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Green Power - Energy Alternatives
How long can men thrive between walls of brick,
walking on asphalt pavements, breathing the fumes of coal and of oil, growing, working,
dying, with hardly a thought of wind, and sky, and fields of grain, seeing only machine-made
beauty, the mineral-like quality of life?
~Charles A. Lindbergh, Reader's Digest,
November 1939
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PSE's Green Power Program for
Businesses and BUF
Puget Sound Energy's (PSE) Green Power Program is one of the top 10 Green Power Programs in the
country (source: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 12/2007). PSE believes renewable energy
resources should be an integral part of our overall supply portfolio to meet the increasing demand
for energy from our customers, diversify our fuel sources, enhance fuel price stability, reduce
incremental air emissions, and stimulate local economic development. As demand for electricity
increases, PSE is focused on expanding the use of power generated from renewable, environmentally
sound resources, such as solar, wind and biomass energy.
In February 2009, Linda Fels and Deb Cruz, Green Sanctuary Co-Chairs, presented a proposal to the
Board on signing up as a 100% Leadership Partner in Puget Sound's Green Power Program and the Board
approved the proposal. This is a program where we buy renewable energy equal to the amount of
electricity we use. PSE purchases renewable energy credits from regional renewable energy facilities
on our behalf and this guarantees that electricity from wind, solar, and biomass facilities is
delivered to the regional power pool (the grid). All of the renewable energy PSE's Green Power
customers purchase is produced here in the Pacific Northwest and fed into the regional grid.
Renewable sources under the Green Power Program include:
• The Baker River Hydroelectric Project located on a tributary of the Skagit River in northwest
Washington
• The Wild Horse Wind and Solar Facility located in Kittitas County, Washington
• The Hopkins Ridge Wind Project located Columbia County, Washington
• The Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project located about 30 miles east of Seattle on the
Cascade Mountains' western slope.
• The Electron Hydroelectric Project located about 25 miles southeast of Tacoma in the western
foothills of Mount Rainier
• PSE Biomass Project located in Lynden, Washington, at the VanderHaak Dairy Digester
BUF joins several other Whatcom County business and organizations as leadership partners.
- 2020 Engineering
- Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship
- Boccemon
- City of Bellingham
- Kulshan Cycles
- Mallard Ice Cream & Café
- McNett Corporation
- POS Guys (MGM Solutions)
- POS-X, Inc.
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- Price Jones LLC
- Quicksilver Photo Lab
- Recycling & Disposal Services, Inc.
- Sanitary Service Company
- Steele Financial Services, Inc.
- Whatcom County
- Whatcom Transportation Authority
- Wildcatch
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PSE's Green Power Program for Residences and BUF
Members
PSE offers two renewable power options to its electric customers. Both options allow you to buy safe, clean,
renewable energy – which promotes resource diversity and reduces reliance on fossil fuels.
100 Percent of Your Monthly Usage:
- our renewable energy purchase is based on your total monthly usage. The additional cost is $0.0125,
or just over a penny, per kWh.
- For the average energy-efficient household using 800 kWh monthly, green power usage would only
cost about $10.00 more per month on your electric bill.
- The environmental benefit is equivalent to taking a car off the road for a year.*
Blocks:
- PSE’s Green Power Program lets you purchase renewable energy in 160 kilowatt-hour (kWh) blocks for a
fixed cost of $2.00 per block per month, with a minimum purchase of $4.00 per month.
- You can buy as many blocks as you'd like, allowing you to match a portion or all your energy usage
to new renewable resources around the region.
Sign up for Green Power at http://www.pse.com/energyEnvironment/renewableenergy4/Pages/greenPowerSignUp.aspx
or ask at the Green Sanctuary table during coffee hour.
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Types of Energy Alternatives
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