I recently uncovered that I have an option from my power company to have all my electricity supplied from renewable sources (in this case, a wind farm). This costs a premium over the rates that are state regulated. The information available states that this premium is currently $0.0035 per kilowatt hour, but can possibly raise to $0.03 per kilowatt hour. As long as the current rates stand (double, or triple even), I’m willing to fork over a few bucks a month to support the expansion of implemented renewable energy.
I decided to partake in this program, so I called this morning hoping that it’d be a quick and easy option. Ha… The first three people I talked to had no idea what I was talking about, and the last person knew of it – but dealt with it so little that he didn’t even know the vanilla information that is online.
As it stands, they are going to send the contract needed to initiate the program and also to seek out someone who can answer a question. Apparently a contract is needed because it deals with the modification of state regulated rates.
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1 Hungry Hank wrote:
Sadly, I’m not surprised the energy companies are making it difficult for people to switch to renewable energy sources.
I think the only reason you even have the option is because there’s some law buried in the casebooks requiring them to have the option … not because they care to do so.
Good luck cutting through all the red tape … and I think I’ll try doing the same when I get back to San Diego. I barely use any power as it is anyway.