Green-e Energy Certification
What Is Green-e EnergyTM?
Green-e Energy is a renewable energy certification program. The Green-e logo provides a simple way for the customers to quickly identify energy products that meet Green-e Energy’s minimum environmental and consumer protection standards. Green-e Energy is administered by the Center for Resource Solutions, a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, California. Green-e Energy, originally known simply as the Green-e Renewable Energy Certification Program, was launched in November 1997 in California, and now has standards for certifying renewable-based products throughout the United States.
What Does Green-e Energy Certification guarantee?
When you see the Green-e logo associated with an energy product it means that 100 percent of the supply for the product comes from renewable resources, the product contains only new renewable resources, those that came on-line after January 1, 1997, the sources of energy supplying the product are independently verified by Green-e Energy, operated by the nonprofit Center for Resource Solutions, the purchaser of a Green-e Energy Certified product is the sole "owner" of the environmental attributes of a specific megawatt hour (MWh) of energy added to the grid, and the company offering the product agrees to abide by the Green-e Energy Code of Conduct and Customer Disclosure Requirements governing its ethical treatment of customers.
