Good Energy, the UK’s only dedicated 100% renewable electricity supplier, is delighted to announce it has won the 2009 West of England Business of the Year Award (for businesses with a turnover of less than £25M). The ceremony, held on Wednesday night in Bristol is now in its 21st year.

Juliet Davenport, Founder and CEO of Good Energy said: “This is great news for Good Energy. The industry in which we operate is dominated by large players and so our aim to be the leading supplier of renewable electricity in the UK requires strong management. This award highlights that Good Energy is a commercially successful business with a great team.”

Tracey Bentham from PricewaterhouseCoopers, and chairman of the judges for the category said: “Good Energy really impressed the judges with its all-round performance. It is an inspirational business and has proved that you can be a green company and still run an effective and high quality business.”

Over the last 12 months Good Energy has won a series of awards including: Best Online Retail Initiative at the Observer Ethical Awards; one of the Sunday Times’ Best Green Companies; the Micropower Award for Innovation; the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Environment; the British Renewable Energy Company Award and PLUS markets CEO of the Year.

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About Good Energy:

• Good Energy is unique in the supplier industry by buying and selling only 100% renewable electricity - a major point of differentiation versus other players in the market. To compare the fuel mix of other suppliers please visit: www.electricityinfo.org/suppliers.php
• More than 25,000 homes and businesses across the UK have switched to Good Energy. By paying them for the energy they produce, Good Energy supports a pioneering community of more than 650 independent renewable generators that use wind, small scale hydro, solar power and sustainable biomass to generate heat and power.
• In an official report entitled “Reality or Rhetoric? Green Tariffs for Domestic Customers” from the National Consumer Council, Good Energy was rated the greenest energy supplier in the UK. The report states: “For those consumers who want a green electricity supply, pure and simple, this is probably the closest they will get to it.” Good Energy has also been named Best Buy for green electricity by Ethical Consumer magazine.
• Good Energy is owned by the Good Energy Group, an independent PLC. Quoted on PLUS, it specialises in investing in renewable energy. Good Energy Group has around 1700 shareholders, of which more than 90% are customers of Good Energy.
• Good Energy campaigns for more renewable generation in the UK and is one of the original signatories to new Ofgem guidelines which aim to clear up confusion over ‘green’ energy tariffs.
• The award-winning Good Energy Shop helps customers reduce their energy use and costs as well as providing the means for individuals, businesses and communities to generate their own green energy. www.goodenergyshop.co.uk
• Join Good Energy today and start getting 100% renewable electricity. Call 0845 456 1640 or sign up online at www.goodenergy.co.uk

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Good Energy chosen as River Cottage’s principal energy partner

Good Energy, the UK’s only dedicated 100% renewable electricity supplier, is delighted to announce it has joined forces with the team at River Cottage to help River Cottage HQ to run as sustainably as possible.

In the 10th June episode of the new River Cottage series on Channel 4, River Cottage HQ installed a wind turbine which will provide most of its electricity requirements. Good Energy will take any excess power produced and supply 100% renewable electricity when they need it. Under its award‐winning “HomeGen” scheme Good Energy will pay River Cottage for all the electricity it generates, even the units it uses itself ‐ as it does with its other 500‐plus home generators across the UK.

Juliet Davenport, Founder and CEO of Good Energy said: “We’re delighted that River Cottage chose Good Energy to help them in their quest for sustainable living. River Cottage has changed the way the nation thinks about food, and we hope they’ll do the same for the way we think about energy.”

Hugh Fearnley‐Whittingstall, Founder of River Cottage said: “At River Cottage our philosophy of sustainability extends to the energy we use. Since we want to have as low an impact as possible on the environment around us, we’ve chosen Good Energy to supply our electricity. 100% of the electricity they supply comes from renewable sources ‐ wind, water and sunlight. They are supplied by hundreds of independent generators around the UK so by getting our electricity from them we are helping them to support this pioneering community.”

