May 20, 2002—Green Mountain Energy Co. is teaming up with the Governor James E. McGreevey to make New Jersey one of the cleanest-powered state governments in the nation.
A total of 196 state-operated facilities—from the State House in Trenton to Barnegat Lighthouse at the Shore—are now purchasing cleaner and renewable electric service from Green Mountain Energy Company, the nation’s largest residential provider of cleaner electricity. The service represents 12 percent of the electricity purchased by the state government, for a total of 113 million kilowatt hours over the fifteen-month term of the contract. That’s equivalent to the average amount of electricity purchased in a month by approximately 173,000 homes in New Jersey.
State facilities covered under the contract will purchase Green Mountain Energy’s “Enviro Blend,” a Green-e certified product generated from renewable resources such as wind, water, biomass, and solar generation. Green-e is a program of the Center for Resource Solutions (CRS), a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, Calif.
For more information about renewable energy in New Jersey, contact the New Jersey Energy Choice program. Electric customers in New Jersey can choose Green Mountain Energy electricity by calling 888/246-6730.
