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 Green
Tags are created when wind power or another source renewable
energy is substituted for traditional power. The result is a shift
away from our dependence on burning fossil fuel to produce electricity.
Using clean renewable energy is friendly to the environment and
reduces emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
Green Tags represent the renewable energy attributes of clean energy
– the real savings in carbon dioxide and other pollutants that
occur when green power replaces burning fossil fuel.
Renewable energy is still a little more expensive than buying traditional
power so Green Tags are purchased in addition to the electricity
that you are now using. Buying Green Tags has the same effect as
buying green power. Both replace fossil fuel generators with clean
renewables, and both have exactly the same environmental benefits.
Green Power
Our Wind Co-op Green Tags are “value-added” because
they are derived from small-scale, locally owned wind turbines.
In recognition of these unique qualities, Puget Sound Energy will
purchase all the Green Tags produced by OWC members in Washington
and Oregon through 2006, and offer them for sale to their consumers
through the utility’s Green
Power Plan.
“Our involvement in this project is a testament to the commitment
and values of our Green Power customers. This is yet another example
of how these customers are helping to support local development
of small-scale renewable energy.” – Mike Richardson, PSE’s Manager of Renewable Programs
Seattle City Light’s Green
Power Program is also providing significant support through
their purchase of Green Tags from Bonneville Environmental Foundation.
These contributions will help foster the growth of distributed wind
power throughout the region.
Learn More
To learn how Our Wind Co-op is leveraging tag sales to reduce
the cost-share required of site hosts, review this paper
presented the national American Wind Energy Association conference
in March, 2004. For more information on how Green Tags work, visit:
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