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DuncanL
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December 19, 2024
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Short Notice of Power Move Flex Events

  • December 19, 2024
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Power Flex Move trial now seems to be testing how little notice can be given of events.  Am I the only one who received less than two hours notice of events yesterday and today ?

    Best answer by Chris_OVO

    Updated on 21/01/26 by Chris_OVO

     

    Over the 18 months, Power Move Flex (as part of CrowdFlex) has shifted 864,700 kWh's and paid out over £1.02 million in bill credits.

    We've had over 100,000 customers take part over the 3 trials in which Power Move Flex helped match the demand to the power being generated. So homed used cleaner, greener energy.

    The trials were aimed at understanding how households can contribute to a greener electricity grid. The learnings we gathered from being part of these trials will be essential for the Electricity System Operator to plan for the future of the electricity grid, and how our customers can play a role in this. Together we've been making energy better for people and the planet. 

     

    Our current trials are now closed, and we'd like to thank our users for their participation.

    You can find more information Power Move can be found here:

     

     

    Morning ​@DuncanL & ​@Firedog & ​@decroisic,

     

    I asked Ash from Power Move Flex about the recent events and he said “The last 2 days we've had events with 2 hours notice, this is correct and part of the trial, and learning based on time, reward value etc”.

     

    How do you feel about the short notice? as we’re still trialing, any feedback you give us goes a long way in shaping how it looks in the future.

     

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    Vickiplum
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    August 22, 2025

    As the Power Move Flex participants appear to be getting as little as 2-hours notice then is adding it to the calendar for 2-hours later going to be that useful?

    Adding to a calendar won't work for me as I don't want the washing machine or tumble dryer to be on when I am not at home. I'm seldom in when the power move flex events happen so I'm not using much electricity then anyway

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    Roger Saxon
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    September 18, 2025

    just dond a weekly wash and dishwasher, then told i could move my power use to later in the day. we already set the washing machine on timer so the washing would be ready to hang out when we got up. theres no point in doing a washing late in the day as it would sit festering in the machine until the next day. we’re not going to hang it out in the middle of the night. can we get better notice of power move events, guesswork is impossible. 

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    AnneM
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    September 18, 2025

    The same thing’s happened to me several times. Even if we got a notice the previous day saying there’d be a power move tomorrow, the actual time could be sent as it currently is. Better still, a notification on a Sunday or Monday morning saying There will be a Power move on these days this week…”

    Chris_OVO
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    Chris_OVO
    Community Manager
    September 18, 2025

    Hey ​@Roger Saxon,

     

    Welcome to the community, 

     

    We’ve had this question asked previously so you’ll find answers in the threads below: 

     

     

    Hopefully you find this useful. 

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