1. Clean up your electric supply
Choose 100% Renewable Energy - Avoid 3-6 Tons of carbon emissions per year and more if you have electric heating appliances
The grid is getting cleaner every day, and many states have laws mandating 100% renewable energy. But you do not need to wait - here are 3 ways to get clean energy to your home right now. In some cases it makes sense to combine these methods to cover all your electricity usage.
With a clean electric supply, all the appliances that use electricity in your home will produce ZERO carbon emissions so your home can be emissions free.
Green Power Plans
This action is one of the simplest and most powerful you can take - for pennies of additional cost per day you will fund new renewable energy generation and ensure that all your electric devices will create zero emissions. Most of us can access Green Power Plans from our utilities within minutes.
Community Solar
With Community Solar you get clean energy and save money on your electricity costs. Your subscription supports a small scale utility solar project in your area supplying 100% clean energy to the grid. You will get a credit on your electric utility bill - usually giving you a 5% discount on your electricity costs.
Rooftop Solar
For some households, installing rooftop solar can be a great way to generate renewable energy to power your home and save money. Even in cloudy places like Oregon, rooftop solar can be very effective and tax incentives can take thousands of dollars off the installation costs.
Here’s why it matters…
One quarter of the problem
Burning coal and gas to generate electricity creates 25% of total emissions in the U.S. Wind and solar are replacing aging coal and gas powered generation plants but we can help accelerate the transition to clean energy by purchasing renewable energy today.
Renewables are affordable
Clean renewable wind and solar generation costs have been plummeting as the technology has developed and they are projected to fall even further. Today, wind and solar are often the cheapest sources of energy generation - even cheaper than existing gas and coal plants.
Help clean up the grid
Because coal plants are retiring and being replaced with low cost renewables, carbon emissions from the grid are going down even as electricity capacity is increasing. We can all help accelerate this trend to a cleaner grid by choosing renewable energy sources for our own homes.
Avoid Tons of CO2 each year
The electricity that a typical US home consumes each year will result in 3-6 Tons of CO2 emissions from the fossil fuels burned to generate that power. All of these emissions can be avoided by choosing 100% Renewable Energy for your home. Your electricity will be carbon free and everything you power with electricity will create ZERO emissions.