About 20 years ago, one of the largest providers in the area advertised something similar to this. They said that if the majority of their customers agreed to a price hike, they would in turn take the extra money and build a hydroelectric facility on one of the main rivers here. Most did agree because also mentioned was the fact that once the dam was built, power costs would drop across the board.
Well, the dam got built and worked great but power costs never dropped. One year later the facility was shut down for no reason.
I will never agree to a voluntary price hike no matter where they "say" the power is coming from. They lie and the powers that be protect them when they do. I figure if they want to go green, they'll do it. They can do it now by their own hand or they can do it later as they're forced to by govt regulation.
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