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Smart meter In home Display- Why does it show some over-night costs for electricity, but not gas?

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October 24, 2021
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Our IHD is set to show usage “so far today”, and as expected it starts every day showing £0.00 for gas. However, it always shows £0.32 for electricity at 6am ,when all that’s plugged in and switched on overnight is the fridge-freezer, which is AA rated and never opened after 7pm. Can that really be the culprit?

Best answer by Simon1D

Updated on 18/07/24 by Abby_OVO

It’s worth factoring in your daily standing charges and VAT when checking the costs showing on your smart meter In Home Display (IHD) in the morning. For most IHDs these charges are usually added to your daily energy costs around midnight each day and will vary depending on the rates on your current plan.

The best place to check the standing charges which apply to your current plan is the ‘Plan’ page of your online account or OVO app (download for Android or iOS). Check out these helpful guides for your model of IHD:

Hi. Not sure what your tariff is, but depending how the IHD is set up, that may include the whole day’s standing charge: 25p ish?

After 8 hours, mine shows 55p and 1.65 kWh, so that definitely includes the standing charge. You can get it to show kWh instead of £, which may be more reassuring.

Good luck

I checked…

My IHD has both unit rates and both daily standing charges in the Account info but, like yours, mine obviously includes the standing charge in electricity £ but not in gas £.

That is simply weird, defies logic, etc etc.

FWIW, those £ figures are consistent, and include vat

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Updated on 18/07/24 by Abby_OVO

It’s worth factoring in your daily standing charges and VAT when checking the costs showing on your smart meter In Home Display (IHD) in the morning. For most IHDs these charges are usually added to your daily energy costs around midnight each day and will vary depending on the rates on your current plan.

The best place to check the standing charges which apply to your current plan is the ‘Plan’ page of your online account or OVO app (download for Android or iOS). Check out these helpful guides for your model of IHD:

Hi. Not sure what your tariff is, but depending how the IHD is set up, that may include the whole day’s standing charge: 25p ish?

After 8 hours, mine shows 55p and 1.65 kWh, so that definitely includes the standing charge. You can get it to show kWh instead of £, which may be more reassuring.

Good luck

I checked…

My IHD has both unit rates and both daily standing charges in the Account info but, like yours, mine obviously includes the standing charge in electricity £ but not in gas £.

That is simply weird, defies logic, etc etc.

FWIW, those £ figures are consistent, and include vat

Simon

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normal normanAuthor

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Thank you for your helpful reply. Given that we don’t have a TV or anything else that has a standby mode, I’m still struggling to think what else it can be apart from the fridge-freezer, but I’ll look into this further when I get the chance and report back.

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Simon1D

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(Sorry, changed my answer after checking my IHD in £ as well as kWh)

Editing answers as I did can mean conversations are hard to follow later - just to clarify, for the benefit of anyone look at this later, I had offered comments about standby mode, and guessed that 300 W would be hard to account for that way. I’m pretty sure this will turn out to be the standing charge, now I’ve looked at my own IHD.

Simon

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That makes sense, but begs the question why would the electric include the standing charge but not the gas?

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Simon1D

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Questions like “why” can defy logical explanation … I’ve no idea :-)

FWIW, I find the kWh display easier to make sense of, having got used to thinking in kWh.

Simon

Blastoise186

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That makes sense, but begs the question why would the electric include the standing charge but not the gas?

I can help you check that. It’s possible that the tariff rates aren’t set correctly in your gas meter. If you could show me photos of your IHD and meters, I can grab the instructions to check them for you.

The IHD does also factor in the daily Standing Charges as well, that’s something I can confirm. It might seem strange, but it’s done that way to help you get a better idea as to the true cost of your energy for both elements.

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Thank you. Ermmm … can I post the photos on here or would you like me to email them to you?

Blastoise186

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Feel free to post them in this thread, as I can't accept them via email. You can either copy/paste directly or use the image button in the toolbar above the text editor.

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