Attention to all Ameren customers: sign up for their voluntary Pure Power program. NOW! I don’t want to hear any excuses, just do it (swoosh!). I logged on my account at ameren.com and signed up in literally five seconds, no joke. From Ameren’s website:
What Is Pure Power?
Pure Power―AmerenUE’s voluntary renewable energy program―is an affordable way for our customers to support the growth of renewable energy. Pure Power is applying to be a Green-e Certified® program by the non-profit Center for Resource Solutions.How Does It Work?
When you sign up for Pure Power, you volunteer to pay an additional 1.5 cents per kilowatthour (kWh). We will then use these funds to purchase Green-e Certified® renewable energy certificates (RECs) from regional wind and other renewable energy sources equal to 100 percent of your electricity use. AmerenUE medium and large business customers can purchase blocks of Pure Power in increments equal to 1,000 kilowatthours (kWh) of electricity use.Learn More about How AmerenUE’s Pure Power Works for…
The company partnering with Ameren on this effort is 3Degrees. The company, based on the West Coast, has opened a St. Louis office and has similar utility partnerships around the country. For them to come to the Midwest, the program has to have been successful on the West Coast to a great enough degree that a lower subscription rate still makes launching possible. Of course, I’m assuming that the average Midwesterner is less likely to enroll than the average person on the West Coast, or the East Coast for that matter. Hopefully word will spread and you will prove my assumption was wrong.
Yay!! I would not have know, but have now signed up, and will continue to spread the word. Thanks for the post!
I believe Ameren will be doing a more formal launch this spring. Tell your friends!