Allegheny Power Receives Approval to Offer Voluntary Wind Energy Program
Posted on: Thursday, 14 August 2008, 06:00 CDT
Allegheny Power, the electricity delivery subsidiary of Allegheny Energy, has announced that the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has approved its request to offer a voluntary wind energy program to its customers in the state.
In conjunction with its Watt Watchers campaign, Allegheny has partnered with Community Energy, a wind energy developer, to implement and market the program. The program allows residential, commercial and industrial customers the option to pay an additional charge to purchase wind energy credits.
The credits can be purchased in blocks of 100kWh, which will begin at $2.50 per block. Each block purchased represents an equal amount of wind energy that was generated and placed onto the power grid.
Allegheny has estimated that signing up at the $5 per month level for 200kWh of renewable energy has the same environmental benefits as planting 181 trees or not driving 2,310 miles.
Paul Evanson, chairman and CEO of Allegheny Energy, said: "Renewable energy plays an important role in meeting our growing energy demands. Our Pennsylvania customers now have the opportunity to support the development of electricity from wind farms located here and in other areas of the country."
Source: Datamonitor
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