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Why Green Mountain
Ten great reasons to choose Green Mountain Energy Company and help us change the way power is made:
- Our Mission: Green Mountain was founded on the mission to change the way power is made. Our mission is critical because the traditional production of electricity is the largest source of industrial air pollution in the U.S.
- Our Leadership: Green Mountain is the nation’s leading retail provider of cleaner energy and carbon offset solutions.
- Our Facilities: Green Mountain’s customers have helped to spur the development of 13 new wind and solar facilities across the nation, including the Green Mountain Energy® Wind Farm at Brazos in West Texas, which produces enough wind energy to power over 30,000 homes!
- Our Customers: Since its inception, Green Mountain’s customers have helped prevent as much CO2 pollution as the equivalent of planting over 291 million trees.
- Our History: Green Mountain has been offering Texas residents the opportunity to choose cleaner, reliable electricity since the Texas market first opened to competitors in 2001.
- Our Experience: Green Mountain was the first electricity provider in Texas to offer cleaner electricity products.
- Our Texas Ties: Green Mountain is headquartered in Austin, TX, with award-winning, Texas-based customer care representatives.
- Our Environmental Principles: We have adopted the Ceres Principles and provide an annual public report that describes our sustainability initiatives.
- Our Commitment: Green Mountain is 100% carbon neutral and mitigates the impact of its greenhouse gas emissions through participation in the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Climate Leaders program
- Our Reliability: Green Mountain provides reliable, clean power and is licensed by the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) — Certificate No. 10009. “The Public Utility Commission wants you to know that the reliability of your electric service will not be affected in any way by your decision to switch to another Retail Electric Provider.” PUCT Commissioners Paul Hudson, Julie Parsley, and Barry Smitherman in a letter to electricity customers