“We also wanted to be part of this community of sustainable energy pioneers, so we installed our own turbine at River Cottage HQ too. We have been amazed by how much it generates and it’s great to see it flying around and know we are making our own clean green energy.”

A telemetric monitoring system sponsored by Good Energy enables you to see how much electricity is being generated at any one time at River Cottage by visiting http://www.rivercottage.net/sustainability

Working with environmental consultants Satellite Architects, River Cottage HQ has been designed and built on sustainable principles, ranging from the materials used in the buildings to a self‐sufficient rainwater harvesting and recycling system. When the project is complete, RCHQ will be a zero carbon, off‐grid site running on a variety of renewable energy solutions providing all heat and power requirements, supported by Good Energy.

More information about River Cottage’s sustainability measures can be found at: http://www.rivercottage.net/sustainability

Good Energy customers, by buying 100% renewable electricity, support over 500 independent generators across the UK including River Cottage. Good Energy MD Barney Rhys Jones said: “Good Energy customers are fantastic. They allow us to lead the way in supporting independent and micro generation through our ground‐breaking generation schemes.”

For notes to editors and further information, please click here for the PDF of this press release.

Good Energy Shop wins Observer Ethical Award

Good Energy Group is delighted to announce that its online retail service, Good Energy Shop, won the Best Online Retail Initiative at the Observer Ethical Awards last night at a ceremony held at The Kensington Roof Gardens in London.

Actor Colin Firth, also one of the judges, presented the Good Energy Shop team with a trophy depicting its carbon footprint.

Juliet Davenport, Chief Executive of Good Energy, said: “We are delighted to accept the Observer Ethical Award for Best Online Retail Initiative.”

“It’s all too easy to feel powerless in the face of climate change.  We see it as an enormous challenge but also an opportunity.  Our electricity customers told us they wanted to do more at home to reduce their carbon footprint.  So we launched Good Energy Shop to provide people with easy solutions to climate change, by helping them to use less energy in their home, and where they can, generate their own electricity.”

“Good Energy Shop cuts through the confusion and offers another way to empower individuals to take positive, ethical action.”

Lucy Siegle, Observer columnist and chair of the judging panel, said: “Green energy is something everybody talks about but very few people actually change their supplier.  The Good Energy Shop allows people to do this easily and to understand the basics of green energy.”

Also honoured at the awards was Sir David Attenborough, who was given a lifetime achievement award. In his acceptance speech he said, “It is immoral to waste energy,” a sentiment which Good Energy wholeheartedly agrees with.

The Observer Ethical Awards are instrumental in bringing green issues to the forefront of consumer minds and making businesses reassess their attitudes towards sustainability. The awards recognise those who pioneer a sustainable future and identify products, ideas and companies that make ethical living possible.

For more information on Good Energy Shop please see: www.goodenergyshop.co.uk

Notes to Editors

About Good Energy:

• The Good Energy Shop helps customers reduce their energy use and costs as well as providing the means for individuals, businesses and communities to generate their own green energy. www.goodenergyshop.co.uk
• Good Energy is unique in the supplier industry by buying and selling only 100% renewable electricity - a major point of differentiation versus other players in the market. To compare the fuel mix of other suppliers please visit: www.electricityinfo.org/suppliers.php
• More than 25,000 homes and businesses across the UK have switched to Good Energy. Good Energy buys electricity from a pioneering community of more than 500 independent renewable generators that use wind, small scale hydro, solar power and sustainable biomass to generate electricity.
• In an official report entitled “Reality or Rhetoric? Green Tariffs for Domestic Customers” from the National Consumer Council, Good Energy was rated the greenest energy supplier in the UK. The report states: “For those consumers who want a green electricity supply, pure and simple, this is probably the closest they will get to it.” Good Energy has also been named Best Buy for green electricity by Ethical Consumer magazine.
• Good Energy is owned by the Good Energy Group, an independent PLC, quoted on PLUS which specialises in investing in renewable energy. Good Energy Group has around 1700 shareholders, of which more than 90% are customers of Good Energy.
• Good Energy campaigns for more renewable generation in the UK, and is one of the original signatories to new Ofgem guidelines which aim to clear up confusion over ‘green’ energy tariffs.
• In 2008 alone Good Energy won a series of awards including: the Micropower Award for Innovation; the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Environment; the British Renewable Energy Company Award and Juliet Davenport won PLUS markets CEO of the Year. It has twice been named a Sunday Times Green Company.
• Join Good Energy today and start getting 100% renewable electricity. Call 0845 456 1640 or sign up online at www.goodenergy.co.uk

