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Why are my monthly charges so high since I entered a meter reading incorrectly?

  • June 6, 2022
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I switched to OVO , with a B gas smart meter , which wasn’t sending OVO a smart read , so I did it manually, meter reader came , she gave the read .. 

usage is between £58 -£80 a month !

during colder months last week I had an email to say my smart meter is now sending reads every half hour and it was a regional problem. 
 

now my app is saying throughout April & may my electric bill is £900 a month !!!!!!!!! 

two people in property, still in a fixed plan ! 
I think there is a massive error and all the reads from myself, meter reader & smart have confused the system as the usage in kw is not a lot of difference month on month ? OVO are not helpful or listening??
 


 

Best answer by Jess_OVO

Updated on 11/12/24 by Abby_OVO

In March I entered the gas reading in the electric read by mistake, I rang them with the correct reading, they sent a meter reader who also gave them it , but from the 31 st March they have charged me over £30 a day when in reality I’m using about £1.90 a day as the reads would suggest, I think this is probably a human error and all the kWh have been added wrong ? I use about 320 kWh a month now for those 2 months and a day they are saying I’ve used over five thousand by it’s obviously an error as it doesn’t add up . 
thank you 

 

Sorry to hear of the difficulty you’ve had reporting this billing issue to our Support Team, @Sam 85.

 

I agree, it does seem that mistaken reading might be causing the out-of line charges, so this might need to be raised to our billing team to correct. I’d recommend forwarding a link to this thread to the team via our webchat which you can access here.

 

Let us know if you need any more advice here.

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Sam 85Author
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June 8, 2022

It’s not based on estimates as gave manual , the readings don’t reflect the thousands of kWh they are saying for too months ! 
this is more than my gas & electric combined for the year , I’m also still in a fixed rate until next month , two people in a small house , no way it’s 900 a month , which would equate to over £10,000 a year ! Ridiculous! 
mice checked meters & readings , definitely an error since smart kicked in maybe they added my readings , smart and the meter readers figures all together in error? 
but I can’t seem to get hold of OVO to ask for a a new rengenerated bill based on the actual readings 🙄

Jess_OVO
OVO Staff
OVO Staff
June 9, 2022

Would it be possible to post a screenshot of your meter readings page here too, @Sam 85?

 

This might help us figure out what’s gone wrong and give more tailored advice to get things back on track.

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Sam 85Author
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June 9, 2022

In March I entered the gas reading in the electric read by mistake, I rang them with the correct reading, they sent a meter reader who also gave them it , but from the 31 st March they have charged me over £30 a day when in reality I’m using about £1.90 a day as the reads would suggest, I think this is probably a human error and all the kWh have been added wrong ? I use about 320 kWh a month now for those 2 months and a day they are saying I’ve used over five thousand by it’s obviously an error as it doesn’t add up . 
thank you 

Sam 85Author
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June 9, 2022

 

Sam 85Author
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Sam 85Author
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Sam 85Author
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June 9, 2022

I’ve taken lots of photos on different days the readings seem ok ? It’s the working out the kWh usage that’s all wrong ? It went to billing so maybe it was there it went wrong ? 
maybe all 3 reads : 

mine 

meter reader 

smart .. have all added kWh wrong ?

nealmurphy
Newcomer
Newcomer
June 9, 2022

I’m guessing the incorrect manual reading on the 31st March may have caused the system to throw a wobbly. 

Is your smart meter now sending regular readings? Most meters can be set to send readings automatically at a range of intervals. Ideally readings every 30 minutes give the most accurate picture of energy use and this data is usually sent by the meter each day (although some meters are set to only send once a month).

Sam 85Author
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June 9, 2022

Hi near Murphy 

yes I think you are correct with March reading but I did ring about the error and gave a correct reading and readings in April & may along with the meter reader they sent , but never applied any ?? 
my smart meter started sending signals a week or so ago , it send them every half hour .

 

there’s clearly an massive mistake and I haven’t been able to contact properly to sort this .. meanwhile it’s showing I owe nearly £1700 for just over 2 months electric .. normally about £58 - £60 

I have been trying to get this sorted for a week now to no avail ?

Jess_OVO
OVO Staff
Jess_OVOSolved
OVO Staff
June 10, 2022

Updated on 11/12/24 by Abby_OVO

In March I entered the gas reading in the electric read by mistake, I rang them with the correct reading, they sent a meter reader who also gave them it , but from the 31 st March they have charged me over £30 a day when in reality I’m using about £1.90 a day as the reads would suggest, I think this is probably a human error and all the kWh have been added wrong ? I use about 320 kWh a month now for those 2 months and a day they are saying I’ve used over five thousand by it’s obviously an error as it doesn’t add up . 
thank you 

 

Sorry to hear of the difficulty you’ve had reporting this billing issue to our Support Team, @Sam 85.

 

I agree, it does seem that mistaken reading might be causing the out-of line charges, so this might need to be raised to our billing team to correct. I’d recommend forwarding a link to this thread to the team via our webchat which you can access here.

 

Let us know if you need any more advice here.

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