Npower has two green tariffs:
Juice is a green source and green fund tariff that matches the amount of electricity you use with a supply of renewable power back into the electricity grid. In 2006-07, 83% of the electricity supplied was from wind farms. The rest came from the Dolgarrog hydro plant in North Wales. The percentage of wind farm electricity varies year-on-year.
Npower has also committed to donate £10 per customer each year to the Juice Fund, which invests in wave and tidal technologies.
ECOFYS independently audits Juice every 18 months.
National Trust Green Energy is a green source and green fund tariff. Npower will match 100% of the electricity you use with a supply of renewable power back into the electricity grid. For every customer that signs up to the tariff, the company will contribute up to £30 (£15 for electricity and £15 for gas) to the National Trust Green Energy Fund. For every additional year a customer remains on the tariff, Npower will contribute a further £20 (£15 for electricity and £5 for gas) to the Fund.
The National Trust Green Energy Fund will support investment in micro and small scale renewable energy at National Trust properties such as installing solar photovoltaic, solar hot water and ground source heat pumps. The Fund will also support the creation of National Trust low carbon villages, by supporting local communities living in National Trust villages to develop and share practical solutions to reduce the carbon footprint of their homes and community.
Customers on the tariff will also receive a Care and Conserve booklet containing energy efficiency advice and tips as well as money off vouchers for micro-generation and energy savings solutions such as ground source heat pumps, solar photovoltaic, solar thermal systems, loft and cavity wall insulation.
Npower
Juice |
Npower National Trust Green Energy |
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| Tariff Type | ||
| Green source |  (83%*) |
(100%) |
| Green source (large hydro) | (17%*) |
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| Green fund (new renewables) | |
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| Green fund (other
environmental) |
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| Carbon offset | ||
| Tariff Guarantees | ||
| Tariff backed by REGOs | 100% |
100% |
| Tariff backed by retirement of LECs | 83%* |
100% |
| Tariff backed by retirement of ROCs over and above the statutory requirement | ||
| Additional Information | ||
| No premium payable | |
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| Affinity deal | (National Trust) |
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| Incentives to
reduce consumption |
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| Available to electricity customers | |
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| Available to gas customers | |
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| Available to PPM customers | |
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*2006 - 07 figures. The percentage may vary slightly each year. |
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