We believe that renewable resources are our past, present and future. From generating water-driven hydroelectric power at home to investing in wind farms and solar energy projects, we are a leader in promoting the tremendous value of natural resources.
For these reasons, we started the Renewable Energy Credit (REC) program. This program allows customers to collaborate with us to invest together in our clean energy future. Customers can purchase Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) that are associated with energy generated from renewable sources.
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) represent the property rights to the environmental, social and other non-power attributes of renewable electricity generation. RECs are issued when one megawatt-hour (MWh) of electricity is generated and delivered to the electricity grid from a renewable energy resource.
You can purchase a REC for as little as $1.25 a month.
Your power usage can be matched to renewable resources. RECs are supported by several different levels of government, regional electricity transmission authorities, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and trade associations, as well as in U.S. case law.
RECs include several data attributes, including:
Renewable fuel type
Renewable facility location
Project name
Certificate (generation) vintage
Certificate unique identification number
We offer a renewable energy certificate program, Greener State, to make powering your home with renewable energy easy and affordable for you.
Learn MoreTo learn more or to join our Renewable Energy Certificate program, visit greenerstate.com or call Customer Service at 1-800-990-2726.
More information about RECs is available from the EPA’s website: https://www.epa.gov/greenpower/renewable-energy-certificates-recs.
We are pleased to announce the 2022 Renewable Request for Proposal.
Learn MoreWe offer options to help companies meet sustainability goals now and well into the future.
View OptionsSolar energy is power that is harnessed directly from the sun’s radiation. The sun can provide energy year-round as either a heat source or a source of electricity for your home or business.
Learn MoreWe operate 14 hydroelectric facilities and 11 reservoirs on the Coosa, Tallapoosa and Warrior river systems that average around 6 percent of the company’s annual electric generation. These projects are operated under licenses issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Learn MoreWe are a leading purchaser among southeast utilities of energy from out-of-state wind farms. The company has agreements with Chisholm View Wind Project in Oklahoma and Buffalo Dunes Wind Project in Kansas for enough energy to power more than 100,000 homes. Under both 20-year contracts, we have the flexibility to use generated wind energy to serve customers and retire the associated renewable energy credits (RECs) or sell the energy and RECs to others, either separately or bundled together.
Plants grow by converting solar energy into “biomass,” and some forms of biomass are more useful than others in storing and releasing that energy. Biomass is considered “carbon neutral” - meaning that carbon dioxide emissions from burning biomass are offset by the CO2 that was absorbed by the biomass as it grew.
For more than a decade, we have researched biomass – from wood chips to switchgrass – at almost half a dozen of our generation facilities. We are also partnering with a Westervelt Company in Moundville to produce more biomass energy. We have the flexibility to either deliver the energy to our customers or sell the energy or the associated renewable energy credits to third parties.
We're helping customers learn about geothermal heat pumps, and we're partnering on other projects.
Learn MoreTo learn more about how project developers will interconnect distributed generation systems to the grid, please read our interconnection policy.
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