Lower electricity bills for residents close to turbine
A Westcountry wind farm has officially launched the country's first "local tariff" to reward householders who live near the site with lower electricity bills.
People who live within 2km (1.2 miles) of Good Energy's Delabole wind farm in North Cornwall are now able to switch to the new rate, which offers a 20% discount on the firm's standard electricity prices, if they sign up by the end of next month. It will save an average Good Energy customer £100 a year while the tariff will also pay out a "windfall" credit of up to £50 per household every year that the turbines exceed their expected performance.
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Martin Edwards, of Good Energy, and Susan Theobald at Susan's home in Delabole. She intends to sign up to Good Energy's new local tariff
One of the first Delabole residents expecting to sign up is Susan Theobald – one of 70 people who expressed an interest in the scheme after it was announced in November.
"I think most people accept that renewable energy is becoming more important to our energy supply, especially with the prices of fossil fuels like gas going up and up," she said. "And it's great to have a renewable energy company ensuring that people in the local community benefit directly from hosting a wind farm through lower bills.
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"In my case Good Energy has calculated that the local tariff should save me around £125 on my electricity bill, and that's really welcome."
Juliet Davenport, chief executive of Good Energy, added: "We are rewriting the rules about renewable energy generation in the UK and our local tariff puts community interest at the heart of what we do.
"I would urge all those who live at Delabole and are eligible to contact us to see how much they could save. Local people can and should have a part in the income that a wind farm generates."
Comments
by johndavies
Friday, January 18 2013, 1:41PM
“Looking at the OFFGM figs in the first 9 mths of 2012 for
Delabole Cornwall - http://tinyurl.com/axwngld a 9.2 MW site.
The windfarm received £720,598 = (£80,066 / mth ) just in ROC subsidy's alone, that's on top of the generation payments £881,160.
Total £1,601,758 = (177,973 / mth or £5,851 / day)
They receive £2,632 / day in subsidies….. lifted from our energy bills.
It's our money, out of our bills, then they give us a little of our own money as 'cashback'!!
it's a classic Ponzi SCAM. (google it)
Community Benefit …..I don't think so,”