Homeowner's Guide to Saving Money, Energy and The Environment
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1. As part of our company mission, Viridian has
chosen to exceed the green energy require-
ments in each state in which we operate. Mary-
land mandates that every licensed electric-
ity supplier obtain 7.5% of its electricity load
from renewable sources. e electricity you
get through Viridian’s Everyday Green plan
is 20% green, while most of our competitors
merely meet the 7.5% benchmark. Simply by
switching, a residential customer using 1,000
kilowatt hours per month will reduce his or her
carbon emissions by more than 1,920 pounds,
which is the equivalent of planting 114 trees or
of 2,115 miles not driven. e choice is clear.
For those wanting to do more, Viridian o ers
Maryland customers the opportunity to go
100% green through our Pure Green rate plan.
4.95% Tier I - includes solar, wind, qualifying
biomass and certain hydropower.
2.5% Tier II - includes certain hydropower
facilities and waste recovery facilities.
0.05% Solar Requirement - includes output
from other clean heat to power sources.
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2. As part of our company mission, Viridian has
chosen to exceed the green energy require-
ments in each state in which we operate. Con-
necticut mandates that every licensed electric-
ity supplier obtain 14% of its electricity load
from renewable sources. e electricity you get
through Viridian’s Everyday Green plan is 20%
green, while most of our competitors merely
meet the 14% benchmark. Simply by switch-
ing, a residential customer using 1,000 kilo-
watt hours per month will reduce his or her car-
bon emissions by more than 700 pounds which
is the equivalent of planting 40 trees or of 775
miles not driven. e choice is clear.
For those wanting to do more, Viridian o ers
Connecticut customers the opportunity to go
100% green through our Pure Green rate plan.
7% Class I Renewable Energy - includes solar
power, wind power and certain kinds of hydro-
power and sustainable biomass facilities.
3% Class II Renewable Energy - includes
trash-to-energy facilities and other qualifying
biomass and hydropower facilities.
4% Class III Renewable Energy - includes out-
put from other clean heat to power sources.
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3. As part of our company mission, Viridian has
chosen to exceed the green energy require-
ments in each state in which we operate. Penn-
sylvania mandates that every licensed electric-
ity supplier obtain 9.22% of its electricity load
from renewable sources. e electricity you
get through Viridian’s Everyday Green plan
is 20% green, while most of our competitors
merely meet the 9.22% benchmark. Simply by
switching, a residential customer using 1,000
kilowatt hours per month will reduce his or her
carbon emissions by more than 2,000 pounds,
which is the equivalent of planting 90 trees or
of 1,675 miles not driven. e choice is clear.
For those wanting to do more, Viridian o ers
Pennsylvania customers the opportunity to go
100% green through our Pure Green rate plan.
3.0% Tier I Renewable Energy – includes solar
power, wind power and certain kinds of hydro-
power and geothermal energy.
6.2% Tier II Renewable Energy – includes
energy derived from waste coal, large-scale
hydropower and municipal solid waste.
0.0203% Solar PV Requirement – includes out-
put from other clean heat to power sources.
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4. As part of our company mission, Viridian has
chosen to exceed the green energy require-
ments in each state in which we operate. New
Jersey mandates that every licensed electricity
supplier obtain 8.297% of its electricity load
from renewable sources. e electricity you
get through Viridian’s Everyday Green plan
is 20% green, while most of our competitors
merely meet the 8.297% benchmark. Simply by
switching, a residential customer using 1,000
kilowatt hours per month will reduce his or her
carbon emissions by more than 1,075 pounds,
which is the equivalent of planting 55 trees or
of 1,025 miles not driven. e choice is clear.
For those wanting to do more, Viridian o ers
New Jersey customers the opportunity to go
100% green through our Pure Green rate plan.
5.492% Class I – includes solar power, wind
power and certain kinds of hydropower and
geothermal energy
2.5% Class II – includes certain hydropower
facilities and waste recovery facilities.
0.3050% Solar Requirement - includes output
from other clean heat to power sources.
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