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Posted 10 June 2023
Ovo Energy Charge Anytime EV Tariff add on - 10p per kwh @ Ovo Energy
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Ovo Energy have released a free energy tariff add-on which allows you to charge an EV overnight for 10p per kwh. The big difference with this tariff vs others on the market is that there is no uplift in the daily charge rate above the government cap rate to compensate (34p, soon to be 30p) so great for home workers with an EV, however it only charges 10p per kwh for your car charge, the rest of the home electricity being used will be billed at the cap rate. Very easy to calculate savings - a 75kwh EV battery will cost £7.50 to fully charge (10 x 75) - I've been using this tariff for a while now and saved a bundle, couldn't see it posted on here yet. Only caveat is you have to have either a compatible car OR compatible charger, although alot of car models are currently covered (check the website)
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sorted byAnd that is just 41 miles. The percentage of people driving more than 250 must be less than 1%.
Your argument is relevant to less than 1% of people.
99% of cars drive locally.
Average house of 4 say 10kwh and for argument lets say heavy duty use moved as much as possible to night work on 40/60 split if on Go (also 3 miles per kwh)
Example A 60 mile commute
OVO House 10 kwh 30p x £3 + 60 mile commute a day 20 kwh 10p = £2
£5
Go with 60/40 split on household - Normal home rate 6 x .39p = £2.34 + overnight rate home and car 4 + 20 x 9.5p = £2.28
£4.62
Intelligent with 60/40 split on household - Normal home rate 6 x .39p = £2.34 + overnight rate home and car 4 + 20 x 7.5p = £1.8
£4.14
Octopus Tracker
All 30 kwh at 17p
£5.1
Example B 120 mile commute
OVO House 10 kwh 30p x £3 + 120 mile commute a day 40 kwh 10p = £4
£7
Go with 60/40 split on household - Normal home rate 6 + 12 outside of go charging window x .39p = £7.02 + overnight rate home and car 4 + 28 x 9.5p = £3.04
£10.06
Intelligent with 60/40 split on household - Normal home rate 6 x .39p = £2.34 + overnight rate home and car 4 + 40 x 7.5p = £3.3
£5.64
Octopus Tracker
All 50 kwh at 17p
£8.5
Example C 240 mile commute
OVO House 10 kwh 30p x £3 + 120 mile commute a day 60 kwh 10p = £6
£9
Go with 60/40 split on household - Normal home rate 6 + 32 outside of go charging window x .39p = £14.82 + overnight rate home and car 4 + 28 x 9.5p = £3.04
£17.86
Intelligent with 60/40 split on household - Normal home rate 6 + 12 charge over time x .39p = £7.02 + overnight rate home and car 4 + 52 x 7.5p = £3.9
£10.92
Octopus Tracker
All 70 kwh at 17p
£11.9
And for any petrol owners as a comparison on the 240 mile commute at say 50mpg (Golf sized) that's about 22 litres of fuel x £1.43 = £31.46 + your 10 kwh of electric use at 30p £3
£34.46 v £9 on OVO
Edited to change ICE compare to 240 commute (edited)
In short OVO appear to be great when everything is going well, but when dealing with the customer call centre I hope you have better luck than I did.
just be aware you cannot charge up your home storage battery and you need a smart charger/vehicle.
Also on OctopusGo so paying 9.5p so unless Octopus feel threatened not sure they would need to drop their rate.
BTW: Leased car. £264 for calendar year of fuel and £293 for my first 10k miles with at-home charging only. Commuter doing ~50miles a day. So long as I can get back home it'll do for me
There are so many factors to consider and EVs work great for some and not-so much for others.
I know that Dragon apply the lower rate to all consumption between certain hours
costing me 2p a mile!
This is my rates this afternoon, I can and do charge my car and anything else whenever needed…
Not to mention, a major b*llache.
Just my tuppence worth...
I was waiting for their revised bill, and then out of the blue received an email threatening debt collectors if I didn't pay the outstanding bill. Four hours later, I received their bill by email - the same bill they were saying I had to pay (before even receiving it!) or they'd send in debt collectors!
I phoned them again to obviously complain, and the people I spoke to simply could not grasp the problem - as far as they were concerned I had to pay it, pronto!
