Can I Buy Green Power in My State?

Massachusetts

The table shown here summarizes green power products available in Massachusetts and nationally available renewable energy certificate products. Please contact our Webmaster if you have questions or more recent information regarding these products.

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State	Utility Name	Program Name	Type	Start Date	Premium
State-Specific Utility Green Pricing Programs (last updated May 2008)
MA	Concord Municipal Light Plant (CMLP)	Green Power	hydro	2004	3.0¢/kWh
MA	NSTAR	NSTAR Green	wind	2008	0.8¢/kWh-1.45¢/kWh
MA	Shrewsbury Electric and Cable Operations	SELCO GreenLight	wind	2007	6.67¢/kWh
Source: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado. Notes: Utility green pricing programs may only be available to customers located in the utility's service territory. For additional details, please see the full green pricing products table.

State	Company	Product Name	Resource Mix²	Certification
State-Specific Retail Green Power Product Offerings ¹ (last updated May 2008)
MA	Cape Light Compact	Cape Light Compact Green 50% or 100%*	75% small hydro, 24% new wind or landfill gas, 1% new solar	—
MA	Massachusetts Electric / Nantucket Electric / Clear Sky Power (5)	Clear Sky Home*	100% biomass	—
MA	Massachusetts Electric/Nantucket Electric/Community Energy (5)	New Wind Energy and Water 50% or 100% of usage*	70% small hydro, 30% new wind	Green-e
MA	Massachusetts Electric/Nantucket Electric/Mass Energy Consumers Alliance	New England GreenStart 50% or 100% of usage*	75% small hydro, 25% new biomass, wind, and solar	—
MA	Massachusetts Electric/Nantucket Electric/Sterling Planet (5)	MA Clean Choice*	33% new wind, 33% new landfill gas, 33% small hydro	Environmental Resources Trust
Source: National Renewable Energy Laboratory For notes to the table and additional details, please see the full green marketing products table.

Certificate Marketer	Product Name	Renewable Resources	Location of Renewable Resources	Residential Price Premiums*	Certification
National Retail REC Products (last updated May 2008)
3 Phases Renewables	Green Certificates	100% biomass, geothermal, hydro, solar, wind	Nationwide	1.2¢/kWh	Green-e
3Degrees	Renewable Energy Certificates	100% new wind	Nationwide	1.5¢/kWh	Green-e
NativeEnergy	CoolWatts	100% new wind	Nationwide	0.8¢/kWh	Green-e
NativeEnergy	Remooable Energy	100% new biogas	Pennsylvania	0.8¢/kWh-1.0¢/kWh	***
Bonneville Environmental Foundation	Solar Green Tags	100% new solar	Nationwide	5.6¢/kWh	Green-e
Bonneville Environmental Foundation	Wind & Solar Green Tags Blend	50% new wind, 50% new solar	Nationwide	2.4¢/kWh	Green-e
Bonneville Environmental Foundation	Wind Green Tags	100% wind	Nationwide	2.0¢/kWh	Green-e
Bonneville Environmental Foundation	Denali Green Tags (Alaska only)	100% new wind	10% Alaska, 90% Nationwide	2.0¢/kWh	Green-e
Bonneville Environmental Foundation	Zephyr Energy (Kansas Only)	50% new low-impact hydropower	Midwest, West	2.0¢/kWh	Green-e
Carbon Solutions Group	CSG CleanBuild	biomass, biogas, wind, solar, hydro	Nationwide	0.9¢/kWh	Green-e
Carbonfund.org	MyGreenFuture	99% new wind, 1% new solar	Nationwide	0.5¢/kWh	Green-e
Choose Renewables	CleanWatts	100% new wind	Nationwide	1.7¢/kWh	Green-e
Community Energy	NewWind Energy	100% new wind	Nationwide	2.5¢/kWh	Green-e
Enpalo	US CleanGen	100% new wind	Nationwide	1.0¢/kWh	Green-e
Good Energy	Good Green RECs	various	Nationwide	0.4¢/kWh-1.5¢/kWh	Green-e
Green Mountain Energy	BeGreen RECs	wind, solar, biomass	Nationwide	1.4¢/kWh	—
Juice Energy	Positive Juice - Wind	100% wind	Nationwide	1.1¢/kWh	Green-e
MMA Renewable Ventures	PVUSA Solar Green Certificates	100% solar	California	3.3¢/kWh	Green-e
Maine Renewable Energy/Maine Interfaith Power & Light	Maine WindWatts	100% new wind	Maine	2.0¢/kWh	Green-e
Mass Energy Consumers Alliance	New England Wind Fund	100% new wind	New England	~5.0¢/kWh (donation)	—
Premier Energy Marketing	Premier 100% Wind REC	100% wind	Nationwide	0.95¢/kWh-2.0¢/kWh	Green-e
Renewable Choice Energy	American Wind	100% new wind	Nationwide	0.5¢/kWh	Green-e
SKY energy, Inc.	Wind-e Renewable Energy	100% new wind	Nationwide	2.4¢/kWh	Green-e
Santee Cooper	SC Green Power	landfill gas, solar	South Carolina	3.0¢/kWh	Green-e
Sky Blue Electric	Sky Blue 40	100% wind	Nationwide	4.2¢/kWh	Green-e
Sterling Planet	Sterling Wind	100% new wind	Nationwide	1.85¢/kWh	Green-e
TerraPass	Green-e RECs	100% new wind	Nationwide	0.5¢/kWh	Green-e
Village Green Energy	Village Green Power	solar, wind, biogas	California, Nationwide	2.0¢/kWh-2.5¢/kWh	Green-e
Waverly Light & Power	Iowa Energy Tags	100% wind	Iowa	2.0¢/kWh	—
WindCurrent	Chesapeake Windcurrent	100% new wind	Mid-Atlantic States	2.5¢/kWh	Green-e
WindStreet Energy	Renewable Energy Credit Program	wind	Nationwide	~1.2¢/kWh	—
Notes: * Product prices are updated as of May 2008. Premium may also apply to small commercial customers. Large users may be able to negotiate price premiums. Product is sourced from Green-e and ERT-certified RECs. ERT also certifies the entire product portfolio. * The Climate Neutral Network certifies the methodology used to calculate the CO2 emissions offset. NA = Not applicable. Source: National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

