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UK’s new green energy tariff – good in parts

A green tariff people can believe in, guardian.co.uk, Julie Davenport, 8 June 2010, The UK’s Green Energy Supply Certification Scheme will increase confidence for green electricity consumers, but energy companies outside the scheme will still be allowed to greenwash…..Now we have one: a standard for green electricity specifically designed to give consumers confidence in the provenance of their green electricity supply and in its environmental benefits — something for which Good Energy has campaigned for many years.The new independent Green Energy Supply Certification Scheme was launched in February and already there are 10 tariffs certified by the scheme, ensuring that customers buying these products can be certain that they are genuinely green and have a clear environmental benefit……………Good Energy’s latest tariff will not only support renewable electricity, but also additional renewable heat through investments in community renewable heat schemes………..

One of the drawbacks of the Green Energy Scheme is that it is not mandatory. This means that companies can still market green tariffs that do not comply with the Scheme’s guidelines leaving room for continued consumer confusion. I hope that in the future all green tariffs marketed in the UK will be required to sign up to the Scheme, or they shouldn’t be able to be called “green”.

A green tariff people can believe in | Guardian Sustainable Business | guardian.co.uk

June 15, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | renewable, UK | antinuclear, climate change, energy efficiency, global warming, renewable energy, renewables, wind