By purchasing Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) you displace other non-renewable sources from the electric grid. You still buy electricity from your current supplier, but you also purchase all of the environmental attributes for a specific quantity of renewable-resource powered generation, thereby helping to "offset" your use of conventional electricity.
ChooseRenewables™ sells 100% New Wind Green-e Certified RECs called CleanWattsSM, which are available in our Renewables Store.
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) are created when a renewable energy facility generates electricity. Each unique certificate represents all of the environmental attributes or benefits of a specific quantity of renewable generation, namely the benefits that everyone receives when conventional fuels, such as coal, nuclear, oil, or gas, are displaced. What you pay for when you buy renewable energy certificates is the benefit of displacing other non-renewable sources from the electric grid. For more information about renewable energy certificates, please visit www.green-e.org.
When a renewable energy facility operates, it creates electricity that is delivered into a vast network of transmission wires, often referred to as "the grid". The grid is segmented into regional power pools; in many cases these pools are not interconnected. To help facilitate the sale of renewable electricity nationally, a system was established that separates renewable electricity generation into two parts: the electricity or electrical energy produced by a renewable generator and the renewable "attributes" of that generation. The renewable attributes or "green" attributes are sold separately as renewable certificates. Only one certificate may be issued for each unit of renewable electricity produced.
This product is made up of renewable certificates. With the purchase of renewable certificates, you are buying the renewable attributes (i.e. environmental benefits) of a specific amount and type of renewable energy generation. You will continue to receive a separate electricity bill from your utility. Your purchase of renewable certificates helps offset conventional electricity generation in the region where the renewable generator is located. Your purchase also helps build a market for renewable electricity and may have other local and global environmental benefits such as reduced global climate change and regional air pollution.
The renewable certificates in this product are verified and certified by the Green-e Program. Each supplier of renewable certificates is required to disclose the quantity, type and geographic source of each certificate. ChooseRenewables™ will annually report to you the actual resource mix of the certificates you purchased during the preceding year. Please see the Product Content Label for this information. The Green-e Program also verifies that the renewable certificates are not sold more than once or claimed by more than one party. For information on the Green-e Program please visit their website, www.green-e.org, or call them toll-free, 1-888-63-GREEN.
CleanWattsSM Terms and Conditions
This is an agreement to purchase CleanWattsSM from Choose Renewables, LLC. CleanWattsSM are Green-e certified Renewable Energy Certificates. Your purchase of renewable certificates is supporting renewable electricity production nationwide. You will continue to receive a separate electricity bill from your utility. For every unit of renewable electricity generated, an equivalent amount of renewable certificates are produced. The purchase of renewable certificates helps offset conventional electricity generation in the region where the renewable generator is located. The purchase also helps build a market for renewable electricity and may have other local and global environmental benefits such as reducing global climate change and regional air pollution. For more information about renewable certificates, please visit www.green-e.org.
