可再生能源证书(RECs), also known as Renewable 能源 Credits or green tags, represent the green or renewable attributes of energy produced by certified renewable resources.

A REC represents one megawatt-hour (MWh) of electricity generated by a qualified renewable energy resource like a wind turbine, 地热发电厂或太阳能设施. 例如, a 40-megawatt solar farm operating at maximum capacity for an hour would generate 40 RECs in addition to the electricity it puts onto the grid.

When electricity is generated from a certified renewable resource, the power is fed into the electrical grid and either sold on the wholesale market or delivered to customers. The accompanying RECs can be sold along with the energy (bundled) or separately (unbundled).

hg8868皇冠下载 supports renewable energy sources, 比如风能和太阳能, and we buy them as part of our portfolio mix. 反过来, we sell the RECs we receive from those purchases to offset power supply costs and keep customer prices as low as possible.

Because the buyer of the REC gets to claim that power as part of its energy, hg8868皇冠下载 does not represent that electricity produced by this resource mix is being delivered to our retail customers. We do support these alternate energy sources, and we pass along that credit to the organizations that buy the RECs from us. Each REC is tracked to ensure it’s used only once.

Some states require that a minimum amount of the electricity each utility delivers to its customers comes from renewable energy. hg8868皇冠下载 does not currently have such a requirement.

REC prices depend on many factors including:

• Type and location of the facility producing the RECs
• 供求关系
• Whether the REC is used to comply with state renewable requirements
• Whether it is sold with the associated energy (bundled) or separately (unbundled)