Green‑e Energy is the nation’s leading certication

program for renewable energy

. For over a decade,Green‑e Energy has provided oversight for voluntaryrenewable energy transactions in the United States.

Renewable energy is the future

Green‑e Energy is important because it provides assurances to consumersand businesses that they are reducing the environmental impact of their

electricity use. Certied renewable energy—along with energy efcien

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cy—are the most effective tools we have today to accomplish this. Green‑e

Energy was established in 1997 in order to provide consumer protection inthe emerging and unregulated voluntary renewable energy market throughclear guidelines, disclosures, and standards. Green‑e Energy is the mostrigorous and respected consumer protection program for renewableenergy in the country, with a transparent standard and hundreds of stake‑holders participating in setting and revising that standard.

The renewable energy that Green‑e Energy certies goes through a thor

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ough verication process to ensure that it:

is from new projects.

It’s important that renewable energy certicates

(RECs) support new projects built for the voluntary market, not to satisfy astate or federal requirement. That’s because consumers who are buyingrenewable energy want their money to go toward expanding the renewable

energy market. Green‑e Energy Certied RECs come from new facilities

built with the voluntary market in mind.

is veried.

Sellers of Green‑e Energy Certied renewable energy are re

‑viewed twice a year to ensure that they live up to their advertising claims,

and that their customers are getting what they paid for. Certied energy is

accounted for and tracked through the annual Green

‑e Energy verication

audit process.>>>

What isGreen‑e Energy?

Green‑e Energy is the nation’s lead‑

ing independent certication andverication program for renewable