Good Energy dishes out wind farm 'windfall' payments

Jessica Shankleman
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Customers living near company’s Cornish wind farm to benefit from a windy 2013

Good Energy announced last week that it has knocked £50 off the energy bills of customers living near its Delabole wind farm in Cornwall, following higher than normal winds in recent months. The company...

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