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Buy Blue Sky renewable wind power
If you believe in pollution-free power, here’s your chance to purchase new wind power through our Blue Sky program.
Buying renewable energy is not only good for the environment, it's good for business. Our Blue Sky program offers you an easy
way to meet your organization's environmental goals and assert yourself as a leader in your community. Buying renewable power
provides environmental, social and economic benefits, and Blue Sky is an easy way to help make a difference.
Hundreds of small and large businesses and government agencies in our areas are purchasing wind power through our Blue Sky program.
You can sign up now online or by calling 1-800-842-8458. For as little as $1.95 more per month than you’re paying now, you can:
- visibly demonstrate your commitment to environmental stewardship and the community
- minimize your business operations' impact on the environment; for every kilowatt-hour of wind energy purchased, you can offset
2 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions (see our
online calculator to help you determine the environmental benefits of your purchase)
- enhance your public impact and visibility through regional and national recognition programs –
Utah Power's business partnership program, EPA's Green Power Partner program or the
U.S. Green Building Council's LEED system
- increase awareness about the benefits of renewable energy, help encourage more renewable energy development and create a more
sustainable future
Help make a difference with Blue Sky options
Utah businesses have two Blue Sky options. You choose which one is right for you. With either option, you can purchase 100
percent clean wind energy from newly developed projects in our region. These options are also endorsed by regional environmental
groups such as Utah Clean Energy and overseen by the Utah Public Service Commission. Buying Blue Sky helps ensure more of our growing energy needs will be
met with clean renewable sources.
Blue Sky – Our standard option offers you the flexibility to buy wind energy in 100 kilowatt-hour (kwh) increments (called blocks)
for an additional $1.95 per block per month. Your commitment and level of participation is up to you. There is no minimum
purchase requirement and you can cancel your enrollment at any time. Enroll now.
Blue Sky QS – This is a program for businesses that want to make large wind energy purchases at a reduced cost. With Blue Sky QS, you
get a "Quantity Savings" for purchasing at least 101 blocks of Blue Sky per month. The cost starts at $1.94 per 100 kwh and
is based on a sliding scale. The more you buy, the less the per unit (block) cost. Enroll now, see our
calculator to help you determine the cost of Blue Sky QS or view a simple pricing table as an example of the cost structure.
Buying one block of Blue Sky each month for a year is the same as planting 1/2 acre of trees (250 trees) or not driving 2,500
miles.
For both programs, we work with businesses to receive local and national recognition through our Blue Sky partnership program.
The additional charges for these options will be included as a separate line item on your monthly bill. Your payments go directly
to purchase renewable energy and to operate the program. Utah Power buys 100 percent wind energy from new facilities in the
West.
Enroll online now
or get more information below:
Other information on renewable energy generation
Separate from Blue Sky, we also offer a "net metering" option. This is for customers interested in generating all or a portion of their electricity needs from small-scale solar,
wind or other renewable generating equipment. See more information on photovoltaics.
Utah Power's commitment to renewable energy
As a company, we also generate and purchase renewable power for all our customers as part of our resource mix. Today, we generate
of purchase power from four renewable energy facilities in Wyoming, Oregon and Utah. Learn more about Utah Power's environmental commitment.
Our future plans include adding even more renewable energy to the power system. Our
Integrated Resource Plan calls for adding 1,400 megawatts of renewable energy to the power system in the next 10 years. This is enough energy to power
409,000 homes.
Blue Sky is a registered service mark of Utah Power.
Calculations use an average of PacifiCorp's system generation resources and are current as of July 31, 2003. This average
may change as PacifiCorp acquires of changes system generation resources. PacifiCorp is the parent company of Utah Power.
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