Under the plan, consumers who are on the regulated electricity tariff will pay no more to have a proportion of their household electricity sourced from a renewable product.
AGL Green Living is sourced entirely from renewable energy and a proportion of the product is government accredited Green Power (5% accredited Green Power and 95% from other renewable sources).
AGL Green Living is the newest product in AGL’s suite of green energy options available to customers, which also includes AGL Green Energy, AGL Green Choice and AGL Green Balance.
AGL managing director, Greg Martin said the company recognised that customers wanted to make a difference to the environment, but couldn’t always afford to pay more for environmentally friendly energy.
“Australians have embraced many environmentally-friendly actions such as recycling, saving water and reusable green bags, now AGL is giving people a chance to turn to renewable energy at no added cost,” Martin said.
The launch of this new product coincides with AGL’s leading role in a new Green Power consumer awareness campaign launched today by the Victorian Government.
The Green Power campaign will encourage Victorians to purchase their electricity from clean, renewable energy sources.
“It now costs no more than the regulated electricity rates in your area to source your electricity from a renewable product,” Martin said.
For every customer that chooses AGL Green Living the company will match the entire household electricity consumption from renewable sources.
Martin added that AGL Green Living is a simple way to do away with household greenhouse gas emissions which arise from energy use.
“AGL Green Living provides our customers with the chance to make a difference to the environment at no added cost – switching to green has never been easier,” Martin concluded.
In AGL’s inaugural Sustainability Report released in October 2004, the company outlined environmental principles and detailed strategies to help reduce the intensity of greenhouse emissions that arise from its energy business and customer’s energy consumption.
As part of its strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions AGL said it was committed to doubling the number of customers using green energy products.