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The Sunday Times has named Good Energy as one of its Best Green Companies for the second year running.

In their words, “Only those organisations demonstrating the highest environmental standards, with workforces wholly engaged and in tune with their green initiatives, have made it onto the list.”

Good Energy also came third overall in the Sunday Times’ employee survey with an 87% total green score. Employees were asked to give their views on a series of statements relating to Good Energy’s environmental credentials. Notably, Good Energy was ranked 1st for the environment being at the heart of how the company operates.

You can read more at The Times’ website -  click here.

Good Energy offers the highest paying reward for homes generating their own power

Good Energy, the UK’s only dedicated 100% renewable electricity supplier, is increasing the payment it makes to Good Energy HomeGen customers on April 1st 2009 to 15p for every unit they generate.

This increase from 10 to 15p ensures Good Energy HomeGen remains the highest paying scheme of its kind in the UK.

HomeGen customers get paid for their Total Generation not just the units of electricity they export to the grid. This means HomeGen customers buy less electricity and they even get paid for the electricity they generate and use themselves.

Good Energy is also reducing its prices for the electricity it supplies in April 2009, making the HomeGen payment greater than the price Good Energy charges its customers for electricity.

Juliet Davenport, Good Energy’s Chief Executive and Founder said: “Paying Home Gen customers 15p for every unit of electricity they generate is groundbreaking. It sets the benchmark for a UK Feed‐in Tariff and signals the importance of rewarding total generation not just exported electricity. This is a clear demonstration of Good Energy’s commitment to supporting small scale renewable generators in the UK. We hope other suppliers and government will follow our lead.”

Good Energy buys only 100% renewable electricity from over 500 independent generators across the UK. It has consistently led the way in supporting independent and micro generation through its own ground‐breaking buy‐back schemes, and earlier this week published an analysis of all feed‐in‐tariff models under consideration by the Government in order to assist policy makers find the best FIT. The report is downloadable from the Good Energy website.

Learning about the increase to the HomeGen payment, customer AJ Snell said: “I’m really pleased to be receiving an extra 50% for the electricity I generate. I installed my solar PV panels knowing they were a long‐term investment and the real incentives were to cut my carbon footprint and become more self sufficient. Now I’m getting 15p for every unit of electricity I generate it will reduce my electricity bills and payback period even more. With some further encouragement and incentives from the Government the reasons for not home generating will be fewer and fewer. This could be the tipping point that encourages many more UK home owners to become Home Generators.”

To see Good Energy HomeGen customers in action and learn more about their projects, watch the films.

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Notes to Editor on HomeGen scheme:

• From 1st April 2009 Good Energy will pay customers signed up to the HomeGen scheme 15 pence for every unit the generator produces. This includes the units the generator uses as well as the ones that are fed into the grid.

• The customer does not need to install an export meter. They do need to install a total generation meter that is accredited by Ofgem.

• The annual payment made to a 2kW solar generator (estimated annual generation of 1750kWh) will be £245 approximately.

• By using 50% of their generation on site, HomeGen customers are expected to save an additional £123 by buying less electricity, making a total annual saving of £368 approximately.

• The HomeGen scheme is modelled on the Renewable Obligation (RO) – a financial mechanism that assists growth in the renewables industry.

