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

March 2010

Indianapolis Power and Light, a utility in Indiana, has received Green-e Energy certification for its green-pricing program, Green Power Option, which is available to residential and commercial customers in Indiana.

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The following renewable energy sellers have voluntarily withdrawn their renewable energy offering from the Green-e Energy program after being active for some portion of 2008.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

• Letter to Colorado Attorney General's Office (January 30, 2008)
• Letter to Governor's Energy Office (January 30, 2008)
• Decertification Letter to Clean and Green (November 7, 2007)