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3Degrees’ Utility Partnerships Stand Out Among Nation’s Top 10 Rankings
Top 3 status achieved on four of the five lists
San Francisco, CA – May 9th, 2008 – 3Degrees’ utility partners have once again been recognized as industry leaders in marketing green power. All four 3Degrees’ utility green power partnerships that have been operating more than a year appear on the nation’s latest Top 10 rankings, recently released by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). 3Degrees’ utility partners achieved Top 3 status on four of the five lists; this is among more than 750 utility green pricing programs in the nation.
This is the 7th year these rankings have been compiled, and voluntary renewable energy programs offered by utilities continue their robust growth, demonstrating both a consumer interest in supporting a domestic, clean energy economy and utility interest in meeting that demand.
3Degrees’ recognized utility partners include:
Pacific Power’s Blue Sky program:
- Ranked #3 in both Total Renewable Energy Sales and Total Customer Participants
- Ranked #7 in Green Power Sales as a Percentage of Total Retail Electricity Sales
- Ranked #8 in Customer Participation Rate
Silicon Valley Power’s Green Power Program:
- Ranked #3 in Customer Participation Rate
- Ranked #5 in Green Power Sales as a Percentage of Total Retail Electricity Sales
City Palo Alto Utilities PaloAltoGreen Program:
- Ranked #1 in Customer Participation Rate for the third consecutive year.
- Ranked #3 in Green Power Sales as a Percentage of Total Retail Electricity Sales
Roseville Electric’s Green Roseville program:
- Ranked #10 in Green Power Sales as a Percentage of Total Retail Electricity Sales
3Degrees continues to build upon and expand its utility partnership practice. In October 2007, 3Degrees launched its fifth utility partnership, Pure Power, with AmerenUE, in St. Louis MO.
NREL is the U.S. Department of Energy's primary national laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. Each year, NREL uses information provided by utilities across the nation to rank the Top 10 performing green power programs in a variety of categories. See the full rankings.
CONTACT:
Krista Canellakis
Senior Marketing Manager
415.370.6490
krista@3degreesinc.com
About 3Degrees
3Degrees enables businesses and individuals to fund renewable energy and carbon reduction projects. We do this by originating and providing high quality Renewable Energy Certificates and Verified Emission Reductions (aka, carbon offsets from around the world to help our partners reduce their environmental footprint. 3Degrees has served hundreds of U.S. and international business customers. Beginning in 2002, the 3Degrees team emerged as an early leader in the renewable energy marketing industry and has since set the standard for turn-key climate solutions. More information is available at www.3degreesinc.com.