Green Power

The purchase of renewable energy certificates from the City of St. Charles Municipal Electric Utility helps ensure that a portion of the new and existing energy supply in Illinois comes from clean energy resources, such as wind, biomes and the sun. Electricity produced from wind and the sun reduces carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions, which can be harmful to our environment. The purchase of 800 kilowatt-hours per month of renewable energy reduces these emission and has the same effect as planting thousands of trees or driving your car about 19,000 fewer miles per year. This is a significant contribution that any individual or business concerned about the environment can make.

Renewable energy resources are environmentally friendly electric generation resources. These resources in our area include:

Wind generation – the fastest growing renewable energy resource, from the Community Energy project in DeKalb County.

Biomes – waste to energy and landfill gas generation provided from multiple sites in Commonwealth Edison’s service territory.

The Green Power program provides businesses and individual customers the opportunity to purchase renewable energy certificates representing the environmental attributes produced from new wind and biomes generation resources located in Illinois.

Why wind, biomes or solar?
Because it is the best of both worlds! Electricity generated from these resources helps meet our energy needs using clean, natural fuel. These resources of energy have a minimal impact on nature and the environment.

Demonstrate your environmental leadership!
The St. Charles Municipal Electric Utility Green Power program offers convenient, renewable energy certificates in partnership with ComEd and Community Energy, Inc. Each block represents energy produced by wind, biomass, solar, hydro, or other green power source. Monthly block pricing per renewable energy certificate is as follows:

Since municipal electric utilities are not for profit and rates are based on the cost of delivering power to customers, the total cost of the Green Power program is funded completely by the program participants. There is no impact on our normal rates for this program.

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To learn more about the City’s Green Power program, please call the Electric Utility at 377-4407.

Electric Utility Division pcordts@stcharlesil.gov (630) 377-4407 (24-Hr. 443-3681)