Longmont Power and Communications, a public utility serving 34,000 customers in northeast Colorado, began offering its green pricing program in 1999 after surveys indicated a sufficient number of customers were willing to pay a premium to support renewable energy in the area. The wind power is generated at the Medicine Bow, Wyoming, facility owned by the utility's wholesale power provider and joint action agency, Platte River Power Authority. The utility's green power customers use just over 1 MW of the 10 megawatts produced at this site.
The program now claims 440 residential and 10 commercial subscribers who pay a premium of 2.5¢ per kilowatt-hour for the wind power. Platte River supplies the wholesale power for 2.4¢ and the utility adds 0.1¢ for marketing and administrative overhead.
Contact:
Bill Ewer
Customers Services and Marketing Manager
Longmont Power and Communications
Longmont, Colorado
Telephone: 303-651-8793