One of the best parts about being a regular reader of the e-conserve blog is that you get tipped off to new and exciting offerings.In just a few days, the Dominion Green Power program will announce that it’s partnering with Project Plant It! to promote both of these great programs. Dominion Green Power helps support the development of more renewable energy, and Project Plant It! is a Dominion program that provides 3rd graders with tree seedlings to plant each Arbor Day.
From October 1 to November 15, for each new Dominion Green Power enrollment in the 100% Option, Dominion Green Power will donate a tree to Project Plant It! to be planted in Virginia on Arbor Day in 2011.
For our readers who are in the Dominion Virginia Power service territory, you can enroll online at www.dom.com/VaGreenPower or by calling 1-866-DOM-HELP. But make sure you enroll by November 15th to get in on this great promotion!
5 comments:
Good to know about the project.There is a lot of pollution in the environment and there should be measures taken to control it.
Seems like a match made in heaven. What a perfect partnership!
Cool idea, it's a win-win!
I've just started looking into VA Green Power and I'm wondering how much of what I pay into the system actually stays in / direclty benefits renewal power in Virginia? How do metrics like that get measured and how do we find out about it?
When you enroll in Dominion Green Power, Dominion purchases renewable energy certificates (RECs) on your behalf from Green-e Energy® eligible renewable resources such as solar, wind, biomass, and low-impact hydro power generated at facilities located in several Midwestern and Southeastern states within the regions. Where feasible, Dominion will support renewable energy facilities in Virginia.
In 2009, the Dominion Green Power program supported renewable energy facilities through the purchase of RECs -- the mix was 74% wind from facilities located in Indiana, Missouri, and Iowa; and 26% biomass from facilities located in Illinois, Louisiana, and Pennsylvania. We expect the mix in 2010 to be approximately the same.
One REC validates that one megawatt-hour (MWh) of power from a renewable resource has been both generated and delivered to the regional power grid. A purchased REC also documents ownership of the environmental attributes associated with that specific MWh of renewable energy. APX, Inc. is the entity that provides REC creation, metering, tracking, management, and retirement for all North American REC tracking systems. Through web-based software, APX provides every REC a unique serial number that is recorded in a registry, and then tracked from inception to retirement. These serial numbers allow transparency, accountability, and avoid issues with double-counting.
In addition, the Dominion Green Power program and the RECs purchased on behalf of participating customers are Green-e certified. Green-e (www.green-e.org) is the nation's leading voluntary certification program and requires that our program submit to audits to verify that the RECs purchased in this program are not double-counted and are in the exact amount purchased each year by participating customers.
Participating customers receive an annual Participation Summary which shows exactly how much renewable energy they supported and what the equivalent environmental benefits are.
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