4.21.2009

L.A. Cool

A Los Angeles Trend Worth Following for Earth Day

"The City of Los Angeles set a goal to get 20% of its power from renewable sources by 2010. The program the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) put in place gives people the choice of whether the money they pay in electrical bills will go to fund coal power, or renewable energy.

"The program is administered through the LADWP, and it allows consumers to sign up to get part or all of their power from renewable sources for an extra three cents per kilowatt-hour. So, if your electricity bill is $50 per month, you could get 20% renewable power for another three dollars, or 100% renewable power for $15 more per month.

"...What is interesting about LADWP's program is the way it allows the individual to take direct action to support renewable power. Rather than calling congress, or using less energy (I'm not knocking those things), people can actually choose where their money goes when they pay their electricity bill. If they care about renewable energy, and can afford a couple dollars more a month, they can directly support the renewable energy infrastructure."

Nathan Havey, ResponsAbilityX Team member, the Huffington Post

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

BC, Alberta and Ontario can try Bullfrog Power.

http://www.bullfrogpower.com/

seems like almost the same thing.