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What is an REC?
WOR HQ and APG&E provide 100% GREEN residential electric supply. They purchase REC’s (Renewable Energy Certificates) on your household’s behalf.
A renewable energy certificate, or REC (pronounced: rěk), is a market-based instrument that represents the property rights to the environmental, social and other non-power attributes of renewable electricity generation.
RECs are issued when one megawatt-hour (MWh) of electricity is generated and delivered to the electricity grid from a renewable energy resource.
Why purchase them?
In an ideal world, we would all have small wind farms or solar panels that generate exactly the amount of energy we need to power our lives. But let’s face it, that’s pretty tough to do. By purchasing RECs, you are supporting clean energy and displacing emissions associated with fossil fuel-powered electric generation
REC’s can include several data attributes such as:
Project Name
Project vintage (build date)
Certificate (generation) vintage
Certificate unique identification number
Utility to which project is interconnected
Eligibility for certification or RPS
Certificate Data
Certificate type
Tracking System ID
Renewable Fuel Type
Renewable facility location
Nameplate capacity of project
Emissions rate of the renewable resource
*Note: This list is not exhaustive and, depending on the market in which the REC is generated, other attributes may be associated with the certificate.