GREEN TARIFFS OVERVIEW

 

There are a range of different tariffs for customers producing their own electricity. This article aims to help find which deal is best for you by looking at a range of the best deals available. Schemes involve Renewable Obligation Certificates (ROCs). These are a statutory means for measuring the amount of electricity produced by renewable.

 

ROCs can be traded amongst electricity suppliers to meet their renewable energy targets. As of April 2009, two ROCS are awarded where 1000kWh of renewable electricity has been produced, and each is worth around £37. ROCs can be handled in different ways. Most commonly companies act as ROC agents and claim the certificates from Ofgem on behalf of the customers, others do not claim for the customer and hence it is their responsibility.

 

We strongly recommend working with a utility company who will act as an agent for your ROCs and will pass on a saving/earning of approximately 7p/kWh although this is parcelled up in three different manners as detailed below.

 

ECOTRICTY

 

EvoEnergy recommend Ecotrcity as they pay you an excellent rate for every unit of electricity that you generatre whilst continually investing in building new sources of green energy!

 

• Microgeneration tariffs available for any scheme under 10kW
• Generation meter to be installed
• Fixed rate of 12p/kWh for all microgeneration
• ROCs claimed are supplied to Ecotricity
• For every £1 you spend on your electricity bills with Ecotricity they will invest another £1 into building new sources of green energy.
• Ecotricity's electricity rates are matched against the leading supplier in your area so you can help the environment and still pay the same amount for your electricity that you do now.
• Ecotricity offer a 50:50 tariff where 50% of the electricity is from green sources and 50% is from brown sources.
• Ecotricity offer a 100% green energy tariff that works out at around 0.5p/kWh more expensive than the 50:50 tariff.
• By using Ecotricity's green tariffs your electricity bills will be comparable to what they are at the moment and you will reducing your carbon footprint whilst helping the environment!
• For more information visit the Ecotricity Website

 

 

FIND OUT WHICH GREEN TARIFF IS BEST FOR YOU

 

EvoEnergy understand that the tariffs offered by Ecotricity may not be suitable for everyone so we have listed the best of the other schemes available below so you can see what is available.

 

Green Tariff- Get Paid All Generation:

 

Some electricity suppliers will pay you a set price for ALL the power you generate, whether you use it or not, just like Ecotricity. These schemes are most beneficial for smaller systems where most of the electricity will be used onsite and little exported to the grid. This means you are getting paid for everything you generate and as you are no longer buying electricity from the grid you are saving around 13p/kWh too! The values below do not take this 13p into consideration.

• For Householders
• Generation meter to be installed
• Fixed rate of 15p/kWh for all generation
• ROCs claimed are suppled to Good Energy
• Good if your system produces a high percentage of your household usage, otherwise relatively high prices are paid to import electricity. But, Good Energy are the only company in the UK that provide 100% of the electricity from renewable resources.
• For more information visit the Good Energy: Generate Your Own Website

 

Green Tariff- Get Paid For Surplus Generation (Export):

 

You can sell your excess generated electricity to your electricity supplier. This can be called a Buy-Back arrangement.

 

These schemes are beneficial to large installations with a lot of surplus generation. The prices paid for electricity are for export only. No payments are made to the customer for producing and using their own power.

 

A number of electricity suppliers provide deals that pay customers for surplus generation. Scottish and Southern, SWALEC, Scottish Power, E-On and EDF Energy. The information below shows the best deals on offer to you, by far the best is provided by Scottish and Southern.

 

• For householders and small businesses in Scotland and England
• Up to 5kWp systems
• Fixed rate of 28p/kWh for exported electricity
• Import/export meter to be installed
• SSE will do all the ROC paperwork and claim the revenue generated from this on your behalf
• For more information visit the Scottish and Southern Website

 

 

• For householders in Wales
• Fixed rate of 18p/kWh for exported electricity
• Import/export meter to be installed
• SWALEC will do all the ROC paperwork and claim the revenue generated from this on your behalf
• For more information visit the SWALEC Website

 

 

• Power Purchase Flexible Scheme for householders
• Fixed rate of 7.6p/kWh for exported electricity
• Import/export meter to be installed
• Customers to apply for ROCs
• For more information visit the EDF Website

 

Green Tariff- Get Paid For Generation and Export:

 

Some electricity suppliers will pay you for all the power you generate and the power you export. These schemes are beneficial for any system. Npower and Scottish and Southern offer the best deals of this type. (Remember you are also saving around 13p/kWh as you are not buying electricity from the grid! The values below do not take this 13p into consideration.)

 

• For householders
• Export meter or total generation to be installed
• If total generation meter installed Npower will buy back 50% of all electricity produced
• Average rate of 12p/kWh for exported electricity though this varies regionally
• Npower will arrange your ROCs to be claimed and will offer to buy them for approximately 7.4p/kWh
• So that is approximately 7.4p/kWh for all the electricity you generate and use, and 19p/kWh (7.4p/kWh + 12p/kWh) for everything you export
• Must be a Npower juice customer, meter rates vary between regions
• For more information visit the Npower Juice Website

 

 

• For householders and small businesses in Scotland and England
• Fixed rate of approximately 9.2p/kWh generated
• Fixed rate of approximately 5p/kWh for exported electricity, therefore for everything you export you get approximately 14.2p/kWh (9.2p/kWh + 5p/kWh)
• Export meter or total generation to be installed
• SSE will do all the ROC paperwork and claim the revenue generated from this on your behalf
• For more information visit the Scottish and Southern Website.

 

This information is available to download as a PDF: