OVO Offers Two Free Hours Of Energy Every Week To Lower Bills This Summer

• OVO is giving away two hours of free electricity every week this summer to customers signed up to its rewards programme, OVO Beyond
• Each week, customers can choose when to use their free electricity from a variety of weekday and weekend timeslots 
• With free hours up for grabs from the first week of May and throughout summer, customers with Beyond simply need to sign up to the reward through the OVO app

London, Monday 28th April: OVO is giving away two hours of free electricity every week this summer to customers signed up to its rewards programme, OVO Beyond, which is free to join.

Customers are able to choose the time they use the two free hours of electricity from week to week, meaning they can pick a time slot that works around their routine.

The time slots aim to avoid peak hours to help reduce pressure on the grid. During peak hours, there’s often not enough renewable energy to go around, which can result in fossil fuel being used to fill the gap.

To benefit, customers simply need to opt into the Beyond rewards programme through their OVO account or app, with free electricity hours available as one of several personalised rewards. The free hours offering will run from 5th May to 31st August, and customers will be able to sign up from today, 28th April.

Better yet, OVO’s free hours reward can be used in conjunction with other energy-saving perks, including OVO Power Move, which offers various rewards via a prize draw – including a year’s worth of free energy – for those who use energy at greener times of the day.

Since its launch, OVO’s Power Move has paid customers over £2.8 million for moving their energy use to off-peak times.

Gráinne Regan, Head of Beyond, OVO said: “We launched Beyond to help lower bills and reward our customers for taking greener action. So whether people choose to get ahead on meal prep, make a dent in the laundry or charge up the iPad, we want to help cut costs by giving two free hours of electricity every week this summer.”

How it works:

• For OVO customers who pay by Direct Debit and have a smart meter, Beyond will unlock automatically inside the OVO app
• Customers with Beyond can sign up to the two free hours reward, via the OVO app.
• Customers can choose two hours a week of free electricity from a range of options made to work for them.
• The following timeslots will be available to choose from each week:
  • 9am – 10am on specified weekdays
  • 1pm – 2pm on specified weekdays
  • 9pm – 10pm on specified weekdays
  • 10am – 12pm Sundays
• Customers with Beyond should opt in each week within the selection window to secure their slots for the following week. 
• And enjoy their two free hours of electricity.

For more information and to sign up visit: https://www.ovoenergy.com/beyond 

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Notes to Editors

For more information please contact: [email protected] 

Terms and conditions apply.

To be eligible for OVO Beyond, customers must have a smart meter and pay via Direct Debit. For more information on OVO Beyond and how to sign up visit: https://ovoenergy.com/beyond

Customers can enjoy their two free hours of energy, up to a limit of 1kWh per hour.

Hours must be confirmed within a set window.

About OVO

In 2009, OVO was born to make energy better for people and the planet. Today, OVO is trusted by around four million customers with their home energy, EV charging, green tech upgrades, and more. 

OVO is getting the UK ready for a greener, fairer future – supporting new renewable power projects in communities across the country. Not only is OVO bringing low carbon tech into homes, it’s finding smart ways to cut costs for customers – making heat pumps, solar panels, and electric cars more accessible. Behind all this work is Plan Zero: the bold, science-backed sustainability strategy, which sets out how OVO will become a true net zero business by 2035. 

This progress can only happen with a culture fit for the future. OVO’s multiple awards include the Best Place to Work for Women in The Sunday Times’ Best Places to Work 2023, which also saw the company coming in the Top 10 for Very Big Organisation. 

OVO also won Company of the Decade at the BusinessGreen Leaders’ Awards 2020. 

OVO key facts

• UK Customers: four million 

• People: 5,000 colleagues with sites in London, Bristol and Glasgow. 

• Customer service

• • • Over 140,000 5* reviews on Trustpilot for energy supply.
    • £140m support offered to customers in need since 2022.

• Rewarding customers

• • Beyond: More than 650,000 customers have signed up to OVO Beyond
  • Charge Anytime over: £11 million saved to date by customers.
  • Solar and heat pumps: Over 1,000 heat pumps installed and over 500 solar systems installed in UK homes.
  • World leading trials: 320+ OVO customer trialists on the world’s first and largest domestic vehicle-to-grid trial, run by us. 
  • Rewarding trials: Over £2.8 million in credit through Power Move, for using energy at greener times – saving 634 tonnes of carbon.
  • Expert advice: Over 4,000 home visits completed by OVO’s Energy Experts, giving customers one-to-one guidance on making their home more efficient.