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- What states does Green Mountain Energy Company serve?
- Where is Green Mountain based?
- What has Green Mountain done to help the environment?
OUR ENERGY
- What is cleaner electricity?
- Will I need to rewire my home?
- What is renewable energy?
- Does buying Green Mountain Energy® electricity make a difference to the environment?
- How do you calculate the air pollution that customers prevent?
OUR FACILITIES
- Have new renewable energy generation facilities been developed as result of purchases by Green Mountain Energy electricity customers?
- Does Green Mountain Energy Company own and operate any wind farms or other renewable generation facilities?
ABOUT US
What states does Green Mountain Energy Company serve?
We currently provide clean energy products to residential customers under the Green Mountain Energy Company brand in New Jersey, New York and Texas. We also offer cleaner energy products to commercial customers in Texas and market clean energy products through a local utility in Oregon.
In addition to cleaner electricity products, Green Mountain now offers carbon offset products to both residential and commercial customers in any state through our BeGreen division.
Where is Green Mountain based?
Our headquarters are in Austin, Texas and we have offices in Dallas, Houston and Portland, Oregon. Click here to contact us.
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What has Green Mountain Energy Company done to help the environment?
We have used the power of customer choice to cause the development of almost 40 wind and solar facilities across the United States, representing over 180,000 KW of new renewable energy.
Since the first facility came online in 1999, these facilities have been responsible for avoiding over 674,345 metric tons of CO2, a greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming.
Our commitment to the environment doesn't stop with offering electricity that's dramatically cleaner than typical power. In fact, we like to think we have a lot in common with our customers. That's why we want Green Mountain Energy Company to operate our business in an environmentally responsible way. To accomplish this, we are:
- Operating according to the principles of the Coalition of Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES). We invite you to review our latest CERES report
- Offsetting 100% of our corporate CO2 emissions through our participation in the EPA Climate Leaders Program.
- Working with American Forests to preserve forest ecosystems by planting more than 100,000 trees on behalf of our customers. We also avoid products derived from old-growth forests.
- Using environmentally preferable printing methods that include soy-based inks on paper produced with post-consumer fiber and non-toxic whitening products.
- Offering Power Perks Products and complementary gifts that meet our environmental/social standard.
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OUR ENERGY
What is cleaner electricity?
Most people don’t know that the traditional generation of electricity is the leading cause of industrial air pollution in the U. S.
“Cleaner electricity” is from generation sources that produce little to no air pollution (carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) and/or radioactive waste, especially when compared to traditional sources of electric generation (i.e., coal and nuclear). For example, Green Mountain Energy electricity is dramatically cleaner than typical system power.
Sources of cleaner electricity include wind, solar power, biomass, landfill gas, geothermal and hydropower.
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Will I need to rewire my home?
Buying our cleaner electricity requires NO rewiring or special equipment. You will still be connected to the same regional power grid that provides your power now.
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What is renewable energy?
Renewable energy comes from sources that are infinite like the sun, wind and tides, or that replenish themselves naturally including hydro, geothermal and biomass.
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Does buying Green Mountain Energy electricity make a difference to the environment?
First, we measure our progress one customer at a time. When a household selects Green Mountain Energy electricity, they are reducing the amount of pollution that their household would otherwise emit.
Second, when customers choose Green Mountain Energy Company, they are supporting the development of new wind and solar facilities. In fact, Green Mountain Energy Company customers have been responsible for the development of almost 40 new renewable facilities. Making electricity causes billions of tons of CO2 to be released every year. In 2008, we estimate these clean energy facilities prevented the emission of 674,345 tons of CO2.
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How do you calculate the air pollution that customers prevent?
Even though a lot of the calculations you might read on this web site are based on the "typical" or "average" customer in a state, it is pretty simple to calculate for yourself. To calculate the CO2 emissions you avoid, we simply multiply your monthly electric usage (in kWh) times the percentage of new renewable generation in your product, times the CO2 emission rate of typical system power in your area. We can then figure the big picture from the number of customers we have in each service area.
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OUR FACILITIES
Have new renewable energy generation facilities been developed as result of purchases by Green Mountain Energy electricity customers?
Our customers have helped create demand for the construction of almost 40 wind and solar facilities across the nation representing over 180,000 KW of new renewable energy. Since the first facility came online in 1999, these facilities are responsible for avoiding over 674,345 metric tons of CO2, a greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming.
Does Green Mountain Energy Company own and operate any wind farms or other renewable generation facilities?
No, Green Mountain is not an owner or operator of renewable generation facilities. Green Mountain Energy wind and solar facilities are owned and operated by various third parties and branded Green Mountain facilities through licensing agreements because the demand from our customers played a significant role in getting these projects built. Since the first facility came online in 1999, these facilities have been responsible for avoiding over 674,345 metric tons of CO2, a greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming.
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