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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

ALHAuthor
Rank 4
January 17, 2023

Yesterday’s gas cost, including daily charge and VAT (online) was £7.09.  Display shows £5.45.

KWs used is the same on display and online.

Jeffus
Rank 20
Rank 20
January 17, 2023

Are you getting daily smart meter readings on your account? Does it say smart next to every day. Just double checking there are no estimates anywhere. That would help confirm to ovo there are no issues communicating with your meter for gas. 

https://account.ovoenergy.com/meter-readings/history/gas

 

ALHAuthor
Rank 4
January 17, 2023

Yes, smart next to all readings, including gas 

Jeffus
Rank 20
Rank 20
January 17, 2023

@ALH you could send ovo a link to this thread so they can see what we have been through in terms of questions.

https://forum.ovoenergy.com/smart-meters-136/complaint-13446

You don't need to phone them. 

Simply send them a private message on twitter or Facebook which are official ovo support channels. The staff there can access your account. 

You need to include your name, address, account number and date of birth in the private message, along with your message. You could also try again and see if they will try the SMETS Command Update Tariff Configuration just in case it will work. 

You may still have to wait the 45 days but may be worth trying assuming you are ok with Facebook or twitter

Good luck and let us know how you get on and if there is anything else we can try and help with. 

 

 

 

Tim_OVO
OVO Staff
OVO Forum Legend
January 18, 2023

@ALH I agree that unless there’s some details that we aren’t aware of (which is very possible) the agent should be able to request the SMETS Command Update Tariff Configuration. Let us know how it goes via social media. There’s one more lever I can pull if need be...

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ALHAuthor
Rank 4
January 18, 2023

Have contacted them via Facebook. Will let you know the outcome.

 

ALHAuthor
Rank 4
January 26, 2023

Contacted via Facebook on 18 Jan.  Received email on 19 Jan from a ‘Resolution Agent’  saying ‘Site Support team are still looking into this for you and we will give you an update as soon as we can.’  Nothing since then!

Jeffus
Rank 20
Rank 20
January 26, 2023

@ALH vote on this if you don't think OVO have enough capacity in their support team

 

ALHAuthor
Rank 4
January 27, 2023

Emailed them again yesterday and received this response this morning:

“I have done some firmware updates for your IHD If you can turn it off for 24-48 hours this should resolve the issue.”

Why this couldn’t have been done months ago is beond me!  Will wait to see if it works.  Might be a case of ‘Goodbye OVO, hello Octopus’ once my current deal finishes.

ALHAuthor
Rank 4
January 30, 2023

No change yet.