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Green-e Energy Certifies Ecoelectrons Renewable Energy's Eco Renewable Energy Credits

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

Green-e Energy Certifies Ecoelectrons Renewable Energy's Eco Renewable Energy Credits

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

Published 07-09-09

Submitted by Center for Resource Solutions

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - July 9, 2009 - Center for Resource Solutions announced today that the REC product "Eco Renewable Energy Credits," is now Green-e(R) Energy Certified. Ecoelectrons Renewable Energy joins the growing network of renewable energy providers that offer products certified by Green-e Energy, the nation's leading certification and verification program for renewable energy.

"We are very pleased to announce that Ecoelectrons Renewable Energy will participate in Green-e Energy by offering a certified renewable energy option to its customers" said Alex Pennock, Green-e Energy Manager. "Ecoelectrons Renewable 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."

Ecoelectrons Renewable Energy can now offer their wholesale and commercial clients a flexible suite of renewable energy products. By purchasing Eco Renewable Energy Credits, customers will support currently available renewable resources as well as aid the development of new renewable resources to be built in North America.

"We have had a lot of interest from businesses that want to reduce their environmental impact and contribute in a transparent and meaningful manner" said Rahul Chitrapu, Co-founder of Ecoelectrons. "Green-e Energy Certified renewable energy does just that. Our customers can be certain that they are obtaining the highest quality environmental product that makes a real difference. We are very proud to partner with Green-e Energy."

Green-e Energy is the leading renewable energy certification and verification program in the U.S., with over 190 participating vendors that sold over 15 million MWhs 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 Ecoelectrons
Ecoelectrons helps businesses quantify and reduce their carbon footprints by supplying Renewable Energy Credits. Renewable electricity, such as that from wind power generators, is more expensive to produce than conventional fossil fuel and nuclear power sources. Renewable Energy Credits add a premium to renewable generation and their purchasers become owners of the environmental attributes of renewable electricity. Please visit www.ecoelectrons.com for more info.

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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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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