Notes to Editor on Good Energy:

• Good Energy is unique in the supplier industry by buying and selling only 100% renewable electricity ‐ a major point of differentiation versus other players in the market. To compare the fuel mix of other suppliers please visit:
www.electricityinfo.org/suppliers.php

• More than 25,000 homes and businesses across the UK have switched to Good Energy. Good Energy buys electricity from more than 500 independent renewable generators that use wind, small scale hydro, solar power and sustainable biomass to generate electricity.

• In an official report entitled “Reality or Rhetoric? Green Tariffs for Domestic Customers” from the National Consumer Council, Good Energy was rated the greenest energy supplier in the UK. The report states: “For those consumers who want a green electricity supply, pure and simple, this is probably the closest they will get to it.”

• Good Energy is owned by the Good Energy Group, an independent PLC which specialises in investing in renewable energy. Good Energy Group has around 1700 shareholders, of which more than 90% are customers of Good Energy.

• Good Energy campaigns for more renewable generation in the UK, and is one of the original signatories to new Ofgem guidelines which aim to clear up confusion over ‘green’ energy tariffs.

• The Good Energy Shop helps customers reduce their energy use and costs as well as providing the means for individuals, businesses and communities to generate their own green energy. www.goodenergyshop.co.uk

• Join Good Energy today and start getting 100% renewable electricity. Call 0845 456 1640 or sign up online at www.goodenergy.co.uk

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Good Energy, the UK’s only dedicated 100% renewable electricity supplier, is pleased to announce that its Founder and Chief Executive, Juliet Davenport, has been awarded the PLUS-quoted CEO of the year at the PLUS+Awards 2009, held at the Bloomsbury Street Hotel, London.

Juliet Davenport, Good Energy’s Chief Executive and Founder said: “On behalf of Good Energy and the team I am delighted to accept this award. Recognition from the PLUS market demonstrates that Good Energy is a leader in our sector. We have worked hard to retain and grow our customer base and launch new initiatives over the last twelve months and aim to continue this momentum through 2009 and beyond. Our next major initiative will be the repowering of our existing wind farm, Delabole in Cornwall. Good Energy is committed to increasing the uptake of renewable energy consumption in the UK and we will continue working hard to raise awareness about the importance of this as part of the solution to climate change.”

Good Energy buys only 100% renewable electricity from over 500 independent generators across the UK. It has consistently led the way in supporting independent and micro generation through its own ground-breaking buy-back schemes and recently increased the payment it awards to customers of its HomeGen scheme.

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About Good Energy:

•    Good Energy is unique in the supplier industry by buying and selling only 100% renewable electricity - a major point of differentiation versus other players in the market. To compare the fuel mix of other suppliers please visit:  www.electricityinfo.org/suppliers.php

•    More than 25,000 homes and businesses across the UK have switched to Good Energy. Good Energy buys electricity from more than 500 independent renewable generators that use wind, small scale hydro, solar power and sustainable biomass to generate electricity.

•    In an official report entitled “Reality or Rhetoric? Green Tariffs for Domestic Customers” from the National Consumer Council, Good Energy was rated the greenest energy supplier in the UK. The report states: “For those consumers who want a green electricity supply, pure and simple, this is probably the closest they will get to it.”

•    Good Energy is owned by the Good Energy Group, an independent PLC which specialises in investing in renewable energy. Good Energy Group has around 1700 shareholders, of which more than 90% are customers of Good Energy.

•    Good Energy campaigns for more renewable generation in the UK, and is one of the original signatories to new Ofgem guidelines which aim to clear up confusion over ‘green’ energy tariffs.

•    The Good Energy Shop helps customers reduce their energy use and costs as well as providing the means for individuals, businesses and communities to generate their own green energy. www.goodenergyshop.co.uk

•    Join Good Energy today and start getting 100% renewable electricity. Call 0845 456 1640 or sign up online at www.goodenergy.co.uk

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Good Energy, the UK’s leading dedicated supplier of 100% renewable electricity, is urging its customers to switch off their power and enjoy life in the dark to celebrate Earth Hour.

