Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) are Good for Your Business

A REC represents the positive environmental attributes of renewable power. These attributes are marketed and sold separately from the underlying commodity - electricity. Commercial Energy has contracted with the Green-e program based in San Francisco to certify the Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) that we offer to our clients. When your company invests in RECs through CE, the money flows directly to the actual generator of the renewable energy, allowing these developers to re-invest in new or expanded capacity. Your business can use the positive publicity by posting it to your website, in your lobby, on your product(s) packaging and in the local media. This healthy corporate publicity may help recruit new employees as well as satisfy your existing employees about your commitment to a healthy workplace. In the immediate future, it can distinguish your company from its competitors. To date, companies as diverse, and as notable, as Wells Fargo, Pepsico, and Starbucks have made significant investments in RECs to offset their electricity usage in 2007 and beyond.

"Be Green" - Our Vision for a Better Energy Future

Given Commercial Energy's history as a pioneer in developing competitive energy markets, it is not surprising that we would offer RECs before much has been written about them in the mass media. Our "Be Green" products allow you to individually define how many RECs you want or need, as well as determine the source of generation, whether wind, biomass, solar, or otherwise. As always, we will help you define and meet your renewable energy goals just as we have helped you meet your natural gas needs over the past ten years. Description: Solar Two in Daggett, CA. It was a 10-MW solar thermal electric power plant. Heliostats followed the sun and directed its light to the receiver at the top of the tower. Source: The photograph was taken by kjkolb. Date: 7/23/2003 Copyright: The photograph is released under GFDL and cc-by-sa-2.5

Our Philosophy on Competitive Energy Markets

We believe that customers are the best source and location for new products and services that can relieve the peak demand strain on the energy grid. But we also know that these creative forces cannot be effectively unleashed without a competitive market option. Open markets create better-informed, more engaged customers who participate more meaningfully in the debates about energy markets. In December 2006, the California PUC opened a Rulemaking to evaluate opening electricity choice to businesses, similar to the choices offered for natural gas. The California Legislature also passed SB1078 that requires, by 2011, that 20% of all electricity consumed in state be produced from Renewable Generators that came in service since 2005. Our "Be Green" products are a VOLUNTARY method for your company to meet or exceed the State's renewable energy goals while sending a message that the private sector is doing its part without governmental intrusion.