tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9204374242006832151.post3424008727008101388..comments2023-07-06T10:48:10.382+01:00Comments on Rigotnomics: Being green by going bluePierre-Louishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03936185995162366004noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9204374242006832151.post-57106960106200300972008-07-07T12:41:00.000+01:002008-07-07T12:41:00.000+01:00As a private household, you can choose your electr...As a private household, you can choose your electricity here: http://www.sig-ge.ch/particuliers/electricite/choisir-mon-electricite/changer-d-energie/index.lbl. The grid obviously contains the same electricity, but the electricity put on the grid comes from various sources. The blue is mostly hydro, the brown is combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT). I am not sure, but I guess they are subject to an energy portfolio, with a fixed mandatory share of renewables. Within the portfolio, brown is the cheapest to produce, and I am sure it is the one where they have the highest profit margin. They encourage people to go blue or more because they adopt price discrimination.cosimohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15012008679595641980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9204374242006832151.post-88746993310449784122008-07-07T12:27:00.000+01:002008-07-07T12:27:00.000+01:00I dont get it. Electricity in my building is set f...I dont get it. Electricity in my building is set for the entire building, not just for my apartment, so how could they feed me with different electricity if I switched to blue (assuming I am now on brown)???<BR/>And also, why don't SIG just use as much clean electricity as possible, emitting the lowest CO2 possible...ok it doesnt fix the incentives in the rigth direction but if everyone is on brown by default they just use their dirty electricity and keep their clean one under potential???Pierre-Louishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03936185995162366004noreply@blogger.com