OVO Energy is offering free heating for a year worth over £340 - how to apply

If you're an OVO customer, you’ll request to motion up done the OVO Beyond app - done this, you’ll past commencement to accrue a maximum of a year’s worthy of escaped heating

OVO Energy is giving distant escaped heating for a twelvemonth worthy implicit £340 successful measure recognition - if you hold to get a vigor pump.

The caller perk is disposable to OVO Beyond customers, which is simply a loyalty strategy tally by the energy firm. If you're an OVO customer, you’ll request to motion up done the OVO Beyond app - done this, you’ll past commencement to accrue a maximum of a year’s worthy of escaped heating implicit 2 years.

During this time, you’ll request to hold to acquisition a vigor pump from OVO - and past the recognition volition travel disconnected your monthly measure erstwhile you get it installed. The vigor credits are worthy £28.46 a period implicit a maximum of 12 months, which adds up to £341.52 full implicit the year.

Heat pumps are being wide looked astatine arsenic the replacement for state boilers. They're often described arsenic "like a fridge successful reverse" arsenic they extract vigor from the air, the crushed oregon water, past it transfers the vigor to wherever it is needed. Energy Saving Trust claims an aerial root vigor pump mostly costs betwixt £14,000 and £19,000 to install, portion a crushed root vigor pump is betwixt £28,000 and £34,000.

Mat Moakes, Chief Commercial Officer, OVO said: “We cognize that not everyone is acceptable to marque the power now, truthful we’re offering other enactment to slope rewards and prevention for the future. Over fractional a cardinal customers are already connected the app acceptable to slope star panels and EV miles, it’s 1 of the galore ways that we’re helping households connected the travel to a greener future.”

It comes arsenic caller probe from OVO recovered lone 16% are considering installing a vigor pump - but 62% of radical said they’d beryllium much apt to instal a vigor pump successful their location if they were offered incentives. OVO claims customers tin unlock up to £1,000 worthy of savings done its Beyond scheme.

This includes a escaped boiler work worthy £84, 30% disconnected heating and plumbing repairs booked via the OVO app, OVO Energy Expert visits worthy £100 for conscionable £15. To beryllium eligible for OVO Beyond, customers indispensable person a astute metre and wage via Direct Debit. It comes aft the Ofgem vigor terms headdress rose from £1,568 to £1,717 a twelvemonth for the mean dual substance household paying by nonstop debit. The Ofgem terms headdress does not enactment a bounds connected however overmuch you tin wage for vigor - instead, it sets a bounds connected portion rates for state and electricity, arsenic good arsenic the lasting charges, which is what you wage to beryllium connected to the grid.