Info for Pennsylvanians: Consumer Resources

Consumer Resources

As of 2000, the Pennsylvania electricity market is deregulated - meaning that electricity consumers can choose which company they want to produce their energy, while transmission and distribution are still handled by the local utilities. (For a more detailed explanation, see Pennsylvania Electricity Deregulation.) This means that Pennsylvania consumers can purchase clean, renewable wind energy to power their homes and businesses, with no change in service or reliability. For more information on your options as a Pennsylvania energy consumer, visit Pennsylvania Utility Choice.

Pennsylvanians may find out how environmentally friendly their current electricity supplier is by visiting the Power Scorecard, an online environmental impact calculator. Consumers may also use the Power Profiler, an online tool from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that measures the real pollution effect of one's energy use.

Interested in purchasing wind energy? A number of choices are available:

PECO customers can now purchase wind energy directly through PECO, under the new PECOWind program. For more information, visit PECO Wind Energy or read a Clean Air Council summary of the new program.
Community Energy, Inc. runs NewWind Energy, a supplier of wind power to residential and commercial customers in the region.
Green Mountain Energy, a well-established renewable energy company, offers wind power to customers throughout the state as a part of its overall energy portfolio or "mix."
Green-e, an environmental certification program, provides a helpful list of wind energy suppliers available to Pennsylvanians.
The Energy Cooperative is a co-op electricity provider supplying members throughout southeastern Pennsylvania with a 100% renewable energy product, 10 percent being from Pennsylvania wind.
The Clean Your Air website provides information on how consumers in the mid-Atlantic region can purchase energy from clean energy resources, including wind.

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