Sign up for Green Power for only $4 per 150 kilowatt hours! (Note: this is in addition to your regular monthly bill)
Southern Rivers Energy is a member of Green Power EMC – a partnership of 37 electric cooperatives in Georgia offering Green Power to their members.
In a nutshell, "Green Power" is electricity generated from renewable or more environmentally friendly sources. This means less impact on air, water and other natural resources. Typical Green Power technologies include: biomass, solar, wind, and water (low impact hydro). Biomass includes landfill gas and agricultural wastes.
The Green-e Energy logo helps consumers easily identify environmentally superior renewable energy options. For more information on Green-e Energy certification requirements, call 1-888-63-GREEN or log on to www.green-e.org
Every kilowatt-hour produced from green energy resources offsets power that would be produced using traditional generation sources. Every megawatt of electricity generated from Green Power is equivalent to: Taking 9,333 cars off the road. Planting 12,666 acres of forest; or Displacing the use of 210 railroad cars of coal.

Through Green Power EMC, we are able to participate in a unique program designed to educate students and teachers about renewable energy and its impact on the environment.
We recently partnered with Lamar County Middle School to install a 1 kilowatt (kW) grid-tied photovoltaic system to harness the energy from the sun and provide on-line data monitoring to the classroom. The solar panel can be viewed behind the gym on the hill above the Trojan Athletic Complex on Burnette Rd.
For detailed information about Green Power including all the current projects in Georgia, visit www.greenpoweremc.org.
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| The product is sold in blocks of 150 kilowatt-hours (kWh). The product will be made up of the following renewable resources. |
- Green-e Energy Certified New2 Renewables in Southern Rivers Energy Green Power Program
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- Fayette and Taylor Counties, Georgia
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- 1. These figures reflect the power that we have contracted to provide. Actual figures may vary according to resource availability. We will annually report to you the actual resource mix of the electricity you purchased during the preceding year.
- 2. New Renewables come from generation facilities that first began commercial operation on or after January 1, 1997.
3. Eligible hydroelectric facilities are defined in the Green-e Energy National Standard (http://www.green-e.org/getcert_re_stan.shtml) and include facilities certified by the Low Impact Hydropower Institute (LIHI) (www.lowimpacthydro.org); facilities that are run-of-the-river hydropower facilities with a total rated nameplate capacity equal to or less than 5 MW; and facilities comprised of a turbine in a pipeline or a turbine in an irrigation canal.
For comparison, the current average mix of resources supplying Southern Rivers Energy includes: Coal (57.1%), Nuclear (25.4%), Oil (0%), Natural Gas (2.8%), Hydroelectric (3.4%), and Other (11.2%).
The average home in the United States uses 900 kWh per month. [Source: U.S. EPA]
For specific information about this electricity product, please contact Customer Services at Southern Rivers Energy, (770) 358-1383.
Green-e Energy certifies that Southern Rivers Energy Green Power Program meets the minimum environmental and consumer protection standards established by the non-profit Center for Resource Solutions. For more information on Green-e Energy certification requirements, call 1-888-63-GREEN or log on to www.green-e.org.
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