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Sterling Planet
Offerings Wind
Northeast

Wind
National

Small Hydroelectric Connecticut Small Hydroelectric New England Additional
¢ per kWh
CT Clean Choice™100% 30% 50% 5% 15% 1.29¢ kWh
CT Clean Choice™50%
30%

50%

5% 15% 0.645¢ kWh
Community Energy
Offerings Wind
Northeast

Wind
National

Small Hydroelectric
New England
Additional
¢ per kWh
Community Energy 100%
33% 33% 34% 1.3¢ kWh
Community Energy 50% 33%

33%

34% 0.65¢ kWh

When you choose one of these products, you are choosing to support familiar clean energy technologies such as wind and small low-impact hydroelectric power.

Both companies have a 100% and a 50% option, allowing you to choose a clean energy offering in an amount that represents either all or half your usage each month. Businesses in certain rate classes may also be able to choose 10%, 20%, 30% and 40% options; contact the clean energy suppliers for more details.

For descriptions of the companies and their products, choose a company below:

Community EnergySterling Planet
Community Energy Information provided by Community Energy
Community Energy, Inc.(CEI) is the leading wind energy marketer in the nation. Founded in 1999 with the support of environmental leaders and energy suppliers, our mission is to ignite the market and meet the demand for fuel-free electricity by helping bring new wind farms on line every year.

CEI helped pioneer the US market for renewable energy sales and grow the availability of wind-generated electricity. With the commitment of our customers and partners, we are successfully bringing wind energy to new markets and supporting project development throughout the US. Aligned with our parent company, IBERDROLA RENEWABLES, Community Energy is uniquely positioned to provide climate change and energy solutions and rapidly advance the availability of clean energy – today – through the development of wind farms nationwide.

Today, over 110,000 residential customers have signed up for pollution-free NewWind Energy(R). Our customers are leaders, making a difference by bringing a clean energy future online for everyone. The more customers who sign up, the more wind farms we'll help bring online, including a new windfarm right here in New England. Sign up today and make a difference for cleaner air and a more secure energy future for our children!

Community Energy 100% and 50%
Our product consist of 33% NewWind Energy(R) from Northeast regional sources, 33% wind from national sources and 34% Small Hydro Electric product from New England sources. We're even working to bring a new wind farm to New England soon!

NewWind Energy(R) and Small Hydro Electric can be applied to all or half of your monthly electricity usage, and costs an additional 0.65 cents per kilowatt-hour for the 50% of usage option, and 1.3 cents per kilowatt-hour for the 100% of usage option.

 
 
Sterling Planet

Information provided by Sterling Planet

Sterling Planet, Inc is the nation's leading retail renewable energy provider offering diverse renewable options to homes and businesses nationwide through utility partnerships, as well as direct renewable energy sales. Our mission is to help fund solutions that fight climate change and secure our nation's energy independence. Sterling Planet has offices in Connecticut, New York, Colorado and Georgia. Sterling Planet sales have topped over 10 billion kWh, enough electricity to power over 250,000 homes.

CT Clean Choice™
CT Clean Choice™ is a blend of 5% Connecticut small hydro, 15% New England small hydro, 30% Northeast regional wind and 50% new national wind. The price premium for 100% of usage is 1.29 cents per kWh or about 30 cents a day for the average household.
Choosing CT Clean Choice™ means you:
- Support New England renewable electricity production
- Help build more clean renewable energy
- Decrease our dependence on volatile foreign fuels
- Increase energy diversity and national energy security

The cost of the option depends upon which product you choose and how much electricity you use in a month. Check your electric bills to find out your usage in kilowatt-hours (kWh); keep in mind your usage varies throughout the year. The costs of the products for households that use 700 kWh and 1,000 kWh per month are given below.
Compare Costs
Company Product

Additional Price
per kWh

Additional Price
per month
 
700 kWh

1,000 kWh

Community Energy

Community Energy 100%

1.3¢
$9.10
$13.00

Community Energy

Community Energy 50%

.65¢
$4.55
$6.50

Sterling Planet

CT Clean Choice™ 100%

1.29¢
$9.03
$12.90

Sterling Planet

CT Clean Choice™ 50%

0.645¢
$4.52
$6.45