Signed up with Ecotricity online tonight, pretty straightforward except they can't do DD online (no big deal) and there didn't seem to be an option to choose the all-green option, they sign you up to the part-green option by default. Why? I want to pay more for all green! Surely they want this... I emailed them to correct this, will keep you posted on the set-up.
But - with EDF we got a £40 dual fuel discount for getting gas and electricity. Can you get greener gas? It doesn't look like it. But you can get cheaper gas. USwitch tells us that by switiching our gas to nPower (who we think are not too evil - see posts passim) we will save £40 anyway. Hurrah. nPower it is.
So in summary,
- I've switched my electricity provider to Ecotricity. My supply will be a mix of new green (Ecotricity's wind turbines) and old green (existing wind, solar and tidal sources), with a commitment to continued investment in growing new green resources.
- This will cost approx. £14 more a year and I have lost my £40 dual fuel discount.
- But switching gas to nPower saves me £40 anyway!
- Switching has saved the equivilent of a return flight to New York in CO2 emissions
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Just got my welcome pack from Ecotricity. Strangely, they seem to have signed me up on the Economy 7 tariff (which I did not ask for), but I can't clarify as they are not open on Saturdays. I guess you can't have everything out of your electricity provider...
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