18 February 2011: Good Energy, the UK’s leading 100% renewable electricity supplier, is delighted to announce that it is planning to hold its price freeze for both gas and electricity as part of its commitment to make 100% renewable energy accessible to all consumers.
Good Energy first announced a price freeze in December 2010 and, while all major energy suppliers have recently increased prices by up to 9 percent, Good Energy intends to maintain the price freeze beyond the winter months and, with a good following wind, until the end of 2011.
The 100% renewable electricity supplier hopes this will encourage consumers to switch to greener energy as the price differential with many fossil-fuel-based suppliers is reduced. In addition, Good Energy hopes people will also become more aware of their energy use and do more to become energy efficient, helping to reduce the impact on the environment and bring down the cost of bills further in the process.
Juliet Davenport, CEO of Good Energy, says:
“Renewable energy should be affordable to everyone and this price freeze takes us one step closer to making this a reality. Our decision has been made possible due to significant improvements in our weather forecasting techniques which in turn have improved our ability to trade renewable electricity efficiently.
At Good Energy, we believe it is possible to greatly reduce future energy price risks by turning UK energy 100% renewable by 2050. We’ve developed a pathway that sets out how we can achieve this, involving changes to UK energy at every stage of the process, from grid management to investment, and from R&D to transport.”
So far, more than 26,000 homes and businesses across the UK have switched to Good Energy and the company supports a pioneering community of more than 1700 independent renewable generators that use wind, small-scale hydro, solar power and sustainable biomass to generate homegrown energy.
More information can be found at http://www.goodenergy.co.uk/.
