What NextDrive is
NextDrive is E.ON Next's smart tariff for electric vehicle owners. It moves charging to the hours when electricity is cheaper and cleaner, usually overnight.
A tariff like this only works if the billing platform, the charge point and the customer's account all agree on when the power was drawn.
The problem
The launch depended on a third-party integration and on a regulated billing path. Neither could be discovered late, and both sat with teams that did not report to the project.
My role
I was a Home Solution Specialist with assistant project management duties. I supported delivery of the launch and led the workstreams the project lead delegated to me, through to go-live readiness.
What I did
- Worked with Kraken Technologies, part of Octopus Energy, on API and data integration and on system readiness.
- Coordinated Energy Specialists, Legal, Engineering and Product toward the same milestones.
- Managed timelines, dependencies and risks in Asana and Jira.
- Ran stakeholder consultations and requirements elicitation.
- Owned go-live readiness and the milestone updates that went to the project board, and contributed to the regulatory documentation.
Results
The tariff launched. The work contributed to a 5% improvement in energy efficiency programmes and a 15% reduction in project delays.