CleanChoice Energy, a company empowering residential and commercial customers to cut emissions and support clean energy, has been chosen by the City of Takoma Park, Md., to supply customers with wind and solar power on an opt-in basis.
The new partnership reflects Takoma Park’s commitment to reducing greenhouse-gas emissions citywide: The city, which is a suburb of Washington, D.C., has long purchased wind energy through renewable energy credits for its own operations, and in 2014, it adopted a Sustainable Energy Action Plan with 17 key strategies to reduce emissions. In 2016, the Mayor Kate Stewart signed the Global Covenant of Mayors and, in 2017, pledged to uphold the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement. Now, the city is helping local residents and businesses to reduce their own carbon footprint by making the switch to clean energy.
“CleanChoice Energy can help Takoma Park residents and businesses make the switch to clean energy simply and affordably,” says Stewart. “We’re proud of the efforts Takoma Park has taken to reduce our carbon pollution and be a national leader in sustainability. Helping our residents and businesses reduce their own footprint by choosing clean energy is the next logical step.”
The city chose CleanChoice Energy from a request for proposals and by conducting research on rates, business reliability and contract terms. To date, CleanChoice says its customers have avoided more than 3 billion pounds of carbon-dioxide emissions since 2013. The company’s model allows customers to choose clean energy as a service instead of as a home construction project – e.g., through community solar.
“CleanChoice Energy’s goal is to make it easy and convenient to switch to clean energy,” adds Tom Matzzie, founder and CEO of CleanChoice Energy. “It will take Takoma Park residents and businesses only five minutes to get off dirty energy, but the impact they will be making is huge. The average family will be reducing their carbon pollution by thousands of pounds a year.”
