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June 19, 2024

Power Move Summer Challenge announced

  • June 19, 2024
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Howdy!

This post was written by a Forum Volunteer.

The next Power Move Challenge has been announced. Please note the rules have been updated for the Summer Challenge. It starts on the 1st July and runs until 30th September.

The TIMES are the same as before - you need to shift heavy usage away from 6pm to 9pm Weekdays.

However, Weekends have now been added as permanent Off-Peak - any usage during Weekends (regardless of time) will now count towards your Off-Peak usage and help with the targets.

The goals are:

Monthly reward  
0 to 6.50% £10
6.51% to 7.50% £5
7.51% to 8.50% £2

 

The challenge may seem harder at first, but since Weekends now count as Off-Peak, it’ll actually balance out pretty easily.

We’d like to remind you NOT to deprive yourself however. Do not go without essential usage just to meet targets - it’s the big stuff that makes the difference, not the small things.

As a further reminder, please remember this is OVO Power Move, NOT OVO Power Shutdown. To get the rewards, you must move heavy usage outside of the Peak times, don’t just shut everything down because that won’t do anything - you’ve still gotta use that same stuff to hit the targets!

If you were already enrolled in the Spring Challenge, you’ll be auto-enrolled into the Summer Challenge so you won’t need to do anything. Otherwise, head to MyOVO to sign up.

Good luck!

15 replies

Nukecad
Super User
Super User
June 22, 2024

@Tron Burgundy  Thanks for doing that.

A drop of around 3% when weekends are included as being all off-peak does appear to tie in with the new reduced targets for the Summer PM.

If mine also reduce by that much then I should still be hitting the top target, and getting the £10.

Now all I need is access to my account online back so that I can check my own figures, and a change to my spreadsheet to include the weekends as from 1st July.
 

 

I said, Hey - Watts going on.
Newcomer
July 1, 2024

What do you look for on your smart meter to know if your usage. Is low at peak times ? What should the usage be in Kwh. When I have most things off apart from the boiler thermostat and receiver. The IHD says 10w is that enough to meet the requirements. Or does it need to be lower. 

Blastoise186
Super User
Super User
July 1, 2024

What do you look for on your smart meter to know if your usage. Is low at peak times ? What should the usage be in Kwh. When I have most things off apart from the boiler thermostat and receiver. The IHD says 10w is that enough to meet the requirements. Or does it need to be lower. 

The short answer to that question is how long is a piece of string?

The long answer is more complicated.

Your targets are personalised to you so we can’t tell you what yours are from here since it’s also very dynamic. Remember that it’s NOT about simply killing the power to your entire property. You need to move usage around so that heavy loads like cooking are done outside the specified Peak hours. Small stuff like a TV won’t have much impact so you can leave those alone - it’s the big stuff such as things with heating elements that really count.

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July 1, 2024

It really doesn’t get easier for those of us who use 1 or 2 wph per day. I only manage currently by turning off absolutely everything between the hours and flicking on the kettle a couple of times before bed gets me down to 6 or 7% less, the weekends are respite from that, even on the days I use my washing machine on high heat its less than 3. I only use the machine on a weekday to help me reach the percentage.  The only thing that would really help us low users would be the reduction of  rediculous standing charges which cost 50% to 70% of the  bill. 

Agree Sally I had level 2 for April & May and just scraped into level 3 for June. Even with weekend data added into off peak figures (bank holidays are still excluded totally) i would have achieved level 1 for April & May and level 2 for June. I can't see what else I can do. Dinner is at lunchtime and salads (no cooking) for tea. I only have scraped into the higher level in June because no lights required before 9pm with the longer nights, but light will start clawing back now we've had the longest day, so i might manage 1 more month at that level.

Agree my standing charges are more than my usage too.

 

Maybe there could be high med low usage brackets and appropriate tiers within each instead of lumping us all together. Low users don't have much usage in the 1st place that weekend make a difference when the % challenges are even harder.

Blastoise186
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Super User
July 1, 2024

Adding even MORE tiers would just overcomplicate the system - it’s already complicated enough as-is i.e. we get an absolute TON of people moaning about it.

I cannot support any plans or ideas to make it a game of 4D Chess - the 3D Chess is bad enough.

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