Juliet Davenport, founder and CEO of Good Energy, said: “You might not expect your electricity supplier to be asking you to turn your lights off, but that’s exactly what we’re doing on Saturday 28th March. That’s because, wherever you are in the world, from 8.30 pm to 9.30 pm, the world will be plunged into darkness for this year’s Earth Hour. In our opinion, something that raises the profile of this issue and encourages a change in behaviour is a good thing.”

Earth Hour is a global WWF climate change initiative which invites individuals, businesses, governments and communities to turn out their lights for one hour on one day of the year to show their support for action on climate change.

The event began in Sydney in 2007, when 2 million people switched off their lights. In 2008, more than 50
million people around the globe participated. In 2009, Earth Hour aims to reach out to 1 billion people in
1,000 cities and act as the first ever global election, in which people vote for planet Earth (and against
climate change) simply by switching off their lights.

Some of the world’s best-known landmarks are getting involved too; the Eiffel Tower, Sydney Opera House
and Golden Gate Bridge will switch off, and our very own London Eye will be dimmed in support.

Juliet Davenport added: “Good Energy is excited to be part of something huge that will be a clearly visible sign of a global desire to do something concrete to tackle climate change, and we hope all of our customers will get involved too. There are lots of things you can do in the dark which involve the whole family - host a murder mystery evening, set out on a torch-lit treasure hunt, or take the opportunity to observe what goes on in your garden by night! We’re looking forward to hearing your best suggestions.”

If you do decide to live for an hour by torch-light, make sure it’s of the eco-friendly variety. Visit the Good
Energy Shop to stock up on eco-friendly lighting and fun gizmos such as the penguin squeezing torch and
firewinder wind-powered outdoor light to make the hour of darkness an exciting affair. For the week leading
up to Earth Hour, all orders over £30 will receive a great little box of 8 soy tea lights, packaged using
recycled, degradable materials, absolutely free.*

Good Energy is running a competition in honour of Earth Hour, inviting people to think of an inventive way to
spend their hour in the dark. Ideas should be posted on the Good Energy Shop blog, www.goodenergy.
typepad.com/shop and the most original suggestion will win a £50 voucher to spend on anything at
the Good Energy Shop**.

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*Offer valid on orders over £30 (including post and packaging) placed between 20/03/09 and 29/03/09 while
stocks last. No alternatives available.
** Entries must be submitted via the Good Energy Shop (GES) blog between 20/03/09 and 29/03/09. Entries will be moderated by the GES, and will not appear until they have approved them. No responsibility will be accepted for corrupted, lost or late entries. Open to UK residents only. The competition will be judged by GES, whose decision is final. The winner will be notified and emailed a £50 Good Energy Shop voucher by 10/04/09. No alternative prize  available.

Notes to editors:

About Good Energy:
• Good Energy is unique in the supplier industry by buying and selling only 100% renewable electricity - a major point of differentiation versus other players in the market. To compare the fuel mix of other suppliers please visit:www.electricityinfo.org/suppliers.php

• More than 25,000 homes and businesses across the UK have switched to Good Energy. Good Energy buys electricity from more than 500 independent renewable generators that use wind, small scale hydro, solar power and sustainable biomass to generate electricity.

• In an official report entitled “Reality or Rhetoric? Green Tariffs for Domestic Customers” from the National Consumer Council, Good Energy was rated the greenest energy supplier in the UK. The report states: “For those consumers who want a green electricity supply, pure and simple, this is probably the closest they will get to it.”

• Good Energy is owned by the Good Energy Group, an independent PLC which specialises in investing in renewable energy. Good Energy Group has around 1700 shareholders, of which more than 90% are customers of Good Energy.

• Good Energy campaigns for more renewable generation in the UK, and is one of the original signatories to new Ofgem guidelines which aim to clear up confusion over ‘green’ energy tariffs.

