Cool StuffLIPA Green Choice Program
The LIPA Green Choice program provides information and assistance to Long Islanders on how they can become Green Power purchasers and help in the advancement of Green Power Resource development. This program will allow customers to purchase Green Power from specialized “Green Power Marketers”.
Download the "LIPA
Green Choice" brochure
LIPA and Long Islanders Care About the Environment
Long Islanders are more concerned than ever before about our
dependence on fossil fuels. Exploring new and innovative
solutions to traditional electric generation has become a
priority, on Long Island and throughout the state.
What is Green Power?
Green power is electricity that is generated using cleaner,
renewable resources like wind, hydropower and bio-energy. LIPA
is concerned about our natural world, and the Green Choice
Program is just one of our environmental efforts. Learn more
from our Frequently Asked Questions.
Make a Difference with Green Choice
LIPA’s Green Choice Program is an easy way that you can have
an impact on the environment. LIPA makes it possible for you to
purchase “environmental attributes” so you can support the
development of electric generation using cleaner, renewable
resources.
Environmental Attributes
Long Islanders who enroll in Green Choice pay a few additional
dollars each month to purchase “environmental attributes” which
support the building of green electric generation for our
future. What’s an attribute? An environmental attribute
represents the reduction of green house gases associated with
replacing old, inefficient electric generation facilities with
“green", renewable resources.
Green Choice and Your Bill
Right now, LIPA relies in large part on fossil fuels like
oil and natural gas to generate your electricity. Those costs
are part of your electric rates. A Green Choice customer will
continue to pay the same electric rates. The dollars you add to
your LIPA payment to support green power could lessen the time
that we are dependent on fossil fuels, and that could have a
positive impact on rates in the future. LIPA Green Choice is up
to You LIPA’s Green Choice Program is entirely voluntary and you
can choose to support a variety of renewable resources. Green
Marketers or Green ESCO’s (Energy Service Companies) partner
with LIPA to manage the Green Choice Program and make sure your
dollars support the renewable resource you choose…like wind,
hydro-electricity or bioenergy.
