{"id":3102,"date":"2013-03-17T14:02:17","date_gmt":"2013-03-17T18:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/?p=3102"},"modified":"2021-09-03T15:04:09","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T19:04:09","slug":"new-option-for-greening-your-electricity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/new-option-for-greening-your-electricity\/","title":{"rendered":"New Option For “Greening” Your Electricity"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019re wondering what you can<\/strong> do to reduce your carbon footprint<\/strong> and promote sustainable energy<\/strong>, here\u2019s an easy step that has recently become available: choosing Mass Energy\u2019s green power supplier, Easy Energy, as the supplier for your<\/strong> electricity. Yes, NSTAR customers now have two new<\/strong> options for 1<\/strong>00% green energy<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

1). New England Wind <\/strong>– MA & RI wind power<\/p>\n

2). New England GreenStart<\/strong> – local wind, solar, digester gas & low-impact hydro power<\/p>\n

Not only are both options less expensive<\/strong> than NSTAR\u2019s green energy supplier, (NSTAR Green), but because they are available through Mass Energy Consumer Alliance, a local non-profit, they are mostly tax-deductible<\/strong>. Furthermore, supporting Mass Energy helps them continue their mission of promoting local, sustainable, green energy. Below are the details:<\/p>\n

Type\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cost<\/strong><\/p>\n

New England GreenStart\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2.7 cents above NSTAR\u2019s base price per kWh of 7.031 cents (38% higher per kWh)<\/p>\n

New England Wind\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4.1 cents above NSTAR\u2019s base price per kWh of 7.031 cents (58% higher per kWh)<\/p>\n

NOTE<\/span>: NSTAR Green is 8.012 cents above NSTAR’s base price per kWh of 7.031 cents (114% higher per kWh)<\/p>\n

To learn more<\/strong> or to sign up online<\/strong>, go to Mass Energy\u2019s website<\/a>, or call them at 1-800-287-3950. Click here<\/a> to view Mass Energy’s FAQs <\/strong>about their renewable energy options. Please note that you will need to know your NSTAR account number to switch your energy supplier. Once you’ve switched, you will still continue to pay NSTAR every month – your green energy choice will be reflected on the bill as your energy supplier. Of course, because of the way electricity is delivered to individual homes, you would not actually receive the green energy you chose to purchase – it would just be added to the total energy supply mix – but by choosing green power, you are ensuring that renewable electricity is being delivered to the power grid on your behalf, thus creating a cleaner, healthier overall energy mix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019re wondering what you can do to reduce your carbon footprint and promote sustainable energy, here\u2019s an easy step that has recently become available: choosing Mass Energy\u2019s green power supplier, Easy Energy, as the supplier for your electricity. Yes,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":8787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[289],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-3102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buying-green-electricity","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}