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Green Power News
- - The Green Power Network (GPN) provides news and information on green power markets and related activities. The site provides up-to-date information on green power providers, product offerings, consumer protection issues, and policies affecting green power markets. http://www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/index.shtml en-usgreen powergreen pricinggreen marketingRECRenewable Energy Certificates - Alabama Electric Cooperative (AEC), which supplies electricity to 16 distribution cooperatives and 4 municipal utilities serving a total of 385,000 end-use customers in Alabama and Florida, offers the Green Power Choice program to its member utilities. The program allows residential and business customers of participating co-ops to purchase 100-kWh blocks of renewable energy each month for an extra $2 per block, or 2¢/kWh above standard electric rates, although the rate premium may vary by utility. Participating customers must enroll for one ... http://www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/news/news_template.shtml?id=1193 Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0600- The Western Area Power Administration announced that it coordinated renewable energy certificate (REC) purchases by five federal agencies totaling 236 million kWh over five years. The RECs will be supplied by 3 Phases Energy Services from wind, biomass and geothermal energy generated in California, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oregon and South Dakota. The purchases will help the agencies meet federal renewable energy use goals set in the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The agency purchases include:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Denver (7 ...
http://www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/news/news_template.shtml?id=1192 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0600- The Auraria Higher Education Center, which houses Metro State College, Community College of Denver, and the University of Colorado at Denver, recently entered into a contract with Sterling Planet, Inc. to purchase 17 million kWh of renewable energy certificates (RECs), equivalent to nearly half of the electricity use on the Auraria campus. The contract went into effect on July 1, with an option to renew for the next two years. In 2004, Auraria students voted to assess themselves $1 per semester for three years to be used for clean-energy ... http://www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/news/news_template.shtml?id=1191 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0600- Neenah Paper, a national premium paper manufacturer, announced that it is purchasing 10.9 million kWh of renewable energy annually through the Energy for Tomorrow green power program offered by We Energies. Through the program, businesses can purchase renewable energy in blocks of 1,000 kWh per month for $13.70, or 1.37¢/kWh, for purchases of less than 70,000 kWh per month, or $10 per block (1.0¢/kWh) if purchasing more than 70,000 kWh/month. The ... http://www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/news/news_template.shtml?id=1190 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0600- Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, which serves 44 member distribution systems in Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico and Wyoming, announced that is has reduced the price it charges its member co-ops for renewable energy sources under its green power program. Member cooperatives can now purchase renewable energy in 100-kWh increments for $1.25 or 1.25¢/kWh, down from $2.50 or 2.5¢/kWh. The decision to lower the premium resulted from increased green power sales and greater use of renewable energy certificates (RECs) to supply ... http://www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/news/news_template.shtml?id=1189 Fri, 8 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0600- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has become the first federal agency to purchase renewable energy for 100% of its annual electricity needs. EPA recently signed a 13-month contract with 3 Phases Energy Services for more than 100 million kWh of renewable energy certificates (RECs), bringing total agency green power purchases to nearly 300 million kWh. The latest RECs purchase involves more than 190 EPA facilities nationwide and supports the development of wind farms in California, South Dakota, Oklahoma, and Wyoming.
News ... http://www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/news/news_template.shtml?id=1188 Thu, 7 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0600- Pepco Energy Services announced that Lerner Enterprises and The Tower Companies have committed to purchase 100% wind energy for both the Washington Square office building in Washington, D.C., and their joint headquarters building in Bethesda, Maryland. Under the terms of the 48-month contract, Pepco Energy Services will provide more than 64 million kWh of renewable energy certificates (RECs) supplied by Sterling Planet from ... http://www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/news/news_template.shtml?id=1187 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0600- The state of Pennsylvania has doubled the size of its green power purchase for state facilities. Under a two-year contract modification with Community Energy, Inc., the state will buy 200 million kWh of renewable electricity per year generated from wind (40%) and hydropower (60%) resources at a premium of 0.34¢/kWh over standard electricity rates. With the purchase, which equates to 20% of state government electricity use, Pennsylvania ranks as the largest purchaser of renewable energy among U.S. states, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection ... http://www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/news/news_template.shtml?id=1186 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0600- Minnkota Power Cooperative, which serves 11 distribution cooperatives in Minnesota and North Dakota, has lowered the premium charged for its Infinity Wind Energy program from 1.5¢/kWh to 0.5¢/kWh. In making the change, Minnkota cited cost increases for conventional generation sources that have narrowed the price differential between wind energy and other resources in the utility's generation portfolio. As a result of the price change, one distribution utility— http://www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/news/news_template.shtml?id=1185 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0600- Kennebunk Light and Power District (KLPD), a municipal utility serving 5,900 customers in Maine, unveiled a new green power program in conjunction with Vermont Energy Ventures (VEV), an affiliate of Vermont Public Power Supply Authority (VPPSA). Under the Village Green program, KLPD customers can purchase 100-kWh blocks of renewable energy for $1 per block, or a premium of 1¢/kWh over the utility's standard rate. Despite launching the program amid a doubling of standard rates, ... http://www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/news/news_template.shtml?id=1184 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0600- Sprint Nextel Corp. will buy wind power to meet more than 75% of the average annual power consumption at its Overland Park, Kansas corporate headquarters. According to an article in the Kansas City Business Journal, the company will purchase between 7 MW and 10 MW of wind power output, or approximately 20 million to 30 million kWh of wind energy annually, from the 100.5-MW Spearville Wind Energy Facility. The power will be supplied by Kansas City Power ... http://www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/news/news_template.shtml?id=1183 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0600- Coldwater Creek, a national women's apparel retailer, announced a commitment to purchase renewable energy for all of the electricity used at its headquarters, distribution center, customer contact centers, and retail stores across the nation. Under a contract with 3 Phases Energy Services, the company will buy more than 217 million kWh of Green-e certified renewable energy certificates (RECs) representing wind-generated electricity over the next three years.
News ... http://www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/news/news_template.shtml?id=1182 Fri, 25 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0600- First Choice Power, a retail marketer subsidiary of PNM Resources, announced the availability of a fixed-price, 100% renewable energy option for customers in the Texas competitive retail electricity market. The Simply Better Renewable product is available on a 12-month contract for a fixed per kWh price and a $4.95 monthly fee. The renewable product is priced at a 1.0¢/kWh premium to First Choice Power's regular electricity product. There is a $150 fee for early contract ... http://www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/news/news_template.shtml?id=1181 Wed, 23 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0600- Curtis Packaging, a Connecticut-based packaging design and printing company, announced that it will purchase renewable energy for 100% of its corporate electricity needs. The company will buy 4.5 million kWh of renewable electricity annually for the next three years from Community Energy, Inc., with about 30% of the power being purchased through the CTCleanEnergyOptions program. The purchase represents one of the largest single contracts executed under the state ... http://www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/news/news_template.shtml?id=1180 Wed, 23 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0600- Tim and Diane Mueller, owners of Crested Butte Mountain Resort in Colorado, Okemo Mountain Resort in Vermont, and Mount Sunapee Resort in New Hampshire, entered into an agreement with Gunnison County Electric Association to purchase 27 million kWh of renewable energy certificates (RECs) to offset 100% of the electricity use at the three ski resorts for one year. The RECs are being supplied by http://www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/news/news_template.shtml?id=1179 Mon, 21 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0600
