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Dominion Energy Green Power®
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It's easy to match your electricity use with renewable energy. When you enroll in Dominion Energy Green Power®, your monthly investment goes towards the purchase of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) from wind and solar facilities in Virginia and the surrounding region. These RECs are then retired on your behalf. The purchase of RECs helps to support future growth and production of new clean energy facilities. 123
How Does the Program Work?
When you sign up, we buy Green-e Energy® certified renewable energy certificates (RECs) from renewable energy facilities and retire them on your behalf. This guarantees that renewable energy is generated and delivered to the power pool in the amount specified.
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Enrollment Options
Block Option
Pricing Details: This option allows you to purchase Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) in blocks. Each block costs $2 (based on a rate of $0.012 per kWh), and represents 167 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of renewable energy. You can add as many blocks as you wish to your monthly bill, and they will be charged each month.
Example: If you are enrolled in the Block Option and choose to purchase12 blocks, $24 will be added to your monthly electricity bill to support renewable energy (12 blocks x $2). This charge will be the same fixed amount on your bill each month.
Calculations are approximate and based on EPA methodology.
100% Match
Pricing Details: This option allows you to match your entire monthly electricity usage with Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs). This additional cost is calculated by adding 1.2 cents ($0.012) per kilowatt-hour (kWh) of electricity used to your monthly bill.
Example: If you are enrolled in the 100% Option and use 1,000 kWh per month, you can expect to pay $12 more per month for Dominion Energy Green Power® (1,000 kWh x $0.012). Actual cost will be calculated by Dominion Energy and will vary from month to month according to your actual electricity use.
Calculations are approximate and based on EPA methodology.
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Enroll in Dominion Energy Green Power® and start supporting new clean energy facilities!
The Dominion Energy Green Power® team has been talking to some of our most passionate residential and business supporters. From green-minded homeowners to small businesses, participants are proud to support renewable energy and to share their participation with their neighbors, customers, and employees.
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FAQs
The program is open to residential, commercial and industrial customers. Customers receiving temporary service are not eligible.
To enroll in the program, login to Manage Account.
To enroll, or to change your contribution amount, register or sign in.
- Residential Customers: select “Renewable Energy Programs” under the “Billing” section.
- Non-residential customers: select “Energy Management” under the “Billing” section.
You can also call the customer service center at 866-366-4357.
Your monthly charge for Green Power is in addition to your monthly electric bill. It may take up to one billing cycle to complete your enrollment.
You may cancel anytime and there is no cancellation fee. We will make the change to your account within 30 days of receiving your request to cancel.
You have 2 enrollment options:
- 100% Option
This option allows you to match your entire monthly electricity usage with Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs). The cost is $0.012 per kWh and the total cost will fluctuate depending on your actual usage each month. - Block Option
This option allows you to purchase Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) in any $2 fixed increment, as much as you wish. Each increment is equal to 167 kWh.
We will conduct annual reviews and if it’s necessary to raise rates to ensure it reflects the current market value, we will give advance notice to customers.
No, nothing will change about how electricity is delivered to your home or business. The renewable energy will be added to the grid on your behalf.
| Program Name | Dominion Energy REC Select℠ | Dominion Energy 100% Renewable Energy® | Dominion Energy Green Power® | Dominion Energy Community Solar℠ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match a Portion | ||||
| Match 100% | 1 | 2 | ||
| Cost | 0.269¢/kWh $2.69/MWh |
0.398¢/kWh $3.98/MWh |
1.2¢/kWh $12/MWh |
2.013¢/kWh $20.13/MWh |
| Energy & RECs3 | ||||
| Green-e® Energy Certified | ||||
| Renewable Resources | ||||
| Location | National RECs | VA and NC | VA and surrounding region4 | VA |
Key:
= Solar
= Wind
= Geothermal
= Hydropower
= Wave or Tidal
= Biomass
= Landfill Gas
- Available to customers with peak demand of 5 MW or less.
- Commercial customers over 500kW are limited to ten blocks (1,000 kWh) and cannot subscribe at 100%.
- When you purchase from these programs, you purchase the energy and RECs from a portfolio of renewable resources owned or contracted by Dominion Energy.
- Generation locations include: PA, DE, DC, VA, OH, IN, IL, MD, WV, MO, TN, NC, SC, GA, MS, AL, LA or AR
Also please consider on-site renewable energy options like net metering.
