GREEN POWER VALUE TO CONSUMERS AND STAKEHOLDERS

Michael W. Tennis, ReGen Product Manager

AllEnergy Marketing Company

Waltham, MA

GET AN EDUCATION

What “choice” means. Pollution from conventional power plants is important!

– global warming, smog, acid rain, and nuclear waste disposal.

Renewable power resources dramatically reduce these problems.– wind, solar, landfill gas, geothermal, some hydro

Renewable power means projects “you can live with”.– paying property taxes and land rent, creating high quality

jobs, minimizing local pollution.

Policy initiatives that support renewables or constrain the most polluting power resources are important!

PERSONAL ACTION TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT

Convenient– educate oneself, evaluate offers, write a check

Effective– the air pollution due to our use of electricity is one of our major

impacts on the environment– Green power cuts air pollution dramatically

Affordable– meaningful green power commitments can cost as little as $2 per

month.

Improveable– you can always shop around for more effective options

A WAY TO BOTH SIGNAL AND CIRCUMVENT CONGRESS

Consumers can, in effect, implement the Kyoto Protocol individually

Green power purchases by businesses and individuals to reduce climate change emissions can signal Congress that their inaction is out-of-synch with the population

A CHANCE TO THINK GLOBALLY AND ACT LOCALLY

Climate change is a problem that:– effects the entire planet– is created by millions of individual and corporate actions– can be mitigated by thoughtful personal action

Green power is a solution to climate change that:– encourages local power projects that we can live with– creates local economic opportunities– produces collateral benefits like reduce acid rain and smog-

forming air emissions

CONSUMERS GET THE POWER TO REDUCE POLLUTION

Thorough education regarding power use, power plants, and pollution,– this will inform buying decisions and support public policy efforts

An effective, convenient, affordable, and meaningful personal action:– to reduce air pollution, support cool technologies, and

build local economies

A personal response to the frustration of waiting for Congress to act on climate change

A chance to change the world for the better through personal action.