Two Sites offering an easy way to calculate the pollution your green power removes from the environment.

The Environmental Benefits Of Green Power
From the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Calculate How Much Pollution Your Electricity Makes
Simply enter your monthly electric bill cost and click on your state! From the Environmental Defense Fund

. . . and tell others about the difference you're making !

Clean Power Estimator
The Clean Power Estimator provides California residential electric customers a personalized estimate of the costs and benefits of investing in a photovoltaic (PV) solar or small wind electric generation system.The program is economic evaluation software licensed for use by the California Energy Commission by Clean Power Research.

. . . and tell others what a smart investment you're making !

---

California Electric Service Providers
Suppliers providing electricity in California from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), CA, USA

California Green Power Providers
List of Renewable Electric Service Providers in California, serving residential and small commmercial customers. From the California Energy Commission, USA

Green Market Growing in California
Green power is leading growth of California electricity market.

California Marketer Switches Exclusively to Green and Slashes Prices
Commonwealth Energy, previously a marketer of brown power, announced they would switch all their residential customers to green power. Commonwealth announced it would begin exclusively selling green power at a discount from what residents pay for their current electricity.

Center for Energy Efficiency & Renewable Technologies (CEERT)
Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies, 1100 Eleventh Street, Suite 311, Sacramento, California 95814.

CEERT's Clean Power Guide
Californians now have the ability to purchase clean electricity. The Guide answers all your questions and makes it easy for you to Plug Into Clean Power.

EPA's Green Power Page
This site explores the emissions reduction potential associated with the purchase of green power, and helps you to Estimate the Environmental Benefits of Buying Green Power in your state!

Green-E Logo (green power labeling)
A Green-e logo is a way for customers to easily identify "green" electricity products. The project is
the nation's first voluntary certification and verification program for "green" electricity products.

New Report (Oct. 22, 1998) Shows California Consumers Deceived by "Green" Electricity Marketing
The report claims ratepayers pay extra dollars for sham benefits. It states that the marketing of "green" electricity in Californiaís newly deregulated utility market is largely a hoax on consumers and results in little or no benefit to the environment.

Powerful Solutions: 7 Ways to Switch America to Renewable Electricity
Summary: Public Benefits of Renewable Energy Use. The Costs and Benefits of Increasing Use of Renewable Energy. Making Renewable Energy the Standard. Barriers to Renewable Energy. If renewable energy sources are such a good deal for the country, why haven't they been more successful?

Power Scorecard
The Power Scorecard provides a way to compare the environmental impact of different green power providers.

Registered Electric Service Providers in California
California Energy Commission (CEC), CA, USA

Securitization of Utility Stranded Costs: What's In It For the Consumer?
Consumers Union; Nonprofit Publisher of Consumer Reports

TURN: The Utilities Reform Network