Switch electricity to clean energy
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Description
Exercise consumer power and choose an energy supplier from a 100% clean source. They are often very price-competitive and are a direct shift away from fossil fuels.
In many areas, you are able to change your energy supplier. Your local electricity company does not want you to know this because they do not want to lose you as a customer. Unfortunately, that often means that the default option you are using is quite polluting.
In many areas, you are able to change your energy supplier. Your local electricity company does not want you to know this because they do not want to lose you as a customer. Unfortunately, that often means that the default option you are using is quite polluting.
Tips
• A quick internet search should give you a few options for renewable energy suppliers in your area. If you are not sure how it works, give them a call. Clean energy suppliers would love to have you as a customer.
• A helpful way to get started is with Green Neighbor Challenge. Their Green Energy Finder tool pulls together local options in one place. It uses a comprehensive database of utility green pricing programs, state energy marketplace websites, and independent Renewable Energy Certificate suppliers to help anyone with a utility bill (including renters) find and sign up for green energy.
• Once you are happy with your supplier, recommend them to others to expand your action's impact.
• After your home is powered by clean energy, you can start transitioning other parts of your life to clean energy. For example, heating your home electrically instead of with dirty natural gas or using electric vehicles.
• If clean energy is not available in your area, let your local politicians know you would like it as an option. Polluting electric companies often try to block competition from cleaner sources.
• A helpful way to get started is with Green Neighbor Challenge. Their Green Energy Finder tool pulls together local options in one place. It uses a comprehensive database of utility green pricing programs, state energy marketplace websites, and independent Renewable Energy Certificate suppliers to help anyone with a utility bill (including renters) find and sign up for green energy.
• Once you are happy with your supplier, recommend them to others to expand your action's impact.
• After your home is powered by clean energy, you can start transitioning other parts of your life to clean energy. For example, heating your home electrically instead of with dirty natural gas or using electric vehicles.
• If clean energy is not available in your area, let your local politicians know you would like it as an option. Polluting electric companies often try to block competition from cleaner sources.
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Photo by Karsten Würth on Unsplash