Help change the future of energy
Power Move Flex
Join Power Move Flex and get rewarded when you shift your electricity use to greener times of the day. It’s how you can help balance the grid, and make the most of the UK’s renewable energy.
At the moment, Power Move Flex is running as a trial. It’s part of the CrowdFlex project, sponsored by energy regulator OFGEM and electricity grid operator ESO.
How Power Move Flex matches demand on the grid
At peak times of the day there are high levels of demand on the grid. Renewable electricity sources like wind and solar, as they rely on natural resources, aren’t always predicatable. So carbon-heavy fossil fuels fill the gap when there aren’t enough renewables to go around.
Power Move Flex helps match demand to the power being generated – supporting the grid and making the most of the UK’s renewable energy.. The aim is to shift your electricity use to times when there’s less demand – not to use more than normal.
Power Up and Power Down events
Power Move Flex helps match the demand to the power being generated. So your home uses cleaner, greener energy. The aim is to shift your electricity activities into certain time slots – not to use more than normal.
How itworks
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Check your inbox
Once you’re signed up to the Power Move Flex trial, we’ll send you emails inviting you to different Power Move Flex events. We’ll either ask you to Power Up or Power Down on a set date and time slot.
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Power Up or Down
When demand on the grid is low, we’ll ask you to shift your electricity use to a set time slot. When demand on the grid is high, we’ll ask you to shift your electricity use outside of a set time slot.
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Get rewarded
You'll be rewarded based on the trial group you're randomly assigned to. We'll explain more about how you'll be rewarded at the beginning of the trial, and in your event emails.
Feel good
You’ve helped make the UK a little greener. By shifting electricity demand together, we can help balance the grid, and make the most of the UK’s renewable energy.
Tips to Power Up and Power Down
Here’s how you can make the most of our events:
Schedule smart appliances like washing machines, tumble dryers, dishwashers, or electric heating to come on during Power Up or outside Power Down times. You can set schedules through smart home devices like Amazon Alexa.
If you can, save certain activities for Power Up times, like drying your hair, ironing your clothes, or charging your devices.
Try batch cooking meals during Power Up sessions, to make the most of low demand on the grid.
Who can takepart?
Power Move Flex is currently running as a trial, and we’re inviting eligible OVO customers to join via email. If you’re an eligible customer with Beyond, you can also sign up in our app.
To be eligible, you’ll need to have your smart meter set to half hourly readings – you can change this in your online account.
Please sign up as soon as you can, as spaces are limited. We’ll be in touch to let you know if you’re successful. You’ll be randomly placed into a group – and each group will have different rewards.
You could be randomly placed into a control group. While you won’t get rewards for taking part in Power Up and Power Down events, you'll still play an important role in the trial. We’ll let you know which group you’re in before the trial starts, so you can decide if you’re still happy to join.
What our customers think of Power Move Flex
“It's good to see how much energy has been shifted out of peak times and our contribution to it.” - Trial 2 survey
“The bigger picture is that everyone has a part to play in the best use of energy resources, and if the majority can just shift their usage even by small amount then greater things can be achieved.” - Trial 2 survey
“I think it is great. We tell the kids when it is coming up so we could all try!” - Trial 2 survey
Together, we’re makingenergy better
We believe we can make energy better for people, and the planet. By taking part in Power Move Flex, you’re helping us understand how customers can use cleaner energy – and helping lower the demand for fossil fuels.
Rewarding you is our way of saying thanks for helping to change the future of energy.
Power Move Flex FAQs
We’ll be inviting eligible customers to sign up to Trial 2 from August 2024. Please note that places are limited as part of the trial. By signing up to this trial your place won’t be guaranteed. We’ll let you know if you successfully make it onto the trial.
Power Down
For Power Down events, you're rewarded based on how much electricity you’d normally use. For example, if you normally use 0.6kWh of electricity between 5pm & 6pm, and during a Power Move Flex event you only use 0.4kWh, we’ll reward you for the 0.2 kWh you didn’t use. With a reward value of £1.25/kWh for example, you’d get £0.25.
Power Up
For Power Up events, you'll be rewarded for any kWhs of electricity you shift into the event times above 0 kWh. For example, let’s say you take part in a Power Up event between 10am & 11am, and you use 1.5 kWh of electricity – we’ll reward you for the 1.5 kWh you’ve used. And if the reward value is set at £0.29/kWh for example, that means you’d earn £0.44 – just for shifting your energy use to a time when there’s less demand for it.
Power Move Flex for Charge Anytime
As this is a trial, we’ll be testing different types of rewards:
Credit for the number of sessions your EV is plugged in.
A fixed price per month for plugging in as much as you’re able to.
A session is defined by being plugged in for 3 hours, continually. Our session counter runs from midday to midday and our reward counter runs midday Sunday to midday Sunday and will count sessions within each 7 day period.
You can take part in both Power Move and Power Move Flex to boost your rewards. With Power Move, we challenge you to shift your non-essential electricity use to times when the grid is greenest. We set new challenges with different monthly targets every three months, and at the end we reward you with energy credit for hitting the target.
We'll be collecting and sharing your data in line with our just in time notice. Please view our just in time notice for more details.
Important to know
1 Our smart tech aims to charge your car when the grid has more renewable energy in it, within the time you’ve set. Meaning it’s less likely your EV will be charged by energy from fossil fuels.