green electricity from good energy
We decided to use Good Energy to provide the electricity for our office. We looked at all the tariffs available but were a little disillusioned by those being sold by the large conventional energy companies. In the past, some energy companies were supplying you renewable energy which they are legally obliged to buy under the government’s renewable energy framework. That meant, despite the marketing package, you were not helping increase the amount of renewables out there, but just making it easier for the energy companies to meet their obligations. This is not supposed to happen with new guidelines from Ofgem (they can still do this, but they are supposed to be more clear about it), but you still have to read the small print carefully.
When you look at the Green supply companies, you have to consider what is important to you. Ecotricity invests more per customer in building more renewables, but Good Energy buy 100% renewables.
Our take? We want renewable energy right now. If more people switch to renewables now, then it makes it harder for the large energy companies to fulfill their obligations, pushing them to put more into building renewables and meeting customer demand. We need the big companies to invest if large scale renewables are going to happen.
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