I will try to explain ovo a bit better here without my brain fog,
so I am on ovo standard tariff, which means I pay the same std rate as everyone else, but if you have a compatible ev or charger you can add the ovo charge anytime addon for free
How it works is you plug your car in and ovo will start and stop the charge on the car, they will then refund to your account a credit of anything over 10p a kw.
so if your electricity is 32p a kw and you charge 10 kw they will refund you £2.22 as credit to your account.
they start and stop the car based on grid usage, so when grid is low it starts, this is usually every night for about 5 hours and about 4 hours at random times during the day ( so maybe a hour here or an hour there)
why do I think this is these ev tariff?
well first there is no inflated peak price, you pay the standard rate like non ev owners do, which at the moment is 32.7p a kw. We’re other ev tariffs want more from you 🙁 for peak to give you cheaper night prices…
downside is your car needs to be compatible or charger
they also. Don’t discriminate as if you have a compatible plug-in hybrid that will also be allowed to use ovo charge anytime