With the right electricity tariff, customers of Stadtwerke Gießen AG (SWG) can make an active contribution to environmental protection. SWG customers can promote the use of "green" energy at their own discretion. BALANCE Naturstrom - is the name of the guaranteed environmentally friendly electricity supply contract from Stadtwerke Gießen. This energy concept, which has been successful in Giessen for years, allows electricity customers to cover part (25%, 50%, 75%) or all of their annual requirements from renewable energy sources such as solar, hydropower, wind or biogas. For BALANCE, customers only pay a surcharge of 4.1 cents per kilowatt hour on top of their underlying electricity supply contract and only for the desired proportion of "green" energy. The surcharge finances the feed-in of the "green" energy into the SWG electricity grid.
Naturstrom AG
Stadtwerke Gießen's partner is Naturstrom AG Düsseldorf, which has been awarded a gold label by the "Grüner Strom Label" association. Naturstrom AG was launched in 1998 as Germany's first independent green electricity trader. Its revenues are not only channelled into the production of green electricity, but also support the construction of corresponding new generation plants. The company has already connected more than 130 of these environmentally friendly plants to the grid. Of course, this would not have been possible without the commitment of Naturstrom customers. To date, more than 200 million kilowatt hours of renewable energy have been fed into the German electricity grid.
Further information
Customers who would also like to obtain their electricity requirements from renewable energy sources should find out more about BALANCE Naturstrom. Information is available Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. by telephone on 0180 22 11 100 or on the Internet at www.stadtwerke-giessen.de.