No, we do not make a profit from the Dominion Energy Green® Power program. When you sign up for the Dominion Energy Green Power® program, your monthly Green Power payment is used to purchase Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) and to help cover the costs of the program which include customer education, program promotion, tracking and verifying RECs, and program administration.
No. Dominion Energy Green Power® is a voluntary program that provides customers with the option to be leaders in the growth of renewable energy above and beyond other government goals or requirements. Your purchase really makes a difference. The RECs purchased for the Dominion Energy Green Power® program are retired on behalf of program participants and are completely separate from any other RECs Dominion Energy Virginia may purchase to achieve Virginia's voluntary Renewable Energy Goal of 15 percent of base year electricity energy sales coming from renewable energy sources by 2025.
The Dominion Energy Green Power® program is designed for customers who want to support renewable energy in addition to what Dominion Energy is doing to meet renewable energy goals. Through participation in this program, we will purchase Green-e Energy® certified renewable energy certificates in the amount specified by participating customers. These certificates verify that the amount of renewable energy purchased was generated and delivered to the regional power pool.
The firm 3Degrees Group, Inc. has been selected to purchase and verify the certificates through independent third parties for the Dominion Energy Green Power® program. 3Degrees is a nationally recognized provider of Green-e Energy® certified renewable energy. The firm has been recognized as the EPA Green Supplier of the Year an unprecedented eight times. 3Degrees' role is to provide program support services for Dominion Energy and to purchase and deliver RECs that meet the Green-e Energy® standard. Green-e Energy certification of the RECs provides the customer with added value through application of its rigorous standards for transparency and quality assurance, consumer confidence and support for consumer education.
Green-e Energy® is the nation's leading voluntary certification program for renewable energy. Green-e Energy® is a program of the Center for Resource Solutions, a national nonprofit organization working to build policies and consumer-protection mechanisms in renewable energy, greenhouse gas reductions and energy efficiency.
For over a decade, Green-e Energy® has been certifying renewable energy that meets the environmental and consumer protection standards identified in the Green-e® National Standard.
The Dominion Energy Green Power® program and the RECs purchased for the program are Green-e Energy® certified. These certifications mean that:
- We purchase and retire RECs in the exact quantity to meet participating customer demand.
- The RECs purchased for this program come from renewable energy facilities that meet Green-e® standards.
- The customer education and program marketing materials provided by this program are accurate and disclose relevant program details, terms, and conditions.
You can learn more about Green-e® certification at www.green-e.org.
Your organization can join the voluntary U.S. EPA Green Power Partnership with a qualifying purchase through Dominion Energy Green Power®. The EPA Green Power Partnership is a voluntary program that supports the organizational procurement of green power. To qualify for the Green Power Partnership, potential partner organizations must meet or exceed a minimum percentage of green power that corresponds to the organization's annual purchased electricity use. To learn more about the U.S. EPA Green Power Partnership visit www.epa.gov/greenpower.
Our renewable energy provider is 3Degrees Group, Inc. This firm was selected on the basis of its experience providing similar services to other utilities across the country and its extensive knowledge of the renewable energy industry. 3Degrees will purchase and retire Green-e Energy® certified Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) in the amount specified by Dominion Energy Virginia customers through this program.
For more information, visit 3Degrees at www.3degreesinc.com.
The Dominion Energy Green Power® program purchases RECs on behalf of program participants from a number of renewable energy facilities located throughout the Southeast and Midwest US. The program's product content will be a blend of Green-e® eligible renewable sources such as wind, solar, and biomass. In addition to sourcing RECs from the surrounding regions, since 2011 the Dominion Energy Green Power® program has made efforts to increase the volume of Virginia-based RECs in the Green Power product.
Dominion Energy Green Power® is Green-e Energy® certified, and meets the environmental and consumer-protection standards set forth by the nonprofit Center for Resource Solutions.
Launched on January 1, 2009, Dominion Energy Green Power® is one of more than 500 voluntary green pricing programs throughout the country that provide customers with a practical and economical way to support renewable energy and harness the benefits.
With a cost of just 1.2 cents additional per kilowatt-hour, it's one of the most affordable voluntary green power programs in the country, based on data from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).