3 hour power up today

Hi ​@Philray, yep it’s a bit of a conflict right enough!  You’ve got to work out for your particular usage pattern whether it’s more beneficial or not for you to buy some “extra” electricity this evening at, effectively only around 7p a kWh (saving 15p on the present 22-odd pence - give or take different prices for different tariffs as well as in different regions of the UK).  So, for example, if you know you’re committed tomorrow to some washing loads and/or some baking or whatever, you could do that this evening instead. BUT, that saving of 15 or 30 pence, or whatever it might work out at for you, will undoubtedly impact on your Power Move peak hour percentage…it all depends on how much wiggle room you’ve currently got in PM.  We’re now towards the end of March, with only a handful of weekdays left, so even if you decide on extra usage this evening you might still get under that magic figure of 2% by month end?
 

BUT, if saving 30p (say) tonight means you’re jeopardising the possibility of getting £10 PM without being able to “catch up” over the remaining March weekdays, then that’s a different matter altogether! You might be able to do both, but you’ll need to weight it all up carefully…you’ve got plenty of minutes left to have a think before 5!
 

all the best…

Hello ​@waltyboy. Do we still get £10 a  month per meeting the power move target or do we just get entries to the lottery?

With the PM-flex you get the £3 bonus for participating in more than 50% of the events, so for me its better to increase demand tonight to help reach the participation bonus, than it is to try all month and get a w.ho.l.e £2. 

You need to get below 2% to get £10 for this month.

Over 2% is draw entries.

After this month I don’t think that anything has been announced other than draw entries.

The OVO app is showing 6pm as high carbon so why are we being asked to use more power a that time?

The question is, why are my replies being moderated

Oh, so this isn't being moderated. Maybe it's only when I mention lbs and shillings that they get sensitive..... 

Hi ​@Nukecad and ​@Philray I think up to and including May 2025 the same 2% Power Move and Prize Draw incentives as existed in February 2025 still remain…..i.e. for March, April and May 2025.
 

My understanding is that the ten quid opportunity will then disappear, but that the Prize Draw will remain though liable to differing variations and incentives over the coming months.

atb, Walt

I only do Flex not Power Move as I don't use enough at any time to make the latter worthwhile. However we had a Power Up from midnight to 1am last night and now another Power Up for 3 hours this evening. There are only so many things you can do or charge up and these frequent middle of the night events are really only relevant to EV owners who already get very low unit prices at night. Who is going to do their housework, now the lawn, etc in the middle of the night?!

Good time to put a hot wash on if the machine has a timer, or a late tumble dry ? Or run the machine cleaning program on dishwasher or washing machine ?

I compromised: normal ‘essential usage only’ between 5pm and 7pm, then went wild with 7p energy from 7pm to 8pm. Of course, I forgot to switch everything off again at 8pm - but luckily remembered before ten past. Let’s see whether it paid off.