The Green-e News
A newsletter
for the renewable energy community brought to you by Green-e Energy of the Center
for Resource Solutions.
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www.Green-e.org | The Green-e News highlights timely Green-e Program topics for competitive and regulated electricity markets, and tradable renewable certificate markets including regional news, outreach efforts, policy changes and verification updates. |
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Green-e at a Glance
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| Green-e Certification is available for wholesale, retail, resale and commercial electricity products, tradable renewable certificates (TRCs) and utility green pricing programs in the U.S. Certified products are available in all 50 states. | ||||||
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| Green-e certified renewable electricity will power the 2004 Democratic National Convention at Boston's FleetCenter July 26th through 29th. The Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) and Boston 2004 are working with the Center for Environmentally Responsible Conferences (CERC) and Constellation NewEnergy, supplier of certified renewable electricity; to match the electricity needed to operate the FleetCenter and the associated media workstations during the four-day Convention with certified green power. Constellation NewEnergy offers commercial customers in New England and New York the option to purchase Green-e certified ReNew Energy, comprised of electricity from a variety of renewable sources, including new wind, new landfill gas, small hydroelectric and biomass sources. | ||
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purchasing Green-e certified renewable electricity for the Convention,
the DNCC and Boston 2004 are directly supporting the development of
renewable energy technologies, which emit very low levels of greenhouse
gases and displace energy derived from power plants that depend on
fossils fuels. For more information, please see our press release
or contact Këri Bolding, at kbolding@resource-solutions.org. |
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| Sales
of Green-e certified electricity grew by 68% in 2003 topping 3.2 Billion
kWh. This is according to un-audited preliminary verification results
for Green-e renewable electricity sales in 2003. TRC sales accounted
for the majority of the growth. The official audited 2003 results
and report will be available on the Green-e Web site in the fall. For more information, please contact Jennifer Martin, verification Manager at jmartin@resource-solutions.org. |
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Revised Green-e California
Green Pricing Standard Under Review
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Green-e convened the California Stakeholders Advisory Group on May 12, 2004 in San Francisco to review the current draft of the Green-e California Green Pricing Standard. Green-e used the comments and discussion from this meeting to revise the Standard and on July 1, 2004 sent a revised standard and comment form to California Stakeholders for a 30-day comment period. These comment forms are due to CRS on July 30, 2004. For more information, please contact Siobhan Doherty at siobhan@resource-solutions.org. | |
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Green-e Midwest Standard
Under Review
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| On June 17, 2004, Green-e distributed a draft standard to the Midwest Stakeholders Advisory Group for a 45-day comment period ending August 2, 2004. The proposed Midwest standard covers Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, and Kentucky. Other Midwest states that already have a Green-e standard include: Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Ohio. When complete, Green-e will have standards in place in all restructured states. For more information, please contact Kassie Rohrbach at kassie@resource-solutions.org. |
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| On April 22, 2004, Green-e distributed a revised standard to Ohio Stakeholders Advisory Group for a 30-day comment period, which ended on May 20, 2004. The revised competitive electricity standard is being proposed as the Green-e Ohio Green Pricing standard. The revised standard was recirculated for Ohio Advisory Committee members to review and comment on a stakeholder-suggested modification. Green-e is collecting responses through July 21, 2004. Once the comment period is closed, Green-e will forward all comments to the Green Power Boards for final decision on revisions to the Ohio standard. For more information, please contact Kassie Rohrbach at kassie@resource-solutions.org. |
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In 2004 the Center for Resource Solutions received more nominations for the Green Power Leadership Awards for Market Development than in any previous year. Recipients will be announced at the Ninth National Green Power Marketing Conference, October 4-6, 2004 in Albany, NY. For more information on the conference and a list of past recipients, please see: www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/conference/index.html | |
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Read the Good Stuff
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| Check out the Worldwatch Institute's Good Stuff? A Behind-the-Scenes Guide to the Things We Buy, which provides information on the environmental impact of consumption and includes an article on electricity consumption, contributed by the Center for Resource Solutions' Carrie Harvilla. To read the full publication, please visit: www.worldwatch.org/pubs/goodstuff/. | ||
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New Product Certifications
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| The Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) welcomed the following new suppliers and products to the Green-e Program: | ||
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Through Alliant Energy's Second Nature program, 500,000 utility customers in Iowa and Minnesota have the opportunity to purchase Green-e certified renewable energy. | |
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People's Power & Light has a new Green-e certified product offering in Rhode Island; New England Green Start RI 50%. | |
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Viking Wind offers Wind Generated certificates to commercial customers. For more information, contact Kelly Lloyd at Kelly@enxco. | |
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Nuon Renewable Ventures now offers PVUSA TRCs to customers. For more information, contact Matt Cheney at matt.cheney@nuonusa.com. | |
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Big Green Energy's GeoVerde Energy Commercial/Wholesale TRCs offered Nationwide are no longer Green-e certified. For more information, see http://www.biggreenenergy.com/. | |
| Recent False Claims of Green-e Certification | ||
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In the last four months Green-e learned of some green power marketing companies claiming Green-e certification for non-certified products. These companies include: Krystal Planet and Ohms Energy. The current and updated list of Green-e certified products can always be found at: www.Green-e.org/ipp/certified_products.html. | |
New
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New Products Labeled
with Green-e Logo
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Harris Ranch Napa Valley LLC's Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil; for more information, see the Harris Ranch Web site at www.harrisranch.net. | |
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New Organizations Using
the Green-e Logo
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Sprint | |
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ReCellular, Inc. | |
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Harris Ranch Napa Valley, LLC | |
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Bishop Ranch Veterinary Clinic | |
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Beautyland Beauty Supply | |
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Stanford Terrace Inn | |
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| Power Marketer's Advisory Committee Meeting (PMAC) (conference call) | ||
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April 20, 2004 2:30 -
4:00 pm EST |
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Marketers' Marketers Group
(Conference Calls)
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June
9, 2004, 1 PM EST, 10 AM PST This call covered: Press the Flesh: Marketing Renewable Energy through In-Person Consumer Contact. Featured speakers included Brett Beerly, Community Energy, Inc., Andy Noel, Green Mountain and Gary Harris, Tennessee Valley Authority. These expert speakers reviewed the pros and cons of a variety of in-person marketing strategies. For more information see; /www.resource-solutions.org/MMG.htm. |
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Power marketing and program staff interested in joining the MMG should
visit the website www.resource-solutions.org/MMG.htm or contact Këri Bolding, at kbolding@resource-solutions.org. |
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California Green Pricing
Advisory Committee Meeting (San Francisco, CA)
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May
12, 2004 Please see Green-e Policy Updates section above for more information. |
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Texas Advisory Committee
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Tuesday,
July 20, 2004, 1 PM - 4:30 PM CST The Texas Advisory Committee will be meeting in Austin, TX to discuss a proposal for a temporary variance in the ERCOT delivery requirement of the Texas Green-e Electricity Standard. For more information, please contact Siobhan Doherty at siobhan@resource-solutions.org. |
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