9.25.2007 - 08:00am ET

(CSRwire) SAN FRANCISCO, CA - September 25, 2007 - The Center for Resource Solutions announced today that Lower Valley Energy (LVE)'s "Green Power" green pricing program is now Green-e certified, allowing its customers in and around Jackson, Wyoming, to green their electricity usage in a simple way. Lower Valley Energy joins the network of renewable energy providers that offer products certified by Green-e, the nation's leading certification and verification program for renewable energy.

"Green-e welcomes Lower Valley Energy to the Green-e Renewable Energy Certification Program," said Alex Pennock, Green-e associate. "Green Power is the first Green-e certified renewable electricity program offered in Wyoming and we are pleased that LVE's customers will have easy access to certified, local renewable energy through their utility."
Offered since 2003, LVE's Green Power program is sourced from wind facilities in Wyoming, predominantly the Foote Creek II Wind Project near Laramie. This use of local resources in Green Power ensures that customer participation helps the local environment, while creating greater demand for development of renewable resources. Green-e certification of Green Power shows that LVE is committed to delivering quality renewable energy to its customers.

"We are proud of the Green-e certification as, among other things, it allows our local membership to participate in national green-building programs like the US Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design," says LVE Communications Manager Brian Tanabe.
The Green-e program is the leading renewable energy certification and verification program in the U.S., with over 150 participating vendors who sold over five million MWhs of renewable energy in 2005. The program provides independent, third party certification to ensure certified renewable energy meets strict environmental and consumer protection standards.

Through the display and recognition of the Green-e logo, the national symbol for renewable energy excellence, a growing number of consumers are able to easily identify high quality, certified renewable energy options, as well as everyday consumer products that are produced by companies that use renewable energy in their operations.
Providers of Green-e certified renewable energy agree to abide by the Green-e Code of Conduct, and meet strict Green-e disclosure and truth-in-advertising requirements. All Green-e marketers undergo an annual verification audit to document that the company purchased and/or generated enough quantity and type of renewable energy to meet customer demand and marketing claims.

About Lower Valley Energy
Lower Valley Energy began in 1937 as Lower Valley Power & Light, Inc. with just 10 members signed up for the new cooperative. In 1999 when the name changed to Lower Valley Energy, there were over 13,000 members and the cooperative now serves just under 23,000 members. For more information about Lower Valley Energy, visit www.lvenergy.com

About Green-e and the Center for Resource Solutions:
Green-e provides an easy way for consumers to find credible greenhouse gas mitigation options. The Green-e Program currently offers renewable energy certification and Green-e logo product labeling for businesses and organizations that purchase or generate sufficient quantities of renewable energy. Beginning in the Fall of 2007, Green-e will also offer certification of retail greenhouse gas emission reduction products. To learn more about Green-e certified products and programs available in all 50 states, visit www.green-e.org.

Green-e is a program of the Center for Resource Solutions (CRS), a San Francisco-based nonprofit with a global impact. CRS brings forth expert responses to pertinent climate change issues with the speed and effectiveness necessary to provide real-time solutions to ongoing environmental problems. CRS's leadership through collaboration and environmental innovation builds policies and consumer protection mechanisms that foster healthy and sustained growth in national and international markets for environmental solutions to climate change including renewable energy and energy efficiency.

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