No. OVO's terms say the EV Plan is for residential customers with an electric vehicle and a smart meter. OVO can ask for details of the car, and if you can't provide them or don't have one, it can end your contract.
It's tempting: 4.5c between midnight and 6am is cheap for a home battery or overnight heating, and nothing in the meter knows whether that power went into a car. But signing up for a plan you're not eligible for is a breach of the contract, and losing the plan later (with a back-dated argument about rates) costs more than it saves.
If you do have an EV, the cheap rate covers the whole house
This is the part people miss. The EV Plan's cheap window applies to the home's general usage between midnight and 6am – not just the car. So an EV owner can also charge a home battery, run heating or a timer on the dishwasher in that window at the same rate. Only controlled load (a separately metered off-peak hot water circuit) is excluded.
No EV? Options that don't need one
- OVO Free 4. Free power 11am–3pm, smart meter needed, no car needed. With a battery charging at 5 kW that's about 20 kWh a day free – usually more than the cheap overnight window would save you. See Free 4 or EV Plan.
- A Midday Power Saver plan. Since 1 October 2026 every larger Victorian retailer has to offer free power 11am–2pm (up to 24 kWh a day). See Midday Power Saver.
- An ordinary time-of-use plan. Overnight off-peak rates on standard plans are higher than 4.5c but need no car. Compare them on the government's Victorian Energy Compare.
Thinking about an EV anyway?
Then the numbers change. A car doing 15,000 km a year uses about 2,400 kWh. At 4.5c that's about $108 a year to charge at home, against about $816 at 34c – and the same cheap window can fill your battery. Our calculator includes the car.
Based on OVO's EV Plan special terms as published on 6 November 2026. Check the current terms with OVO before you sign up.