The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announced its list of the most successful green power utility programs in the country.  The lists rank the top ten programs in a variety of categories.  Three partners of Community Energy made the top ten in three of the lists: total renewable energy sales, total number of customer participants, and customer participation rate. 

As a supplier or marketer to 17 different electric utility or competitive electric supplier programs, Community Energy serves over 130,000 clean energy customers around the country. NREL highlighted the following Community Energy-affiliated programs in their rankings for 2007:

The PECO Wind Program in Pennsylvania

• 5th in total number of customer participants with 38,548
• 10th in total sales with 160 million kWh sold

The City of Naperville in Illinois

• 6th in customer participation rate 6.7 percent

National Grid’s GreenUp program in New York, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts

• 9th in total sales with over 180 million kWh sold
• 7th in number of participants with 24,429

Community Energy is extremely proud of all of their residential customers who make these programs so successful.  For more information on NREL and to view the complete lists and rankings visit: http://www.nrel.gov/news/press/2008/348.html