• The Good Energy Shop helps customers reduce their energy use and costs as well as providing the means for individuals, businesses and communities to generate their own green energy. www.goodenergyshop.co.uk

• Join Good Energy today and start getting 100% renewable electricity. Call 0845 456 1640 or sign up online at www.goodenergy.co.uk

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Good Energy, the UK’s only dedicated 100% renewable electricity supplier, has revealed its analysis of the Feed-in Tariff models under consideration by the Government. A Feed-in Tariff or FIT is an additional payment made to renewable energy generators to boost the growth of renewable generation.

Good Energy has a wealth of experience working with small scale generators that the legislated Feed-in Tariff has been introduced to support. The company has been offering its own FITs for small scale generators through its HomeGen and SmartGen schemes. Good Energy pays above the market rate to customers who generate their own electricity for export. Good Energy is even rewarding customers producing renewable heat through Good Energy HotROCs – the UK’s first renewable heat incentive.

The report analyses six different potential models for a UK FIT. It assesses how they would work, how they would affect consumer choice and the possible cost implications to suppliers. Each model has also been assessed for compatibility with a ‘FIT Plus’ – this addresses the potential for generators to be offered a purchase agreement by electricity suppliers in addition to the payment offered by the FIT.

The analysis report lists all of the elements required for a Feed-in Tariff to be successful including:

•    The option for generators to trade on a free market
•    Power sales and renewable certificates remain accessible to suppliers
•    Customers with microgeneration can still switch suppliers easily
•    Suppliers supporting many microgenerators should not suffer financially

The analysis concludes that several of the models could be implemented in the UK although each has its strengths and weaknesses, most of which can be addressed in the final detail of the schemes’ operation. The choice should remain for those generators willing and able to take the commercial risk to opt for the Renewable Obligation, the UK’s current renewable energy financial support mechanism.

Juliet Davenport, CEO and founder of Good Energy said: “We fully support the Government’s plan to implement a Feed-in Tariff to support renewable development in the UK. However, we must ensure that any scheme is truly fit for purpose and stimulates rather than hinders the development of renewables. The chosen FIT must be simple for microgenerators to participate in, have widespread support from the energy industry, adapt to the existing market structure, and inspire electricity suppliers to offer competitive products.  Whichever model is chosen, we need to ensure that the principles outlined in the document do not get lost in the practicalities of the scheme operation.”

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Click to read the full FIT Report (PDF)

Good Energy, the UK’s only dedicated 100% renewable electricity supplier, will be reducing its standard electricity tariffs by an average of 7.5% from 1st April 2009. This is the second price reduction this year, and follows a cut of 7.5% in January.

Our April reduction means a typical Good Energy customer will save more than £40 per year on their electricity bill.

Juliet Davenport, CEO of Good Energy, said, “We are really pleased to be able to reduce our electricity prices once again, ahead of our competitors again. We want to make sure our customers get the best value from their renewable energy supply, so we’re passing on the savings we’ve been able to make due to more favourable market conditions and improvements in our renewable trading systems.”

Although the price of renewable energy is still affected by conditions in the UK power market, Good
Energy is working hard to reduce the impact on its customers of future volatility due to fossil fuel prices.
Good Energy buys directly from more than 500 independent renewable energy generators and is also
planning to invest around £400 per customer to increase the power output of its wind farm in Delabole,
Cornwall.

As well as helping its customers save money on their energy bills, these initiatives are a key part of Good
Energy’s mission to make it easy for people to make a difference to climate change by supporting the
growing movement of individuals, communities and businesses who are generating clean energy.

