OVO EV Tariff, how’s does it work?

[LaserTam]

FarmyardPants said:

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.

[plfrench]

Still going well, June was the first month after coming off the fixed rate for our household tariff. Just let it drift onto variable for now. It doesn't half make the Anytime savings sound good £104.75 credited for June.

Probably crack £200 per month my EV ever turns up to go alongside my wife's!

[Piginapoke]

plfrench said:

Still going well, June was the first month after coming off the fixed rate for our household tariff. Just let it drift onto variable for now. It doesn't half make the Anytime savings sound good £104.75 credited for June.

Probably crack £200 per month my EV ever turns up to go alongside my wife's!

Could be wrong, but I think you’re limited to one EV at present?

[plfrench]

I thought I saw somewhere that you could register a second car but you'd need to do it all with a second email address to enable a separate Anytime app setup.

[Big Nanas]

Piginapoke said:

Could be wrong, but I think you’re limited to one EV at present?

We have two EVs here and it works nicely. We each have the Charge Anytime app, and credits appear as expected on our OVO account

[Mikebentley]

Big Nanas said:

Piginapoke said:

Could be wrong, but I think you’re limited to one EV at present?

We have two EVs here and it works nicely. We each have the Charge Anytime app, and credits appear as expected on our OVO account

EV arrived last week but not on their list. New consumer unit installed today and a new OHME charge point going in shortly. I have been advised to not use the OVO Anytime specific app as it will have issues as I will have a compatible CP but a car not on their list. Apparently the OHME app will talk to OVO and control it all.

[maniac886]

Has anyone had the email saying they are reducing the rate from 10p per kWh to 7p per kWh from tomorrow?

[Mikebentley]

I’ve been charging an MG4 via an Ohme home pro charging point for about 5 months and 7k miles. Absolutely faultless using the Ohme app as vehicle not on their list. Will look out for rate reduction email too.

[Big Nanas]

maniac886 said:

Has anyone had the email saying they are reducing the rate from 10p per kWh to 7p per kWh from tomorrow?

Yep! Was a lovely surprise

[maniac886]

Big Nanas said:

Yep! Was a lovely surprise

It may only be temporary but I will take it. I think that makes it even cheaper than Octopus?

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Also got the 7p email.

They still don't seem to have fixed the slight bug where the credit calculation is based on your peak rate even if it charges overnight on a cheaper rate (E7 tariff).

So the 7p tariff means they now pay me 5p/kWh to charge!

[jamesbilluk]

Don't think I got this email.

[Piginapoke]

I did, welcome news. I saved £80 in October

Once or twice I week I set the App to have the car 80% charged at 5.45am to go to London, but now and again it will not be ready and I’m having to leave on say 70%. Does anyone else have this?

[plfrench]

Oh yes, I’d missed that email, but just found it!

It’s probably because EDF had made a point of 7.4p/kWh being the cheapest rate, so Ovo wanted to beat that.

A bit of healthy market competition never did any harm for the end consumer

[MattyD803]

Having just taken delivery of an iX3, this looks like a great option to move over to in order to save a few £££ on charging. Any draw backs found so far?

[plfrench]

On top of that, the Ovo Power Move challenge is crediting £15 per month for using less than 13.5% of total Mon-Fri electricity consumption between 4-7pm. Being a heavy EV user with Anytime basically guarantees hitting this.

I see Power Move Plus launched yesterday. Not sure what that is but they’ll be paying me soon!

[plfrench]

MattyD803 said:

Having just taken delivery of an iX3, this looks like a great option to move over to in order to save a few £££ on charging. Any draw backs found so far?

No, can’t fault it.

I’ve got it working with two EVs and saving around £130 per month (plus the £15 credit for Power Move) vs normal tariff - which I’ve left on variable as fixed aren’t that attractive at the moment (25.x p/kWh for standard).

[MattyD803]

Many thanks, I'll take a look at the switching process now.

[FeelingLucky]

maniac886 said:

It may only be temporary but I will take it. I think that makes it even cheaper than Octopus?

Technically yes, but in reality I suspect not.

IO is 7.5p but that is for the entire house consumption during the off peak period, not just the EV. I'll admit, I haven't run the numbers, but those of us that time shift as much consumption as humanly possible to 23:30 > 05:30, I suspect the 0.5p / kW/h won't cost in. For those with a home battery, it's a no brainer for IO.

[Mikebentley]

FeelingLucky said:

maniac886 said:

It may only be temporary but I will take it. I think that makes it even cheaper than Octopus?

Technically yes, but in reality I suspect not.

IO is 7.5p but that is for the entire house consumption during the off peak period, not just the EV. I'll admit, I haven't run the numbers, but those of us that time shift as much consumption as humanly possible to 23:30 > 05:30, I suspect the 0.5p / kW/h won't cost in. For those with a home battery, it's a no brainer for IO.[/quote

Each persons use case is exactly that. IO wouldn’t work for me, two kids under 18 and generally busy household. Other than a washing machine and dryer there is nothing to be kept back to do overnight. As a heavy EV user with a home charge point OVO and OVO Anytime has been brilliant.