Normally you would expect to pay a little more for renewable energy. This is partly because most renewable energy facilities are relatively new and need to pay for their construction costs while most conventional electrical generation facilities are older and have already paid for their construction.

This program is selling the renewable electricity for 1 cent per Kwh more than the price of conventional electricity.

Those customers who leave National Grid, RG&E or NYSEG as their energy provider to join the Energy Cooperative will take advantage of the benefits from energy deregulation which will save around a third to a half a penny per Kwh. This will result in a net additional cost for the combination of renewable energy plus energy deregulation of just over half a penny to three quarters of a penny per Kwh more than conventional energy (for a residential account with the average usage of 600 Kwh a month, this should work out to around ten to fifteen cents a day more than the price of conventional power).