EcoSmart Choice offers customers of participating municipal electric system the option of offsetting up to 100 percent of their electric usage with renewable resources. National statistics show a strong correlation between overall customer satisfaction and programs that allow the customer to choose renewable energy.
Green-pricing programs such as EcoSmart Choice are based on the purchase and retirement of renewable energy credits (RECs). One REC is equivalent to one megawatt-hour (MWh) of electricity generated from renewable resources. Each REC that is purchased and used by the electric utility for the green-pricing program matches one MWh of traditional (non-renewable) electric generation. Once RECs are used for this purpose, they are retired. The buying and selling of RECs through green-pricing programs such as EcoSmart Choice enables electric utilities to deliver the benefits of renewable energy to more customers, regardless of their power supply mix.
Customer Sign-up
EcoSmart Choice is available to the customers of participating American Municipal Power, Inc. (AMP) Member communities. Customers can contact their local utility to see if the program is being offered, and to sign up for the EcoSmart Choice program. Customers may also visit www.ecosmartchoice.org to sign up online.
To the maximum extent practical, RECs used by AMP for EcoSmart Choice are within the AMP Member footprint and come from a variety of sources, such as hydroelectric, landfill gas, solar or wind facilities.
For more information, please contact Corey Hawkey, Director of Member Programs and Sustainability, at 614.540.6932 or [email protected].
