The Nag's
Non-Recommended Tariffs
British Gas’s Green Energy Tariff
EDF’s Green Tariff
NPower’s Juice
Powergen’s greenplan
These tariffs are not recommended because signing up to them won’t increase the amount of renewable energy produced in the UK.
Energy companies are legally required to supply a proportion of their energy from renewable sources under the renewables obligation. We recommend companies who meet this obligation, and then source extra renewable energy to supply their customers that want green energy. This means the customers are making a difference.
The four companies that we don’t recommend supply their green energy customers with the green energy that they would be making anyway to meet their legal requirements. This means that sourcing from these companies doesn’t make a difference – it doesn’t produce any additional green energy in the UK.
You can find further information on individual companies in this report from the National Consumer Council (PDF download).
You can find the companies that do make a difference here.
Green Energy UK
Scottish Power’s H20
These companies are not recommended because, while Green Energy UK is very green and Scottish Power is pretty green,
the switching process for both is very inconvenient compared to the other good green options.
Green Energy UK isn't the cheapest, Scottish Power H20 is quite cheap so check them out if you have more patience than money.
RSPB Energy, from Scottish and Southern Electricity, is a pretty good option. The Nag might recommend it in six month's time, but currently doesn't because RSPB is reviewing its relationship with affiliates like The Nag.