National Commercial &/or Wholesale REC Marketers
3Degrees	3 Phases Renewables	Amerex Brokers	Aquila
BP Energy Company	Basin Electric Power Cooperative	BlueRock Energy	Bonneville Environmental Foundation
Bonneville Power Administration (BPA)	Brookfield Renewable Power	Calpine Corporation	Carbon Solutions Group
Carbonfund.org	Centennial Energy Resources	Clean Currents	Clear Energy Brokerage & Consulting
Clear Sky Power	ComEd	Community Energy Inc.	Conservation Services Group
Constellation NewEnergy	Ecoelectrons Renewable Energy	Element Markets	Empire District Electric Company
Endless Energy Corporation	Enpalo	Exelon Power Team	FirstEnergy Solutions Corporation
GT Environmental Finance	Good Energy, LP	Green Mountain Energy Company	Green Power 4 Texas
Hess Energy	Iberdola Renewables	Integrys Energy Group	Juice Energy
Liberty Power	Maine Interfaith Power & Light	Mainstay Energy	Massachusetts Energy Consumers Alliance (Mass Energy)
MidAmerican Energy	MotivEarth	NativeEnergy	Neuwing Energy Ventures
Nexant Clean Energy Solutions	NextEra Energy Resources (formerly FPL Energy)	Old Mill Power Company	PPL Corporation
PPM Energy	Pacific Renewables	Peoples Energy Services	PowerLight
Premier Energy Marketing	Premier Power Solutions	QVINTA, Inc.	Reliant Energy
Renewable Choice Energy	Select Energy	Sempra Energy Solutions	Shell Trading
SKY energy, Inc.	Sol Systems	Spartan Renewable Energy	Spectron Environmental
Sterling Planet, Inc.	Strategic Energy	SUEZ Energy Resources NA	Sun Farm Ventures, Inc.
SunEdison	TFS Energy	TXU Energy	TerraPass Inc.
Texas Power	Tradition Energy	Tullett Prebon	Unicoi Energy Services
Viking Wind Partners, LLC	Village Green Energy	Vision Quest	Washington Gas Energy Services
Waste Management	Waverly Light and Power	Western Area Power Administration	WindCurrent
WindQuest Energy, Inc.	WindStreet Energy	World Energy

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