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More Green Power in NY info (from Chris Allen)

Green Power in NY. If just 10% of New York's households purchased Green power it would prevent nearly three billion pounds of carbon dioxide, 13 million pounds of sulfur dioxide, and nearly four million pounds of nitrogen oxides from getting into our air each year. You also support the development of more facilities that generate electricity from renewable resources. Right now, it costs slightly more, but it's worth it (and has been known to be cheaper because of high oil prices). Currently you can select lots of different green energy options. All options provide power directly to the grid. You can buy green power separeately through Community Energy (212-372-9696) www.NewWindEnergy.com or Sterling Planet (877-457-2306) wwwmsterlingplanet.com. Or, you can go with an integrated company that provides Green energy and get just one bill. Two companies that do this are: Con Edison Solutions (888-320-8991) www.ConEdSolutions.com/greenpower or Econnergy at 800-805-8586 www.econnergy.com/green. You can go to the websites and find out which ones are solar, wind, etc.. In general, they cost from a few pennies per Kwh more to a surcharge of $5 more per month. All are 100% green solutions. Other ways to learn more about Green Power is NYS Dept of Public Servce 866-GRN-POWR or Power Your Way 877-668-3234 wwwmpoweryourway.com/greenpower.

Does anyone know how to buy a portion of your electricity from green sources in states which do not offer this as an option.  Surprisingly, MA is one of those states.  I found this link: http://www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/markets/certificates.shtml?page=0.  Does anyone have any experience with this?

Green Power in the U.S.

For those in the U.S., your utility should be able to tell you who provides Green Power through them.  Otherwise, a place to find green power near you: http://www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/resources/tables/marketing.shtml?page=5.

SWITCH TO GREEN POWER (FOR ELECTRICITY)

I just reduced our household electricity-based
CO2 emissions by 90%, for a whopping premium of $30 a year.  Here's the deal: I contacted our utility (www.oru.com), and switched to 100% green power (wind and hydro) - half a penny more per kWH (and may actually be cheaper than standard, if standard electricity rates keep going up).

If you're interested, here're some shortcuts:

• For those in Lower Westchester, Brooklyn/Long Island, NYC, Rockland and other areas, ConEd provides Green Power (they're one of several, except for Orange and Rockland county, where they're currently the only provider).  Contact info for ConEd Green Power:
  
  Thornton Curry: 914-286-7760
  
  Or, just send him your name, address, the utility you're with and your utility acct # and he'll set you up at:  curryt@conedsolutions.com
• For those in NY State who want to shop around: http://www.askpsc.com/campaigns/?action=viewCampaign&id=1033

For those in the U.S., your utility should be able to tell you who provides Green Power through them.  Otherwise, a place to find green power near you: http://www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/resources/tables/marketing.shtml?page=5.