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| 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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| Look for products bearing the Green-e Logo in a grocery store near you. Lundberg Family Farms became the first company to place the Green-e logo on products you can find in your local grocery store. | ||
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Lundberg
Family Farms purchases Green Certificates from 3 Phases Energy to
offset 100% of the energy consumption of all for their rice processing
plants.
In 2003, Interface Fabrics was the first company to place the Green-e logo on their products. Interface Fabrics purchases Green Tags from Bonneville Environmental Foundation to offset 100% of the production of their Terratex line of commercial fabrics with renewable energy. Nearly 9,000 businesses and organizations purchase Green-e certified renewable energy. Recently, twenty-eight companies and organizations signed logo-use agreements with CRS for authorized use of the Green-e Logo to promote their purchase. These renewable purchasers are displaying the Green-e logo on websites, in building lobbies, and on their product packaging. The Green-e "Made With Certified Renewable Energy" product labeling initiative will expand promotional opportunities and offer an exciting new channel for purchasers to gain recognition and encourage consumers to purchase certified renewable energy. During 2004, consumers can look forward to seeing the Green-e logo on more products ranging from tea, soymilk, paper, fabric, beer and rice. We will keep you updated on Green-e labeled products as they develop. |
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| For more information on the Green-e Product Labeling Initiative visit: www.green-e.org/media_ed/made.info.html or contact Këri Bolding, at kbolding@resource-solutions.org. | ||
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Green-e Green Power Board met on January 22, 2004. The board approved
the inclusion of Virginia into the Mid Atlantic Standard. Any electricity
provider selling a green power product in Virginia that meets the
Green-e standard for the Mid-Atlantic region may now apply for Green-e
certification. The Mid Atlantic Green-e Standard applies in Delaware,
Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington D.C.
The Board also approved changes to the geographic sourcing boundaries for renewable electricity products in the Mid-Atlantic. Because of the expansion of the PJM power pool, the Green Power Board approved expansion of the geographic sourcing boundary by relying on state boundaries in competitive states into which the PJM power pool expands. Eligible renewable resources may now serve Mid-Atlantic customers if the renewable generator is located in: 1) the Mid-Atlantic Green-e Region: VA, PA, DC, DE, MD and NJ; or 2) the competitive states of Illinois, Michigan and Ohio; or 3) an area of the PJM interconnect in WV, NC, KY, IN and TN. The Board approved requiring geographic disclosure on all electricity product content labels as is required on labels for TRC products. The generation location will be specified by state or sourcing region. For more information on these policy decisions, please contact Gabe Petlin at gpetlin@resource-solutions.org. |
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On March 30th, residential and small business customers served by Narragansett Electric Company (NECo) received information with their monthly electricity bill on choosing renewable energy for a modest premium without having to switch to another electricity provider. The program, called GreenUp, allows independent green power providers to partner with the large Rhode Island utility and directly offer residential and business customers brand-name certified renewable energy choices. Now, 465,000 Rhode Island residents have an easy way to choose Green-e certified energy from renewable sources such as wind, solar, small and low-impact hydro and biomass. Three of the four suppliers offer Green-e certified products through Narragansett Electric: Community Energy, People's Power and Light, and Conservation Services Group. Consumers can look for the Green-e logo on their utility bill insert to easily identify renewable-based energy products that meet strict environmental and consumer protection standards. | |
| For more information on Rhode Island's GreenUp Program contact Gabe Petlin at gpetlin@resource-solutions.org or visit www.narragansett.com/greenupenergy. | ||
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| The Green-e Program experienced tremendous growth in 2003, including these highlights: | ||
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Green-e certified products nearly doubled with the addition of 28 renewable energy products in all three renewable energy markets: tradable renewable energy certificate markets, restructured markets and regulated markets |
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In 2003 the number of providers offering Green-e certified TRCs increased from 6 to 17. Green-e certifies over 80% of TRC products available in the U.S. | |
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Green-e certified 16 new electricity products available in restructured markets. Green-e currently certifies a total of 18 electricity products offered by 11 different providers in restructured states: New York, Texas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, California, Rhode Island, Maine and Massachusetts. | |
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The City of Palo Alto Utility Green Pricing Program joined the Green-e roster of accredited utility Green Pricing Programs. | |
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Green-e co-organized the Rhode Island Green Power Campaign, the Wisconsin Green Power Procurement Workshop and the Annual Green Power Leadership Awards held at the 8th National Green Power Marketing Conference. Green-e also resumed its popular Marketers' Marketers Group. | |
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Because of Green-e's increased outreach efforts, the Green-e website received 102,000 individual web hits, and the toll-free number received 1,700 individual callers; both of which are records highs since the collapse of electric competition in California. | |
| For more information on Green-e go to: www.green-e.org or contact Carrie Harvilla at carrie@resource-solutions.org. | ||
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| CRS recently published its annual report covering 2002 and 2003. Highlights include: | |||
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CRS Program summaries and overviews of organizational activities nationally and internationally. | |
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Information on CRS efforts to form a coordinated system of North American renewable certificate tracking and accounting entities. | ||
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Developments of the new Public Renewables Partnership, an initiative dedicated to enabling public organizations and cooperatives to effectively integrate renewable energy into their power portfolios and business strategies. | ||
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Details on the CRS China Renewable Energy Program and its continued influence renewable energy policy in China, with highlights on other international initiatives. | ||
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The
2002-2003 Annual Report is available with other publications in the
CRS
Library of Documents on
the CRS
website. For direct access, visit: www.resource-solutions.org/Library/librarypdfs/02-03Annualreport-PDF_forWeb.pdf |
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