Green-e Energy Certification
Green-e Energy is a voluntary certification program for
renewable energy. Green-e Energy sets consumer protection
and environmental standards for renewable energy options
in
three markets – competitive electricity, renewable energy
certificates (RECs) and utility green pricing programs.
Green-e Energy conducts annual verification on certified
options to ensure that they are meeting these standards.
Energy
options that meet the Green-e Energy National Standard
for environmental excellence are eligible to use the
Green-e Energy logo to promote
their certification. New certifications, applications
out for stakeholder comment and decertifications
are listed below.
Recent Certifications
Febraury 2010
OneEnergy, Inc., a REC marketer in Oregon, has received Green-e Energy certification for its REC product, OneEnergy Wind RECs, which is available to residential and commercial customers nationwide.
Voluntary Product Decertification
The following renewable energy sellers have voluntarily withdrawn their renewable energy offering from the Green-e Energy program after being active for some portion of 2008. They are not considered to be out of compliance. These companies are still obligated to undergo all verification procedures for the renewable energy sales they made in 2008, in order to substantiate that they were selling eligible products consistently during the year. These companies may no longer sell renewable energy as "Green-e Energy Certified" or use the Green-e Energy logo as of the dates listed below. Companies remain on this list until their last year of sales is verified to the satisfaction of Green-e Energy. For more information on verification, see the
verification page.
| Seller name |
Product type (and location for electricity products) |
Decertification effective date |
| Commercial Energy of Montana |
RECs |
January 1, 2009 |
| Greenhouse Gas Services |
RECs and Broker |
December 31, 2008 |
| Grey K Capital / RNK |
RECs |
December 31, 2008 |
| FirstEnergy |
RECs |
November 26, 2008 |
| Juice Energy |
RECs |
September 24, 2008 |
| Maine Interfaith Power and Light |
RECs |
December 31, 2008 |
| Neuwing Energy |
RECs |
December 31, 2008 |
| Sky Blue Electric |
RECs |
January 1, 2009 |
Decertification Due to Non-Compliance
On November 7, 2007, the Green-e Program decertified
Clean and Green's REC product, called
Clean and Green RECs. Clean and Green may no longer sell a Green-e certified product nor may it use the Green-e logo. Clean and Green RECs was decertified because Clean and Green failed to complete Green-e required verification procedures for its sales during calendar year 2006. Green-e is working with Clean and Green to ensure that customers who purchased their product in 2006 and 2007 did in fact receive the product they were promised, as Clean and Green is still under contractual obligation to provide these assurances in accordance with Green-e Energy's governing documents. For more information please contact Alex Pennock, Manager of the Green-e Energy program, at: verification
[at] green-e
[dot] org.
Supporting Documentation