Green Power Providers

also see Maine Green Power Menu

Bonneville Environmental Foundation / Green Tags USA
www.greentagsusa.org

Community Energy / NewWind Energy
www.newwindenergy.com

Constellation New Energy
www.newenergy.com

EAD Environmental
www.eadenvironmental.com

Maine Interfaith Power & Light
www.meipl.org

Maine Power Options
www.mainepoweroptions.org

Maine Renewable Energy
www.energymaine.com/green/

NativeEnergy
www.nativeenergy.com

Green Power General Information

Environmental Media Services - Green Tags
www.ems.org/renewables/green_tags.html

Green Power Network
www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower

Green Power Market Development Group
www.thegreenpowergroup.org

• Buying Guides

  A Guide to Buying and Benefiting from Green Power
  http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/pdf/procurementduide-draftforpartnerreview.pdf

  Green Power Network - Buying Green Power
  www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/buying/index.shtml

  Power Scorecard
  www.powerscorecard.org

• Certification

  Climate Neutral Network
  www.climateneutral.com

  Green-e
  www.green-e.org

• Policy

  Center for Resource Solutions
  www.resource-solutions.org
  www.resource-solutions.org/RegulatorHandbook.htm

  Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy
  www.dsireusa.org

  Renewable Energy Policy Project
  solstice.crest.org

  "State Initiatives for Clean Energy Development"
  October 2001 report of the Mainewatch Institute
  Available through the Maine Center for Economic Policy
  www.mecep.org/cleanenergy/initiatives_for_clean_ener.htm

Green Power Technical Information

DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy - Renewable Energy Technologies
www.eere.energy.gov/RE

• Biomass

  Northeast Regional Biomass Program
  www.nrbp.org

• Solar

  SolarGuide Factbase
  www.ases.org

  How Stuff Works - Solar Cells
  www.howstuffworks.com/solar-cell.htm

• Wind

  Wind Web Tutorial
  www.awea.org/faq/index.html

  Wind Industry Technical Information
  www.awea.org/standards/index.html

Organizations

• Advocacy and Educational

  American Solar Energy Society (ASES)
  www.ases.org

  Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC)
  www.irecusa.org

  Maine Solar Energy Association
  ellsworthme.org/mesea

  Northeast Sustainable Energy Assocation
  www.nesea.org/energy/info/

• Licensed Electricity Aggregators in Maine

  Maine Interfaith Power & Light
  www.meipl.org

  Maine PowerOptions
  www.mainepoweroptions.org

• Licensed Electricity Suppliers in Maine

  Constellation Energy Source (a subsidiary of the Constellation Energy Group)
  www.cesource.com

  Constellation NewEnergy (a subsidiary of the Constellation Energy Group)
  www.newenergy.com

  Maine Renewable Energy (an affiliate of Competitive Energy Services)
  www.energymaine.com/green

  Select Energy (part of Northeast Utilities)
  www.selectenergy.com

  WPS Energy Services (a subsidiary of WPS Resources Corporation)
  www.wpsenergy.com

• Regulated Electricity Distribution Companies in Maine (Electric Utilities)

  Bangor Hydro (a wholly owned subsidiary of Emera, Inc. of Halifax, Nova Scotia)
  www.bhe.com

  Central Maine Power (a unit of Energy East of Ithaca, NY)
  www.cmpco.com

  Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative
  www.emec.com

  Fox Islands Electric Cooperative
  www.foxislands.net

  Kennebunk Light & Power District
  www.klpd.org

  Maine Public Service Company
  www.mainepublicservice.com

• Corporate Owners

  Boralex (owns several biomass plants in Maine)
  www.boralex.com

  Constellation Energy Group (owns Constellation NewEnergy and Constellation Energy Source)
  www.constellationenergy.com

  Energy East (owns CMP)
  www.energyeast.com

  Emera (owns Bangor Hydro)
  www.emera.com

  Northeast Utilities (owns Select Energy)
  www.nu.com

  WPS Resources Corporation (owns WPS Energy Services)
  www.wpsr.com

• Electric Industry Trade Associations

  Northeast Public Power Association
  www.neppa.org

Government

• State of Maine

  Maine Office of the Public Advocate
  www.maine.gov/meopa

  Maine Public Utilities Commission
  www.maine.gov/mpuc
   

• Federal Government

  Department of Energy
  www.energy.gov

  Energy Star
  www.energystar.gov

  Environmental Protection Agency
  www.epa.gov
  www.epa.gov/greenpower
  www.epa.gov/cleanenergy
  www.epa.gov/cleanenergy/egrid.htm
  www.epa.gov/climateleaders
  www.epa.gov/cpd.html

  National Renewable Energy Lab
  www.nrel.gov

  Northeast Regional Biomass Program
  www.nrbp.org

• International Government

  European Web Site for Renewable Energy Sources
  http://www.agores.org