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January 12, 2023
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Rate on my Pipit IHD incorrect

  • January 12, 2023
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A rant!

 

On 21 November I telephoned OVO to say that the gas energy rate showing on my PIPIT home display was incorrect and as a result it was difficult to keep a continuous check on my usage.  I was told that ‘the team’ would be notified and that they would get back to me by phone or email.  A month later, having heard nothing, I contacted OVO again on Live Chat I contacted OVO again through.  I was told that I had to wait 43 days from the date of my first contact to allow time for ‘the team’ to contact me!? Yesterday, 50 days after my first contact and still having heard nothing I contacted OVO again by Live Chat.  Having gone through another barrage of questions and explaining exactly what I told them on 21 November I was told that ‘the team’ would be notified.  They were supposed to have been notified on 21 November!!!   I left British Gas because of imilar issues with their customer service.  On another note, when using Live Chat you have to answer a series of automated questions.  Having done all that a message comes up to say you are in a queue.  Having waited up to 30 minutes for a real person to come online they start by asking the same question that you have already answered and then disappear for another 15-20 minutes!!!  Hope you haven’t got a headache reading this!

Best answer by Tim_OVO

Hi @ALH and thanks for flagging this experience. I’m sorry to hear about the delay.

 

Usually there’s a specific command to the smart meters that OVO can do, which will correct any wrong prices showing on the meters or the In Home Display. Hopefully the team pick up this request for you soon, although my understanding was that a frontline agent could do this for you... 

 

In the meantime please be aware of the great ways to view your usage and costs. The OVO online account’s daily usage section (your smart meters will need to send us half hourly readings) are here: https://account.ovoenergy.com/usage?datePeriod=daily&unit=kwh

 

There’s also free third party apps you can use:

 

 

41 replies

Newcomer
January 12, 2023

Welcome to OVO  :)

Tim_OVO
OVO Staff
Tim_OVOSolved
OVO Forum Legend
January 13, 2023

Hi @ALH and thanks for flagging this experience. I’m sorry to hear about the delay.

 

Usually there’s a specific command to the smart meters that OVO can do, which will correct any wrong prices showing on the meters or the In Home Display. Hopefully the team pick up this request for you soon, although my understanding was that a frontline agent could do this for you... 

 

In the meantime please be aware of the great ways to view your usage and costs. The OVO online account’s daily usage section (your smart meters will need to send us half hourly readings) are here: https://account.ovoenergy.com/usage?datePeriod=daily&unit=kwh

 

There’s also free third party apps you can use:

 

 

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ALHAuthor
Rank 4
January 13, 2023

I have to check my online account daily bcause the home display is incorrect.  However, being able to see what you are using in real time and not the day after is the purpose of the display.  Don’t use smarphone etc, so no apps here …………..

Emmanuelle_OVO
Retired Moderator
Retired Moderator
January 16, 2023

Hey @ALH,

 

Sorry for the issues you’re having,

 

It sounds like the issue is with your smart meters themselves @ALH, can you take a look at this guide to check please:

 

 

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ALHAuthor
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January 16, 2023

How would thaty affect what my PIPIT display shows?

Tim_OVO
OVO Staff
OVO Forum Legend
January 17, 2023

Hi @ALH 

 

The smart meter gets sent your tariff information from your supplier, which sends this to the In Home Display (IHD) along with your usage info. So the team that have been sent the details of your issue will likely first check that the tariff on the smart meter is correct. 

 

I’m sorry it’s taken so long and still ongoing. Hopefully you won’t need to wait too much longer. 

 

being able to see what you are using in real time and not the day after is the purpose of the display.  Don’t use smarphone etc, so no apps here …………..

 

You’re correct in saying that the IHD is the place for live (real time) usage when it’s working correctly.

 

 

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ALHAuthor
Rank 4
January 17, 2023

Couldn’t find what I was looking for in the link provided.  However, having searched online and found out how to check the tariff showing on the smart meter it does indeed show the incorrect figure - the same as the home display.  Unfortunately I can’t find out how to change the tariff on the meter - yet.

 

Jeffus
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Rank 20
January 17, 2023

Couldn’t find what I was looking for in the link provided.  However, having searched online and found out how to check the tariff showing on the smart meter it does indeed show the incorrect figure - the same as the home display.  Unfortunately I can’t find out how to change the tariff on the meter - yet.

 

@ALH you may already know this, in normal circumstances asking the OVO Support Team to issue the SMETS command Update Tariff Configuration will then refresh the tariff info on both the smart meter and the IHD. Have you tried asking them to do that? 

ALHAuthor
Rank 4
January 17, 2023

Pretty sure I mentioned that in my phone call to OVO on 21 November.  However, I decided to try again today by Live Chat.  Waited almost an hour to be informed that there was nothing that could be done until 45 working days had elapsed from my first contact!  

ALHAuthor
Rank 4
January 17, 2023

Sure there is a way of manually changing the amount on the smart meter but haven’t been able to find out how to do it.