Benton PUD now offers Green Power, a program to give our customers an opportunity to make a contribution to our environment in a simple way.
The
cleanest power with the least impact on our
environment, Green Power is produced from renewable
energy sources such as wind, solar, biomass,
geothermal and small run-of-river hydro sources.
Many people prefer these clean power sources
because they support recycling which protects
the earth and its resources.
Green
Power is a customer choice. Your commitment
and level of participation is completely up
to you. The level at which you choose to participate
will be billed monthly and included on your
bill. The Green Power program offers you the
opportunity to make a choice, to make a positive
environmental contribution and to make a big
difference at a minimal cost.
Can
Green Power be directed to your home or business?
Green power purchased by Benton PUD is placed
into the northwest power grid. It is impossible
to track each electron through the miles of
power lines to your home. The concept is simply
this- by purchasing green power from the most
environmentally friendly energy suppliers,
you are supporting renewable resources and
helping to preserve our environment.
Yesterday's
trash becomes tomorrow's Green Power. Benton
PUD purchases Green Power from Klickitat
PUD, our neighbor in Goldendale. Klickitat
PUD produces renewable energy at our region's
largest landfill gas-to-energy power plant.
It generates renewable energy, using methane
produced from municipal waste. This is the
least expensive renewable energy option available
in our region today, however, it does cost
slightly more. The plant is the ultimate in
recycling - yesterday's trash becomes tomorrow's
renewable energy.
New to our
area are renewable energy generating wind
mills. Wind power is the cheapest, fastest-growing
source of Green Power. Benton PUD has purchased
6.25% of the total load of the Jump Off Joe
Butte wind project.
These are the least expensive
renewable energy options available in our
region today, however, they do cost slightly
more than more conventional options.
Benton
PUD supports Green Power. We are always looking
to the future and planning ahead.
