The Blue Sky Business Partnership is a voluntary program that encourages organizations to support renewable as a way to reduce the environmental impacts associated with their electricity use and achieve their environmental goals through a green power purchase that represents a specific percentage of energy use.

When joining the Blue Sky business partnership you have the flexibility to choose whether your entire organization or a facility within your organization becomes a Partner. This flexibility allows an organization to fine tune its green power purchase. To become a Blue Sky business partner an organization must meet or exceed a minimum percentage of green power (see Table 1) that corresponds to the organization’s energy usage. 

Depending on your average monthly electricity usage and renewable power purchase commitment, we can recognize your business through press announcements and identify your business in our renewable power promotional materials, which may include paid advertising. See chart below for recognition information or click here for a fact sheet (pdf).

Rocky Mountain Power actively promotes and recognizes Blue Sky business partners as environmental leaders. Your organization can benefit from this recognition. The Rocky Mountain Power team can help businesses large, medium and small, local government and communities determine renewable energy purchase levels that best meet an organizations sustainability goals, minimize their carbon footprint and bring positive attention to their efforts to go green. The partnership currently has hundreds of partners who are voluntarily purchasing green power. Click here for a list of businesses that are enrolled in Blue Sky.  

To help you get started – first evaluate your electricity use for your facility, or an aggregation of facilities and determine the percentage purchase requirement, considering the minimum threshold to achieve a specific partnership level. Contact Rocky Mountain Power if you have questions. You can download the business partnership enrollment form at the bottom of this page. See our calculators to determine the  environmental impact of your purchase or compare your costs between Blue Sky and the QS calculator. 



 Rocky Mountain Power Blue Sky Partnership Levels

Examples:

1. Business A has an average monthly usage of 250,000 kwh and wants to be a Blue Sky Champion partner. Ten percent of load is 25,000 kwh, or 250 blocks, to reach that category.
2. Business B has an average monthly usage of 500,000 kwh and wants to be a Blue Sky Visionary partner. Thirty percent of load is 150,000 kwh, or 1,500 blocks. However, the company only needs to buy 750 blocks, the maximum required to join as a Visionary partner.
3. Business C has an average monthly usage of 15,000 kwh and aims to be a Blue Sky Visionary partner. Thirty percent of load is 4,500 kwh, or 45 blocks. However, the company needs to purchase 50 blocks, since that amount is greater.
4. Business D has an average monthly usage of 15,000 kwh and wants to be a Blue Sky Supporter. They need to purchase 7 blocks per month.

*business can purchase more if they wish -
A minimum purchase level and a one-year commitment are required to participate in our business partnership program. See chart below for information.

Demonstrating your company's support for a sustainable future
Here are benefits you can receive by participating in our partnership program:

Buying Blue Sky can also help businesses meet the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED program renewable power requirements. LEED is a self-assessing system designed for rating the enrvironmental performance of new and existing commercial buildings.

Businesses can also qualify for the EPA's Green Power Partnership program or learn more about Salt Lake City's e2 Business program. Learn more about other businesses that are practicing sustainability at GreenBiz.com

Enroll in Blue Sky online now or, if you've already signed up, you can complete our business partnership program form and fax it to us. To learn more about how your company can benefit from Blue Sky, please call us at 1-800-769-3717 or contact your local account manager.