Dominion Green Power Program
Customer participation in the Dominion Green Power® program more than doubled in 2010 after a successful launch in 2009. We created Dominion Green Power® to give our Virginia customers a practical and economical way to support the delivery of renewable energy to the regional power pool.
Virginia customers who enroll in the Dominion Green Power® program direct us to purchase renewable energy certificates (RECs) on their behalf. These RECs may be purchased from wind, solar, biomass or low-impact hydroelectric facilities, and the additional cost is added to the customer’s monthly electric bill.
- Participation Options
Customers have two participation options:
- Purchase RECs equal to 100 percent of their monthly electrical usage for an additional 1.5 cents per kilowatt-hour; or
- Specify a fixed amount in any $2 increment to purchase RECs.
For a typical residential customer, participation in the 100 percent option for one year can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 8.5 tons – the equivalent of taking a car off the road for 18 months.
- Purchase RECs equal to 100 percent of their monthly electrical usage for an additional 1.5 cents per kilowatt-hour; or
- Green-e Certification
By the end of 2010, more than 12,000 customers had enrolled in the program, which achieved Green-e energy certification from the Center for Resource Solutions in 2009. Green-e Energy is the nation’s leading independent consumer protection program for renewable energy sales.- NC GreenPower
For our 115,000 customers in North Carolina, we support the NC GreenPower initiative, which allows customers to add voluntary tax-deductible contributions to their electric bills. These funds are used to promote renewable energy development in the state.
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