. Total joke totally unacceptable and utterly disgraceful

Err, you don't have to do it you know!

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Sally123

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Whoppee Do, Just had my email from last weeks PM+ managed below my 0.1 and earned a whole 8p

Clearly won’t bother anymore

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CalBrit

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This "incentive" has now become a big joke and an insult to OVO customers. To meet their ridiculous targets you would have to use candles instead of lights. I have recently been out of the country for 2 weeks, no one in the house, no tv, no appliances used etc but still "sorry you didn't meet your target" e-mail. If OVO wants customers help make it worth their while.

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2versus1

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This "incentive" has now become a big joke and an insult to OVO customers. To meet their ridiculous targets you would have to use candles instead of lights. I have recently been out of the country for 2 weeks, no one in the house, no tv, no appliances used etc but still "sorry you didn't meet your target" e-mail. If OVO wants customers help make it worth their while.

There seems to be a general misconception regarding the scheme. It is about moving when you use electricity not about using less. If you don't use any or very little you won't met the target. We have met the target every month