I then complained by email, and their response was more gobbledygook, absolutely talking gibberish and still failing to understand a very simple complaint - how can they threaten somebody for non-payment of the bill - when they didn't send out the bill until 4 hours after their threat?? Out of pure frustration, I told them I was switching to a new supplier, which I did. The time it took to finally switch, as the new supplier tried to effect the switch 5 times, and each time OVO objected to the switch, even though we were totally up-to-date with their bills - in fact they owed us money as their last bill had been estimated, even though we had rung up with the actual readings!
It took a month and numerous phone calls to switch over, and countless phone calls to both OVO and the new supplier, but we STILL haven't technically switched over as OVO are incredibly slow at doing anything, and the new supplier are expecting them to object to the switch again because they haven't sent me the final bill, and therefore we supposedly owe them money again!
Absolute joke of a company!
OVO is a shocking company. I inherited them as a supplier from the previous owner of the house we bought recently. They kept sending us bills of absolute gobbledygook, based on nothing, despite having a smart electricity meter. Eventually, after numerous phone calls to their overseas 'customer service', I got them to accept the meter readings, even though they had the smart reading already.
I was waiting for their revised bill, and then out of the blue received an email threatening debt collectors if I didn't pay the outstanding bill. Four hours later, I received their bill by email - the same bill they were saying I had to pay (before even receiving it!) or they'd send in debt collectors!
I phoned them again to obviously complain, and the people I spoke to simply could not grasp the problem - as far as they were concerned I had to pay it, pronto!
I then complained by email, and their response was more gobbledygook, absolutely talking gibberish and still failing to understand a very simple complaint - how can they threaten somebody for non-payment of the bill - when they didn't send out the bill until 4 hours after their threat?? Out of pure frustration, I told them I was switching to a new supplier, which I did. The time it took to finally switch, as the new supplier tried to effect the switch 5 times, and each time OVO objected to the switch, even though we were totally up-to-date with their bills - in fact they owed us money as their last bill had been estimated, even though we had rung up with the actual readings!
It took a month and numerous phone calls to switch over, and countless phone calls to both OVO and the new supplier, but we STILL haven't technically switched over as OVO are incredibly slow at doing anything, and the new supplier are expecting them to object to the switch again because they haven't sent me the final bill, and therefore we supposedly owe them money again!
Absolute joke of a company! (edited)
Having the luxury of driving a near silent, ludicrously quick and easy to drive vehicle makes the combustion cars feel like antique relics. It really is not that different from having a kettle or lighting a fire to boil a pan of water.
I’d agree that it takes a slight change of habit when it comes to charging but seeing as it’s a simple case of plugging it in at night now and then and never having to queue at a petrol forecourt then it’s actually easier and cheaper. My wife has actually run out of petrol and diesel more times in the last few years (twice) for not getting to a petrol station in time than she has been stranded in the EV (never).
I realise they’re not for everyone but it’s horses for courses. If you regularly drive 300 miles a day and can’t be bothered to plug your car in whilst you take a rest break for 20 mins then don’t get an EV - at least until the batteries become more efficient in a few years. The only time we’ve needed a massive range this year was on a long motorway trip & we all needed to stop for a toilet break & a coffee anyway (which everyone should do) so left the car plugged in for a quick £10 top up & it was ready when we got back to it.
Far more convenient than queuing for a diesel pump and then standing there in the howling wind whilst pumping fuel into it and then queuing at the shop to pay. (edited)
You'd have to be pretty silly to run out of fuel or electric charge, and that wouldn't apply to most of the population, hopefully!
I still can't imagine driving say 150miles and arriving at a holiday rental to instantly have to worry about charging.
Everyone's driving and holidaying habits are different though, and I'm sure my next car will be an EV still.
They really need to come up with some sort of catch all payment system though. (edited)
Like the petroleum market, you shouldn't have to use specific fuel stations based on the manufacturer of your car. It makes the market messy, confusing and expensive to build out the infrastructure.
I have a Tesla but can’t get a smart meter due to some wiring access issues in the house.
Keen to get a proper EV charger but would like an EV tariff too.
I always assumed you would need a smart meter also?