Juice - NPower

davelewis1

Hi all

My first post. I was going to change to NPower Juice 'cos they are about the "greenest" I could find and Greenpeace reccommends them. I'll wait now until Oct when all companies put up their bills etc. but thought I'd mention it.

Also, if more people do sign up to greener options then I imagine they wil become cheaper for all? So even if they are not the cheapest it might still be a good idea to change to them.

Scottish Power is the cheapest for me in S Wales on teh quotes etc. but NPower Juice is still quite good and way cheaper than my B Gas and Swalec at moment.

Cheers

pak2

[move]hmmm, not sure whether to laugh or cry[/move]

Npowers Juice is a very green energy, BUT all they are selling to you is their obiligated amount of green energy but at a higher price.

You don't get any special energy as the elec is delivered by your local RED (Regional Elec Distributor).

Have u looked at the Body shops green energy package? They are more supportive and adventorous regarding really green energy, as they have no commitment that they must meet (set by OFGEM) they choose to do it or green reasons.

Pak

davelewis1

Cheers, I will shop around...

biscuit

Hi,

Officially speaking Good Energy are the cleanest - https://www.good-energy.co.uk - 100% of the electricity the company contributes to the national grid is from renewables (wind/hydro/solar). They're recommended by Friends of the Earth.

The company isn't part of a bigger less environmentally friendly company either.

I doubt they're the cheapest electricity company, but I'm prepared to pay more to support demand for renewable electricity.

Rich

davelewis1

Cheers, will look. I'm quite happy to pay more too and I'm unemployed and can't really afford it.

loon_2

???

Npower do not produce any green energy at all. instead they purchase it from their sister company National Wind Power (or something like that), so i theory, they are much less greener than companies such as powergen, who produce their own green energy.

pak2

Loon, what r u on about now?

Npower, like all power companies do produce carbon neutral energy. There is a statute that states they must all produce 10% by 2010, and 20% by 2020.

I think you are confusing things, many companies set up sister companies to profit from tax loopholes, insolvancy of parts etc.

Take a look at companies house, and look up NTL.

Pak

John_Harris_4

I would be very careful before switching to NPower I used Uswitch and decided way back in August to switch to Scottish Power, Npower stopped me,saying I owed them £7.27p, I sent a cheque by return of post and saw this cashed on my bank Statement, Scottish Power wrote recently and still claimed that NPower refused to allow the switch over, I then receievd a bill for Electricity only for £96 in September I wrote asking WHY?, did not receive a reply, but received a threatening letter from Northern Tracing & Collection Services LTd.- Pre-Court Division , so beware-is there anyone to whom I can complain please?[glow=red,2,300][/glow]

Jethro_2

Hi y'all
I like the idea of supporting renewable energy and am considering N Power Juice (wind) or Scottish Power H2O (hydro) but what concerns me is although they promise to match my electricity usage with 'green' electricity how can you know that this happens, and also is it just a scam to get 'greenies' to pay extra for something that the electricity suppliers would do anyway e.g. do they already have commitments to purchasing or producing a certain amount of renewable energy? ???

dutchie

See here for info on the greenest electricity providers:

http://www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/climate/press_for_change/choose_green_energy/

I use Good-Energy and have been happy with them (and if you want a free bottle of organic wine msg me or another customer and get them to recommend you, you both end up with a free bottle)

saubryn

I used to work for nPower and they have placed wind farms in certain areas - Juice should be the same price as their normal energy if you are an nPower Northern customer.

For any other branch of nPower though, I think that policy differs.

Stupid isn't it since they don't even make clear which part of the company you are a customer of :-p