Do The Right Thing and Get Paid For It
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 06.24.07
We always say that conservation is the best source of energy; Toronto Hydro is spreading that message with its new "Do the right thing" campaign for business. If a business reduces its consumption by 10% compared to last year then they get an automatic 10% discount on their electricity bill. Splashy graphics on recycled paper, too, not the usual bureaucrat-designed bumpf. This seems a pretty obvious way to pay people to reduce consumption, essentially buying "negawatts". They will even adjust for weather, which should make it interesting; if it is hotter summer consumption might not go down at all, and they still have to pay out. Good plan at ::Toronto Hydro
Excellent idea.
But something happened like this last year and didn't Toronto Hydro have to raise rates because of the revenue they lost.
I saw the pull-out in the newspaper last week - it's beautiful. The program is a great idea...20% of customers use 80% of the power - it's about time they started to conserve.
you fell off the back of the buss!!