Notes to editors:

• Savings will vary according to consumption patterns, and calculations are based on the average
domestic customer using 3,600kWh’s of electricity per annum.
About Good Energy:
• More than 25,000 homes and businesses across the UK have switched to Good Energy. Good
Energy buys electricity from more than 500 independent renewable generators that use wind,
small scale hydro, solar power and sustainable biomass to generate electricity.
• In an official report entitled “Reality or Rhetoric? Green Tariffs for Domestic Customers” from the
National Consumer Council, Good Energy was rated the greenest energy supplier in the UK. The
report states: “For those consumers who want a green electricity supply, pure and simple, this is
probably the closest they will get to it.”
• Good Energy annually exceeds its obligations in regards to ROC retirement; and maintains a
unique position in the supplier industry by continuing to buy only renewable electricity - a major
point of differentiation versus other players in the market. To compare the fuel mixes of the
various different electricity suppliers, visit: www.electricityinfo.org/suppliers.php
• Good Energy is owned by the Good Energy Group, an independent PLC which specialises in
investing in renewable energy. Good Energy Group has around 1700 shareholders, of which
more than 90% are customers of Good Energy.
• Good Energy campaigns for more renewable generation in the UK, and is one of the original
signatories to new Ofgem guidelines which aim to clear up confusion over ‘green’ energy tariffs.
• The Good Energy Shop helps customers reduce their energy use and costs as well as providing
the means for individuals, businesses and communities to generate their own green energy.
www.goodenergyshop.co.uk
• Join Good Energy today and start getting 100% renewable electricity. Call 0845 456 1640 or sign
up online at www.goodenergy.co.uk

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Good Energy, the 100% renewable electricity supplier, is one of the principal signatories of the new Guidelines for Green Supply of electricity as published by Ofgem, the energy regulator, today.

Ofgem has published the revised guidelines to make it clear to customers whether the variety of tariffs on offer are truly “green”.

The guidelines will form the basis for an independent accreditation scheme for green tariffs. Under this accreditation scheme, a tariff will only be regarded as green if it brings additional environmental benefits beyond the suppliers’ existing legislative and regulatory obligations.

Good Energy is the only independent 100% renewable electricity supplier to have signed up to the
guidelines at the outset.

Juliet Davenport, founder and CEO of Good Energy said: “We are pleased to see these guidelines
emerge and to be the first independent supplier to have signed up. Good Energy has been calling for more formal guidelines on green supply for several years to allow customers to differentiate between genuine green tariffs and mere ‘greenwash’. We are especially pleased that green claims will be subject to independent scrutiny, giving consumers confidence in what they are signing up to.”

Ofgem has issued the new guidelines after concerns were raised - by Good Energy and others - that
some suppliers are doing no more than assigning the electricity they source to meet the mandatory
targets under the Renewables Obligation (RO) to meet green tariffs. In other words, some green tariffs do
not result in any extra, new renewable electricity being sourced.

Under the new rules, all suppliers will have to provide a fuel-mix disclosure chart showing the percentage
of each energy source they use, as well as a description of the additional environmental activity the
supplier is undertaking over and above their requirements under the RO and other Government
mandated measures such as the CERT (Carbon Emission Reduction Target).

Good Energy is already independently audited to prove that 100% of the electricity it supplies comes from
100% renewable sources. It actively supports over 500 independent generators ranging from small-scale
community projects through to its own wind-farm in North Cornwall.

In addition, Good Energy has pioneered schemes to incentivise individual action including:

- Home-Gen scheme whereby Good Energy will pay domestic customers for the renewable
electricity they produce in the home

- Smart-Gen scheme rewarding large domestic and small commercial renewable generators that
produce more electricity than they can use

- Renewable Heat Incentive, or ‘HotRocs’, which encourages customers to install renewable heat
technologies, such as solar thermal, and pays them per unit of heat produced and energy saved.
“We have consistently led the field in trying to help consumers de-carbonise their energy use and we
intend to stay out in front,” Juliet Davenport added. “Green tariffs are part of the movement to help
individuals do their bit to support the movement to a low-carbon future. Hopefully the OFGEM scheme will
help consumers have more confidence in the market as a whole.”

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