eli5 – Why does renewable-generated electricity go up with the cost of non-renewable?

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My UK energy provider says my electricity is produced with 100% renewables, so I presume water, wind, solar. So why am I affected by such big increases in electricity charges (price per kWh)?

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If you’re talking about octopus then you’ll quite often be using energy derived from fossil fuel but they offset this with green energy and other environment contributions.

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