Changing Your Electricity Supplier to a Green Power Source

By: Peter Nisbet

Renewable power sources are increasing in popularity and changing to your electricity supplier to a green power source has never been easier. However, there are different forms and levels of green power, and you may have to choose between 100% green renewable energy and a mixture of this with normal electricity supplies.

Irrespective of your ethical approach to your power usage, price is likely going to be a factor and many believe that the price of electricity derived from totally renewable energy sources is liable to be expensive. Wrong! Such sources include wind power, solar cells, hydro-electricity and even tidal power, and these can be cheaper than coal or oil-fired power stations and certainly not as inexpensive as nuclear power.

However, if you were able to source a company that enabled you to change your electricity supplier to a green power source, and offered you the option of a partial change or 100% renewable power, would you consider it? Of course you would - with certain provisos.

Most people and businesses are usually fairly happy with their current gas and electricity suppliers; otherwise they would have changed already. It would therefore take a pretty good offer to tease them away to an alternative. If that alternative offered a greener source of electricity, that might be one incentive, although it must be said, unfortunately, that many people do not care whether their power source is sustainable or not. They are only interested in price.

Businesses and individuals tend to consider money rather than what are perceived to be altruistic motives, such as saving the planet and fossil fuels. The cheapest wins if it does the job, and nobody can deny that coal and oil powered power plants produce cheap, reliable electricity. However, the fact is that green power sources can be up to 30% less expensive than the traditional electricity supplies, and this should render them attractive to businesses, individual consumers, and most of all to non-profit organizations.

However, many are ignorant of this fact, and the green energy industries have not done a good job in educating people on this. If consumers: businesses, charity organizations or individuals, could be offered a source of green electricity that saved them up to 30% on their monthly bills they would certainly switch over.

In fact, that is the situation right now! By changing your electricity supplier to a green power source it is possible to reduce your electricity bills - but only if you choose the right company. Another factor to consider is that it will not be long before fossil fuels run out and then what do you want? Your grandchildren suffering nuclear power stations springing up everywhere?

No, I am sure not. Look around for the best green power offers available, and you will find that changing your electricity supplier is free, your monthly bills will drop, and your grandchildren will thank you for it. You will gain not only in reduced power costs but also within yourself knowing that you are helping to create a better future for your children and grandchildren.