OVO EV Tariff, how’s does it work?
Discussion
jonty88 said:
Has anyone switched to this tariff from another provider? How long did it take?
I came from Octopus, I signed up on the 30th or march. And my switch over date was 4th of AprilI had to switch to their flexible economy 7 tariff (still cheaper than octopus) then, as long as the charger/car is compatible, you can add on the charge anytime.
Edited by jamesbilluk on Saturday 8th April 15:05
I’m looking to switch as Octopus only offer cheap ev charging if you fix at 45p for the next 12m which makes no sense.
I looked at ovo but a couple of negatives unless I’m mistaken:
The discounted rate only applies to the ev being charged, not any other usage in that window. A bigger issue is that it won’t work for me as I have 2 ev’s and one of them isn’t compatible.
With octopus this wouldn’t matter as the discount applies to all off peak usage, so they don’t need to know what you’re doing.
In short I’d rather have a tariff that doesn’t rely on knowing you’re charging the car, and just gives straightforward discounted rates off peak which you can use for whatever you want.
I looked at ovo but a couple of negatives unless I’m mistaken:
The discounted rate only applies to the ev being charged, not any other usage in that window. A bigger issue is that it won’t work for me as I have 2 ev’s and one of them isn’t compatible.
With octopus this wouldn’t matter as the discount applies to all off peak usage, so they don’t need to know what you’re doing.
In short I’d rather have a tariff that doesn’t rely on knowing you’re charging the car, and just gives straightforward discounted rates off peak which you can use for whatever you want.
AF07 said:
I’m looking to switch as Octopus only offer cheap ev charging if you fix at 45p for the next 12m which makes no sense.
I looked at ovo but a couple of negatives unless I’m mistaken:
The discounted rate only applies to the ev being charged, not any other usage in that window. A bigger issue is that it won’t work for me as I have 2 ev’s and one of them isn’t compatible.
With octopus this wouldn’t matter as the discount applies to all off peak usage, so they don’t need to know what you’re doing.
In short I’d rather have a tariff that doesn’t rely on knowing you’re charging the car, and just gives straightforward discounted rates off peak which you can use for whatever you want.
Yes, just EV charging at 10p kWhI looked at ovo but a couple of negatives unless I’m mistaken:
The discounted rate only applies to the ev being charged, not any other usage in that window. A bigger issue is that it won’t work for me as I have 2 ev’s and one of them isn’t compatible.
With octopus this wouldn’t matter as the discount applies to all off peak usage, so they don’t need to know what you’re doing.
In short I’d rather have a tariff that doesn’t rely on knowing you’re charging the car, and just gives straightforward discounted rates off peak which you can use for whatever you want.
AF07 said:
I’m looking to switch as Octopus only offer cheap ev charging if you fix at 45p for the next 12m which makes no sense.
I looked at ovo but a couple of negatives unless I’m mistaken:
The discounted rate only applies to the ev being charged, not any other usage in that window. A bigger issue is that it won’t work for me as I have 2 ev’s and one of them isn’t compatible.
With octopus this wouldn’t matter as the discount applies to all off peak usage, so they don’t need to know what you’re doing.
In short I’d rather have a tariff that doesn’t rely on knowing you’re charging the car, and just gives straightforward discounted rates off peak which you can use for whatever you want.
I did some calculations to work out whether switching to an off-peak tariff would benefit us, and because of the higher peak cost, I worked out we'd save £10 per month, which hardly seemed worth it.I looked at ovo but a couple of negatives unless I’m mistaken:
The discounted rate only applies to the ev being charged, not any other usage in that window. A bigger issue is that it won’t work for me as I have 2 ev’s and one of them isn’t compatible.
With octopus this wouldn’t matter as the discount applies to all off peak usage, so they don’t need to know what you’re doing.
In short I’d rather have a tariff that doesn’t rely on knowing you’re charging the car, and just gives straightforward discounted rates off peak which you can use for whatever you want.
The OVO tariff suites us perfectly, as it keeps our bill for house usage the same as it was before, but we get to charge the car at a much lower rate. So we're financially better off. Probably one reason it works for us my low mileage, and that I work at home. This meant that we didn't use enough off-peak energy to cover the increased cost of the day usage.
Worked out that on an EV tariff our average cost per unit would be 28p.
On OVO anytime, our average cost per unit is around 21p.
Edited by TheBinarySheep on Thursday 13th April 13:10
giveitfish said:
Anyone done this with a Tesla company car? My Tesla app access doesn't give me charging history, only the fleet manager has access to all that and my EO charger is not on the compatible list.
Anyone else in the same boat?
Yep, don’t worry about the charger or rhe Tesla app. The AnyTime App talks to the Tesla directly. Anyone else in the same boat?
I read this with interest. About to move house and the new house provider is currently OVO. My EV is not on the list, but I'm now thinking I will install a compatible charge point in the new property, rather than pay to have my current non-compatible charge point moved from here to new property. £500 to uninstall and reinstall, verses £1k to buy and install compatible charge point.
Most who have commented on here seem to have compatible cars, but interested in any experiences of people with just compatible charge point on this tariff?
Most who have commented on here seem to have compatible cars, but interested in any experiences of people with just compatible charge point on this tariff?
