Originally Posted by
WilcoRoger
No disagreement here, except that I'd turn around causality
For us this would mean an extra 700€ or so p.a. Why should I pay for the power company's "greenness" - they obviously have the technical knowledge & capacity to generate "green" energy, but no willingness to supply it at market rates, ie no willingness to make the material sacrifice of being "green"
I see that we are in a transitional period. In the case of my local utility they get 35%, and growing, of their power from renewables. They are a not for profit and get most of their power from another not for profit. The end goal is to get 100 percent renewable electricity by 2030. I doubt they will get there but it will be close. They are already planning on shutting down one of their coal plants 20 years early.
I am in a unique area of the country though. Lots of wind, solar, an even hydro available.