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Green-e Energy Certifies Glacial Energy Holdings' Glacial Renewable Energy Credits

Glacial Energy's Commercial Customers Can Now Sign Up for a Certified Renewable Energy Option

Green-e Energy Certifies Glacial Energy Holdings' Glacial Renewable Energy Credits

Glacial Energy's Commercial Customers Can Now Sign Up for a Certified Renewable Energy Option

Published 06-25-09

Submitted by Center for Resource Solutions

SAN FRANCISCO, CA. - June 25, 2009 - Center for Resource Solutions announced today that the renewable energy certificate (REC) product Glacial Renewable Energy Credits, offered by Glacial Energy, is now Green-e Energy Certified. Glacial Energy joins the growing network of renewable energy providers offering products certified by Green-e Energy, the nation's leading certification and verification program for renewable energy.

"We are very pleased to announce that Glacial Energy will participate in Green-e Energy by offering a certified renewable energy option to its customers," said Alex Pennock, Green-e Energy Manager. "Glacial Energy's customized REC solutions have just made it even easier for businesses and institutions nationwide to reduce the environmental impact of the electricity they use."

Glacial Energy can now offer its commercial clients a flexible suite of renewable energy products. By purchasing Glacial Renewable Energy Credits, customers will support currently available renewable resources as well as aid the development of new renewable resources in the U.S.

"Our customers have asked us for products that allow them to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with their energy use. Green-e Energy certification is part of our initial response," said Joel Glassman, Vice President of Corporate Development. "We are now able to offer our customers renewable products that meet the highest standards in the renewable energy industry."

Green-e Energy is the leading renewable energy certification and verification program in the U.S., with more than 190 participating vendors selling over 15 million MWh of renewable energy in 2007. The program provides independent, third party certification to ensure certified renewable energy meets strict environmental and consumer protection standards.

Providers of Green-e Energy Certified renewable energy agree to abide by the Green-e Energy Code of Conduct, and meet strict disclosure and truth-in-advertising requirements. All marketers of Green-e Energy Certified products 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.

The Green-e logo, the national symbol for renewable energy excellence, enables a growing number of consumers 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.

About Glacial Energy

Glacial Energy, one of the fastest growing retail energy marketers in the US, was formed to take advantage of the deregulation of the electricity industry in the United States. Currently, Glacial Energy is licensed to do business in New York, Texas, Illinois, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire, Ohio, and Michigan. With one of the most versatile billing operations in the business, Glacial Energy targets the commercial and industrial segment of the electricity market, providing significant cost savings for the customer. For more information on Glacial Energy visit www.glacialenergy.com.

About Green-e Energy

Green-e is the nation's leading independent consumer protection program for the sale of renewable energy and greenhouse gas reductions in the retail market. Green-e offers certification and verification of renewable energy and greenhouse gas mitigation products through Green-e Energy, a renewable energy certification program; Green-e Climate, a greenhouse gas emission reduction certification program; and Green-e Marketplace, a program that licenses the Green-e logo for organizations that purchase or generate sufficient quantities of renewable energy. To learn more about Green-e certified products and programs available in all 50 states, visit www.green-e.org.

About Center for Resource Solutions

Green-e is a program of 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. To learn more, visit www.resource-solutions.org.

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Center for Resource Solutions

The Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) is a national nonprofit with global impact. CRS brings forth expert responses to climate change issues with the speed and effectiveness necessary to provide real-time solutions. Our leadership through collaboration and environmental innovation builds policies and consumer-protection mechanisms in renewable energy, greenhouse gas reductions, and energy efficiency that foster healthy and sustained growth in national and international markets.

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