LaserTam said:
I read this with interest. About to move house and the new house provider is currently OVO. My EV is not on the list, but I'm now thinking I will install a compatible charge point in the new property, rather than pay to have my current non-compatible charge point moved from here to new property. £500 to uninstall and reinstall, verses £1k to buy and install compatible charge point.
Most who have commented on here seem to have compatible cars, but interested in any experiences of people with just compatible charge point on this tariff?
I'd got an Indra Smart Pro that's supposed to be compatible, but then Indra say it's not compatible with the OVO tarrif.Most who have commented on here seem to have compatible cars, but interested in any experiences of people with just compatible charge point on this tariff?
The Indra Smart Pro app does offer the same sort of functionality as the OVO Anytime app in that it will charge your EV when electricity is cheaper and you can force it to start charging, so I don't know if the Indra app and the OVO app are getting their source data from the same place.
Actually, I've just Googled. It looks like if you've got a compatible EV, you need to use the Anytime App. If you're using a compatible charger, you need to use the chargers app.
https://forum.ovoenergy.com/my-smart-home-138/how-...
TheBinarySheep said:
I'd got an Indra Smart Pro that's supposed to be compatible, but then Indra say it's not compatible with the OVO tarrif.
The Indra Smart Pro app does offer the same sort of functionality as the OVO Anytime app in that it will charge your EV when electricity is cheaper and you can force it to start charging, so I don't know if the Indra app and the OVO app are getting their source data from the same place.
Actually, I've just Googled. It looks like if you've got a compatible EV, you need to use the Anytime App. If you're using a compatible charger, you need to use the chargers app.
https://forum.ovoenergy.com/my-smart-home-138/how-...
I am having exactly the same problem with my Indra Smart Pro. Given that I bought the thing through Ovo in the first place you'd have thought it'd be compatible. All the various support desks have been less than useless so far, but what you've said there is interesting; I shall pursue. The Indra Smart Pro app does offer the same sort of functionality as the OVO Anytime app in that it will charge your EV when electricity is cheaper and you can force it to start charging, so I don't know if the Indra app and the OVO app are getting their source data from the same place.
Actually, I've just Googled. It looks like if you've got a compatible EV, you need to use the Anytime App. If you're using a compatible charger, you need to use the chargers app.
https://forum.ovoenergy.com/my-smart-home-138/how-...
TheBinarySheep said:
LaserTam said:
I read this with interest. About to move house and the new house provider is currently OVO. My EV is not on the list, but I'm now thinking I will install a compatible charge point in the new property, rather than pay to have my current non-compatible charge point moved from here to new property. £500 to uninstall and reinstall, verses £1k to buy and install compatible charge point.
Most who have commented on here seem to have compatible cars, but interested in any experiences of people with just compatible charge point on this tariff?
I'd got an Indra Smart Pro that's supposed to be compatible, but then Indra say it's not compatible with the OVO tarrif.Most who have commented on here seem to have compatible cars, but interested in any experiences of people with just compatible charge point on this tariff?
The Indra Smart Pro app does offer the same sort of functionality as the OVO Anytime app in that it will charge your EV when electricity is cheaper and you can force it to start charging, so I don't know if the Indra app and the OVO app are getting their source data from the same place.
Actually, I've just Googled. It looks like if you've got a compatible EV, you need to use the Anytime App. If you're using a compatible charger, you need to use the chargers app.
https://forum.ovoenergy.com/my-smart-home-138/how-...
LaserTam said:
TheBinarySheep said:
LaserTam said:
I read this with interest. About to move house and the new house provider is currently OVO. My EV is not on the list, but I'm now thinking I will install a compatible charge point in the new property, rather than pay to have my current non-compatible charge point moved from here to new property. £500 to uninstall and reinstall, verses £1k to buy and install compatible charge point.
Most who have commented on here seem to have compatible cars, but interested in any experiences of people with just compatible charge point on this tariff?
I'd got an Indra Smart Pro that's supposed to be compatible, but then Indra say it's not compatible with the OVO tarrif.Most who have commented on here seem to have compatible cars, but interested in any experiences of people with just compatible charge point on this tariff?
The Indra Smart Pro app does offer the same sort of functionality as the OVO Anytime app in that it will charge your EV when electricity is cheaper and you can force it to start charging, so I don't know if the Indra app and the OVO app are getting their source data from the same place.
Actually, I've just Googled. It looks like if you've got a compatible EV, you need to use the Anytime App. If you're using a compatible charger, you need to use the chargers app.
https://forum.ovoenergy.com/my-smart-home-138/how-...
I have an Indra Smart Pro whose installation was organised through Ovo around a year ago. When I applied for the Anytime feature, Ovo already knew I had a compatible charger and I just clicked through to pair the Indra and Ovo accounts. Anytime works fine with the Indra Smart Pro, the only caveat is that the Indra app itself does not show you the costing info - it says “see My Ovo” which takes you to the Ovo web page.
Mikebentley said:
Mikebentley said:
On the OVO site they only list the Ohme and Indra chargers as compatible. Is this strictly true or would other so called smart chargers work. I was looking at Anderson or Simpson and Partners for my planned installation.
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