Georgia Power's Customers Can Now Sign Up for a Certified Renewable Energy
Option
ATLANTA, April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- The Center for Resource
Solutions announced today that Georgia Power's green pricing program, Green
Energy(TM) is now Green-e Energy certified. Georgia Power joins the growing
network of renewable energy providers that offer products certified by
Green-e Energy, the nation's leading certification and verification program
for renewable energy.
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"Georgia Power's participation in Green-e Energy is monumental in that
the company will be serving a great number of customers that may not have
previously had easy access to renewable energy," said Andreas Karelas,
Green-e Energy Regional Representative for the Southeast. "Georgia Power's
green pricing program offers a real and tangible method for customers to
significantly reduce their environmental footprint."
The renewable energy available to residential and commercial customers
through Green Energy(TM) will be directly supplied from renewable energy
facilities in the state of Georgia that meet Green-e Energy's eligibility
criteria. By signing up to receive renewable electricity from Georgia
Power, customers will support these resources as well as aid the
development of new resources to be built in the United States.
"Gaining certification by a nationally recognized program like Green-e
Energy really validates the environmental significance of Georgia Power's
Green Energy program and elevates it to a new level," said Chris Womack,
Executive Vice President of Georgia Power. "This certification signals that
our program meets national as well as local environmental standards."
Green-e Energy is the leading renewable energy certification and
verification program in the U.S., with over 175 participating vendors that
sold nearly 10 million MWh of renewable energy in 2006. The program
provides independent, third party certification to ensure certified
renewable energy meets strict environmental and consumer protection
standards.
Providers of Green-e Energy Certified renewable energy agree to abide
by the Green-e Energy Code of Conduct and meet strict disclosure and
truth-in-advertising requirements. All marketers of Green-e Energy
Certified products undergo an annual verification audit to document that
the company purchased and/or generated enough renewable energy, both in
terms of quantity and type, to meet customer demand and marketing claims.
The Green-e Energy logo, the national symbol for renewable energy
excellence, enables a growing number of consumers to easily identify high
quality, certified renewable energy options, as well as everyday consumer
products that are produced by companies that use renewable energy in their
operations.
About Georgia Power
Georgia Power is working to increase its renewable energy portfolio
both through the purchase of energy from renewable generators and through
investments in self-owned renewable generation. Additionally, Georgia Power
will invest $43 million annually in 18 different demand response and energy
efficiency programs, including six new programs recently approved by the
Georgia Public Service Commission. These programs are expected to reduce
electricity demand by 1,000 megawatts by 2010.
Georgia Power is the largest subsidiary of Southern Company, one of the
nation's largest generators of electricity. The company is an
investor-owned, tax-paying utility with rates well below the national
average. Georgia Power serves 2.3 million customers in all but four of
Georgia's 159 counties.
About Green-e
Green-e is the nation's leading independent consumer protection program
for the sale of renewable energy and greenhouse gas reductions in the
retail market. Green-e offers certification and verification of renewable
energy and greenhouse gas mitigation products through Green-e Energy, a
renewable energy certification program; Green-e Climate, a greenhouse gas
emission reduction certification program; and Green-e Marketplace, a
program that licenses the Green-e logo for organizations that purchase or
generate sufficient quantities of renewable energy. To learn more about
Green-e certified products and programs available in all 50 states, visit
http://www.green-e.org .
About Center for Resource Solutions
Green-e is a program of the Center for Resource Solutions (CRS), a San
Francisco-based nonprofit with a global impact. CRS brings forth expert
responses to climate change issues with the speed and effectiveness
necessary to provide real-time solutions. Its leadership through
collaboration and environmental innovation builds policies and
consumer-protection mechanisms in renewable energy, greenhouse gas
reductions, and energy efficiency that foster healthy and sustained growth
in national and international markets.
SOURCE Georgia Power
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Related links:
http://www.green-e.org
http://www.georgiapower.com
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CONTACT:
Lynn Wallace, Georgia Power Media Relations,
+1-404-506-7676, lymwalla@southernco.com; or Jeff Swenerton, CRS
Communications Director, +1-415-561-2119,
jeff@resource-solutions.org, for Georgia Power
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