The Mar Vista Community Council voted this week to partner with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and become an EPA Green Power Community. Pending acceptance into the program, the neighborhood will join Santa Clara and Palo Alto in a short list of California communities who have met EPA green power purchasing guidelines.
The EPA’s Green [...]
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Mar Vista to Partner with EPA on Clean Energy
Friday, July 16th, 2010Mar Vista Celebrates Earth Day With Launch of Green Power Community
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010In recognition of this week’s 40th anniversary of Earth Day, Mar Vista has launched the Mar Vista Green Power Community to recognize local residents and businesses that are purchasing green power.
With the launch of a new website, MarVistaGreenPower.org, the Mar Vista Green Power Community is an effort to promote certified and affordable green power options to [...]
Website Powered by 100% WIND ENERGY
Sunday, March 21st, 2010TheOPENdaily.com has just received certification as a 100% clean electricity website, powered by wind energy! Visit our home page and click the Hosted by 100% Wind Energy button to see our certification.
Our hosting partner is an EPA Green Power Partner and is offsetting all electricity use with wind-generated Renewable Energy Certificates, preventing the release [...]
New California Law Lets Homeowners Sell Solar Energy
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010A new bill signed by Gov. Schwarzennegger lets solar homeowners and other net metering customers sell excess electricity generated from their panels. The bill doubles the amount of electricity that may be sold by customers to 5% of a utility’s peak electricity demand.
Net metering gives solar customers a credit on their monthly bill when they [...]
City Considers DWP “Carbon Surcharge” of $2.50
Friday, March 5th, 2010To help speed the transition from coal-powered electricity toward wind, solar and geothermal energy, the City is considering a monthly DWP “carbon surcharge” of $2.50 for those customers who continue to use coal-powered electricity. DWP customers can signup online to switch to clean electricity today for an extra $3.00 on an average $50 per [...]
