I’m spending a lot of time around Elephant & Castle (no its not a virtual game but rather a southern and definitely dodgy neighborhood of London) and going to get my lunch at the local Tesco. The other day, as I waited for someone at the entrance, an EDF sales person approached me to sell me their electricity scheme. I asked him about any green options and he looked at me blankly. He suddenly turned around and reached out for a corporate brochure, flipped through it and pointed to an article on their environmental goals. This only described that they intend to build a fund to do research on alternative energy sources… nowhere good enough clearly and I said that I was interested in a sustainable source of electricity, to which he replied “well at least I’m honest”.
Oddly enough EDF actually own and supply British Gas, my current provider. So when they talk of green-sourced electricity you really have to ask yourself who’s telling the truth.