What is Green Supply?

Following the publication of Ofgem’s Green Supply Guidelines, ERA members and other energy suppliers are working together and with Ofgem, to develop a voluntary certification scheme that will offer consumers confidence in the environmental claims made on tariffs.

The verification scheme will cover claims relating to providing energy from renewable sources such as offshore wind farms, to offsetting the carbon from energy consumption, to investing in research and development projects.

Although it is still a comparatively niche area, there are already many such tariffs on the market in varying ‘shades of green’. Some cost more than the supplier’s standard tariff but there are others available that will cost the customer no more than usual.

The ERA and its members agree that, when it comes to Green Supply Offerings, what the customer is signing up to must be clear and transparent. The customer must fully understand the product they are buying.

We strongly believe that this will allow them to make an informed judgement as to what part they want to play as a consumer in terms of their investment in these tariffs, and as a result, their environmental contribution.

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