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Normally, we are never happy to lose a member of our renewable energy customer community.  This week, a long time customer in Virginia contacted me to cancel his service.  When I found out why, I was happy about it.  He was cancelling because he is now producing all of his own electricity at home using solar panels and a small wind turbine.

While the core of our service is to provide wind energy from large utility scale wind...

Summertime is fast approaching, and for some parts of the country, summertime temperatures have already arrived!  I find it valuable to review energy saving tips each season ; to save both energy and money!

The Consumer Energy Center lists useful summer energy saving tips: click here to read the complete list online.  Some of the tips I found most interesting are:

• Cooking with your microwave uses two-thirds less electricity as...

As spring transitions to summer it’s finally farmers market season once again.  The Wooster Square Farmers Market in New Haven, Connecticut, recently opened its 2009 season and the grassroots outreach team at Community Energy is looking forward to another successful season teaming up with our partners City Seed to help spread the word about the benefits of clean energy.

City Seed is a non-profit organization that hosts several farmers...

I was at my chiropractor and began thinking about how natural his office is.  He uses environmentally friendly products in the office such as biodegradable cleaning products and has natural unstained furniture. He recycles the outdated waiting room magazines and the magazines themselves often have a local focus which may prompt people to participate in community activities.  Even though unused rooms have the lights turned off, there is...

I just started riding my bicycle to work- from New York City’s Lower East Side to Madison Square Park- and I have to say that it is very empowering.  No longer restricted by the schedule of the subway, I am free to ride where and when I want.  Call me a romantic, but I also consider it quite unifying.  I even find myself wanting to wave to other bicyclists in the bike lane.  That will probably stop as I become a more seasoned...