EDF Energy offers two green tariffs:
Climate Balance is designed to help reduce the impact of your home’s annual carbon emissions. It costs on average £44 per a year more than their standard tariff, based on a typical household using 20,500 kWh of gas and 3,300 kWh of electricity.
EDF Energy invests this money in UK and overseas energy efficiency or reforestation projects. These projects are audited using the methodology of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s clean development mechanism.
Green Tariff is a green source and green fund tariff. EDF Energy matches 100% of the electricity you use with a supply of renewable power back into the electricity grid. All of the electricity comes from sources that qualify under the Renewables Obligation. It costs on average an extra £13.86 a year with EDF Energy matching this amount, with the total paid into their Green Energy Fund. The fund invests in the development of renewable generation for communities and schools. You also receive a free home energy survey, information on energy efficiency and grants as well as two energy saving light bulbs.
EDF Energy also offers a separate Read, Reduce, Reward scheme where you submit meter readings every quarter. In return you get 250 Nectar points per fuel for each valid quarterly meter reading submitted online. You also get access to an online Energy Tracker to monitor your energy use. If you use less energy from one year to the next, you receive 1,000 bonus Nectar points per fuel.
EDF Energy Climate Balance |
EDF Energy Green Tariff |
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| Tariff Type | ||
| Green source |  (100%) |
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| Green source (large hydro) | ||
| Green fund (new renewables) | |
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| Green fund (other
environmental) |
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| Carbon offset | |
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| Tariff Guarantees | ||
| Tariff backed by REGOs | 100% |
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| Tariff backed by retirement of LECs | 100% |
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| Tariff backed by retirement of ROCs over and above the statutory requirement | ||
| Additional Information | ||
| No premium payable | ||
| Affinity deal | ||
| Incentives to
reduce consumption |
Read, Reduce, Reward* |
Read, Reduce, Reward* |
| Available to electricity customers | |
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| Available to gas customers | |
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| Available to PPM customers | ||
*Read, Reduce, Reward is available
to all EDF Energy customers including customers on their green tariffs. |
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