Going Bullfrog Powered
When the Ontario Provincial government recently de-regulated the electricity market, I began my search for the very best third-party provider. The challenge was, I wanted to buy my electricity from a provider that supported more sustainable ways of producing that power.
Enter Bullfrog Power, a small retailer based in Toronto, Ontario that resells electricity produced by small-scale hydroelectric generators and wind turbine operations throughout the province. Good idea. Now, how much more would this cost me?
As it turned out, less than $10 (CAD) more per month than what I was currently paying. Since we had already taken every opportunity around our house to reduce our power needs (like installing only compact flourescent lightbulbs and purchasing only Energy Star® compliant appliances), our usage was only around 350 kWh per month.
So when we signed up with Bullfrog Power, we agreed to pay 8.3¢ per kWh for the next year. All in all, not a big change from the 5.8¢ per kWh I was paying before at the amounts I was using.