THE local non-for-profit organisation Great Lakes Community Resources has officially made the switch from AGL for its electricity supply to the new renewable energy provider Red Energy.
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Great Lakes Community Resources CEO John Weate cited concerns for AGL’s Coal Seam Gas operations, as well as the company’s public lobbying against the Renewable Energy Target as reason enough for switching the $40 000 a year electricity bill to Red Energy.
“Community Resources and our many business units take sustainability seriously, and we wanted to put our money where our mouth was on this important issue.
“This is not to say that AGL gave us any reason to switch based on service or anything like that: On the contrary, we have always been pleased with our service. For my part, I couldn’t justify using AGL’s services when they have been so heavily linked to diminishing the Renewable Energy Target (RET). The RET has been responsible for modernizing our economy and seeing us as a nation live up to our expectations as a responsible global citizen. To undermine that responsibility is unacceptable in my opinion”
In the process of finding a renewable energy supplier, Great Lakes Community Resources administration manager Glenn Robinson was tasked with assessing the market for the best renewable energy deal.
He looked at a range of suppliers but at the end of the day went with Red Energy.
The new deal will see Community Resources and its business units running on mostly hydroelectric power generated by Snowy Hydro, but the organisation is actively assessing small scale solar in the near future.
“Sustainability is fundamental to our mission as an organisation and the energy sources we choose to power our social enterprises is affected by that,” Mr Weate said.
“Switching to renewables took surprisingly little effort and looks as though it will even save us money. We recommend that others in the community consider this when they look at their electricity bills in the future.”