NEW YORK – Green Mountain Energy Company today announced that renewable energy certificates (RECs) have been purchased by Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center’s – Zuckerman Research Center located at 415 E. 68th Street, New York, NY. Green Mountain is the nation’s leading competitive retail provider of cleaner energy and carbon offset solutions.
Sloan Kettering is purchasing 31,500 wind RECs from Green Mountain over the one year term of its agreement. By purchasing the wind RECs, Sloan-Kettering is offsetting 100 percent of its estimated annual electricity usage for the Zuckerman Research Center, which generates an estimated 25 million pounds of carbon dioxide (CO2). That’s the equivalent of over 7.5 million houses turning off their lights for a day, or taking more than 5,300 taxi cabs off the streets for a month.
“Green Mountain applauds Sloan-Kettering for demonstrating leadership in sustainable business practices through this purchase of green power for the Zuckerman Research Center,” said Scott Hart, President of Commercial Services, Green Mountain Energy Company. “This renewable energy purchase further helps Green Mountain accomplish its mission to change the way power is made.”
Green power is generated from clean, renewable energy resources. Renewable energy facilities generate renewable energy certificates (RECs) when they produce electricity. Purchasing these certificates is a widely accepted way to address the greenhouse gas emissions of electricity consumption. Purchasing RECs in the same quantity as Sloan Kettering’s estimated electricity consumption ensures that the amount of energy used by the research center is added to the power grid from renewable sources and supports the further development of these projects.
About Green Mountain Energy Company
Green Mountain, the nation’s leading competitive retail provider of cleaner energy and carbon offset solutions, was founded in 1997 “to change the way power is made.” The company is the longest serving green power marketer in the U.S. and in 2009 was ranked the “Highest in Business Customer Satisfaction with Retail Electric Service” by J.D. Power and Associates1. Green Mountain offers consumers and businesses the choice of clean electricity products from renewable sources such as wind and water, as well as a variety of carbon offset products. Green Mountain customers have collectively helped avoid over 11.3 billion pounds of CO2 emissions. For more information, visit GreenMountain.com.
1 Green Mountain Energy Company received the highest numerical score among business electric service retailers in Texas in the proprietary J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Texas Business Retail Electric Provider Satisfaction StudySM. Study based on responses from 2,231 businesses measuring 7 retailers and measures opinions of businesses with their electric service provider. Proprietary study results are based on experiences and perceptions of consumers surveyed May-June and September-October 2009. Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com.
