Green electricity in Australia is available from a number of utilities that supply

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from

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s that are renewable and non- polluting. In

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green energy is accredited under the GreenPower scheme whereby all distributors are government audited bi-annually to ensure that customers are getting exactly what is described in their purchased products. The growth and development of the green

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was tracked in Australia by the ALTEX-Australia

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index from 2006 to 2011.

Market share

In the 2009 settlement period there were 904,716 GreenPower customers Australia-wide, accounting for a total of 2,194,934

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of electricity generation, a 10% increase over 2008. This total electricity provision was divided between residential customers who purchased 1,001,195 MWh, and business customers who purchased 1,193,739 MWh. By the 2014 settlement period the number of GreenPower customers Australia-wide was at 497,406, and total purchases accounted for 1,279,281 MWh.

Companies offering GreenPower

The largest nationwide distributors were

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Origin Energy Origin Energy Ltd is an ASX listed public company with headquarters in Sydney. It is a major integrated electricity generator, and electricity and natural gas retailer. It operates Eraring Power Station, Australia's largest coal-fired power ...

, and TRUenergy. As of 2008 these companies offered a residential GreenPower accredited program: * AGL * Click Energy * Essential Energy * Domayne *

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* Jackgreen * Lumo Energy * Momentum Energy *

* Powershop * Queensland Electricity * Simply Energy * South Australia Electricity * Synergy (electricity corporation) * TRUenergy * Victoria Electricity

References

External links

GreenPower.gov.au - accredited renewable energy

Switchwise green suppliers

Estimates of additional cost of new renewable energy

What is GreenPower and how does it work

Why does Green Power cost extra?
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Market share

Companies offering GreenPower

See also

References

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