Power to the people
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
We were recently introducing our house to some friends and the question of power source — or alternate power source — came up. When we explained that we had chosen Bullfrog Power over an “alternative” at site energy source they smiled patronizingly, adding that we should know that Bullfrog Power doesn’t provide clean power to your home when it comes via the grid silly.
I asked if we invested in an alternative power generation like photovoltaic roof panels or wind in our back yard, and generated in access of what we could use, what would happen to the over production? And if they considered that our power was arguably clean or carbon neutral, would it be possible that our neighbour might, if only for a moment, be using clean power from us? Hmm.
Well this is essentially what Bullfrog Power has to offer. We chose to use or invest in Bullfrog Power, if at least in the short term, as a alternative to investing in non renewable power generation supplied by Ontario Hydro and the local Burlington Hydro provider. Bullfrog Power invests in renewable and arguably clean energy sources, much of which in our area is wind, and channels it to the established grid.
Customers then chose their power provider to be Bullfrog Power and buy electricity from the grid. Bullfrog in turn invests profits back into supporting and creating more alternative and renewable energy production – in our back yard – so to speak.