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[Dabz]

Is Charge Anytime unavailable to OVO customers who have solar panels then?

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[Shigura]

Is Charge Anytime unavailable to OVO customers who have solar panels then?

I believe not. Refer back on this thread to SS64"s post of March 30th

 

[Dabz]

Ahh thanks, I'd skim-read but missed that one. Frustrating - I'm with Ovo and waiting on GivEnergy's EV charger to be released so I can specify excess-solar-only charging

 

[Speuk]

correction
link phone app to car.

I didn't need to go into the account to find the Charge Anytime offer. I just downloaded the Charge Anytime App, linked it to my Porsche ID and it worked.

 

[Nickj]

I didn't need to go into the account to find the Charge Anytime offer. I just downloaded the Charge Anytime App, linked it to my Porsche ID and it worked.

I also did this. It was very simple and just worked through a number of steps including dropping a pin on my home location and adding my Porsche ID ( although you have to remember your Porsche ID log in!). Took maybe 2 mins.

 

[Nickj]

So, first charge completed successfully. As per a previous post the numbers look a bit squiffy though! I was at 74% battery when started and charged to 100%, buy bear in mind I only have the 78kw battery and I’m sure not all of this is usable. The charge app said it added 25kw, which sound too high to go from from 74-100% on a 78kw battery. My pod point said 22 kw were added. For the 25kw it gave me £5.33 credit. My unit rate is 34p so I theory the credit should be 25 units x 24p and £6. So 67p short or around a charge of 12.5p a unit not 10p?? Appreciate its not mega money but if its supposed to be 10p it should be 10p and also unsure why it’s saying it’s added more kw than I think it has?

 

[Speuk]

So, first charge completed successfully. As per a previous post the numbers look a bit squiffy though! I was at 74% battery when started and charged to 100%, buy bear in mind I only have the 78kw battery and I’m sure not all of this is usable. The charge app said it added 25kw, which sound too high to go from from 74-100% on a 78kw battery. My pod point said 22 kw were added. For the 25kw it gave me £5.33 credit. My unit rate is 34p so I theory the credit should be 25 units x 24p and £6. So 67p short or around a charge of 12.5p a unit not 10p?? Appreciate its not mega money but if its supposed to be 10p it should be 10p and also unsure why it’s saying it’s added more kw than I think it has?

Hmmm, mine tends to work out at very close to 10p. Exactly 25.0kw and unit rate Exactly 34p? Have you checked your unit rate in the OVO Energy App?

 

[Nickj]

Hmmm, mine tends to work out at very close to 10p. Exactly 25.0kw and unit rate Exactly 34p?

33.99p unit rate and 25.1kw, so close enough.

 

[Speuk]

33.99p unit rate and 25.1kw, so close enough.

Is that unit rate from the OVO Energy App, mine is slightly lower than the original quote they gave me.

 

[Nickj]

Is that unit rate from the OVO Energy App, mine is slightly lower than the original quote they gave me.

I believe that figure to be ex vat ( although I noted it incorrectly said including vat on one doc. Mine as per below which plus 5% vat is 33. 98p .

 

[Speuk]

33.98?

 

[Nickj]

33.98?

Too quick :0) yes 33.98 ( just edited my typo)

 

[kurand]

Did you wait a reasonable time after the charge finished before looking at the power used and the rebate. I have found that immediately after the charge finishes, the ChargeAnywhere app shows a lower power and rebate than if you look half an hour or an hour later. It’s almost like the app catches up by adding some new data or something.

 

[Nickj]

Did you wait a reasonable time after the charge finished before looking at the power used and the rebate. I have found that immediately after the charge finishes, the ChargeAnywhere app shows a lower power and rebate than if you look half an hour or an hour later. It’s almost like the app catches up by adding some new data or something.

Yes, no change. I added a few more kw when I got home just to check that changing the leave time Initiated a charge immediately which it did. These are my figures now.

so 29.4 kw, should be 29.4 x 24p ( 34p unit rate minus 10) which is £7.05. Credit is 6.57 so 48p short and equiv to approx 11.5p a kw.
Will check In Tomorrow to see if it’s changed.

 

[Nickj]

I did have to call OVO today and they confirmed my rate should be 33.98p so fairly confident this is correct. Reason I called is my smart meter shows 35.66 unit rate. They have said my meter isn’t fully linked and need to send off some info to them then they will decide on next steps, but dont think this is linked to my variance as I’m using the contract lower rate in my calcs.

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