Tri-County Electric Cooperative (TCEC) offers a voluntary Renewable Energy Program. For a small additional charge to your bill, you can receive your electricity from renewable solar or wind sources.
Overview
- Electricity for participating members is supplied by 100% renewable solar and wind sources.
- You’ll pay an extra 1 cent per kWh of usage to participate.
- This is a voluntary program.
- Prices may be adjusted once per calendar year
- Give us 30 days’ notice if you want to quit participating.
Frequently Asked Questions
To encourage the creation, construction, and operation of renewable power sources, a program was created that lets utilities buy and sell energy from renewables. This is done through a credit exchange system.
A Renewable Energy Credit (REC) is created when one megawatt-hour (MWh) of electricity is generated and delivered to the electricity grid from a renewable energy resource.
Additional Details
- There is a market for the sale and retirement of RECs.
- Participants taking service under the Renewable Energy Option are entitled to the RECs associated with the renewable energy purchased.
- RECs will be provided to the participating member upon request on an annual basis.
- TCEC will not sell, purchase, or otherwise manage RECs on behalf of the member.
If you sign up to participate in our renewable energy program you'll see an extra charge of 1 cent per kilowatt hour of usage.
Additional Details
- Our Rules and Regulations of Service spell out the details of this program in a section called Renewable Energy Option - Rider R.
- The Renewable Energy Rate (“Rider R”) is an additional charge to what you'll currently see on your bill.
- Rider R applies to 100 percent of the energy consumption of a member’s account.
- Currently, Rider R is equal to $0.010 per kWh.
- TCEC may change the Rider R once per calendar year depending on market conditions for the purchase and retirement of Renewable Energy Certificates.
TCEC gets its renewable energy for this program from 2 sources:
- Our power supplier, Golden Spread Electric Cooperative (GSEC)
- Our Purchase Power Agreement (PPA) contract with Enel North America
Contact us and ask to participate in the Renewable Energy Program.
You'll be asked to sign the Agreement for Electric Service Backed 100% by Renewable Energy Certificates document (See Appendix B in the cooperative's Rules & Regulations of Service).
- The Renewable Energy Program is a voluntary program, open to all TCEC accounts, but does have a contract requirement.
- If you decide to sign up and then want to quit participating, you must give us at least 30 days prior notice.
- After receiving such notice, we'll stop billing you for this program by your next meter read date.
- Your service will not be affected. No changes will be made to the other charges on your bill.