Green Power

 

 

 A Powerful Case for Making the Green Power Switch

 Green Power Switch, a renewable energy initiative that offers consumers in the Tennessee Valley a choice in the type of power they buy, is providing the following electricity label to increase public awareness regarding selected environmental impacts of generating and using electricity.  Similar to food nutrition labels, electricity labels provide you with information to make informed consumer choices.  You have a choice when you buy electricity.  you can choose to buy blocks of power from Green Power Switch or sue electricity generated by the methods listed below. For each additional $4 that Gren Power Switch participants add to their electric bills, a block of 150 kilowatt-hours of renewable energy such as solar, wind, and methane gas resources will be generated and placed on the TVA electric grid.  Green Power Switch is accredited by the Center for Resource Solutions;  the distribution of the electricity label is a requirement of accreditation.  If your interested in joining Green Power Switch or just want to find out more, visit us online at:
www.greenpowerswitch.com

TVA Power Content

In 2001, TVA's generation resources included the following:		 

TVA Air Emissions

Electricity provided to you in 2001 created the following emissions:
 RESOURCES% SUPPLY
 Fossil & Combustion Turbines 65%
 Nuclear 29%
 Hydro6%
 TOTAL100%
 
 EMISSIONS  AMOUNT
 Sulfur Dioxide (SO2)  7.7 lbs/MWh
 Nitrogen Oxide (NOx)  3.44 lbs/MWh
 Carbon Dioxide (CO2)  1,350 lbs/MWh
MWh = megawatt-hour or 1,000 kilowatt-hours

Green Power Switch Content

In addition, TVA also generated 150 kilowatt-hour blocks of renewable energy.  Each block contained the following resources:*

 

Green Power Switch Air Emissions

In 2001, electricity from a block of Green Power Switch created the following emissions:**
RESOURCESAMOUNT
Methane Gas119 kWh/month
Wind29 kWh/month
 Solar2 kWh/month
 
EMISSIONS AMOUNT
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) 0.1 lbs/MWh
Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) 3.0 lbs/MWh
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) 0 lbs/MWh
 kWh = kilowatt-hour or 1,000 watts  MWh = megawatt-hour or 1,000 kilowatt-hours
* Green Power Switch represented approximately 0.03% of TVA's total electric generation. **These emissions are from methane gas, which would have had SO2 emissions and some NOx emissions even if the gas had been burned without generating electricity.
For more information about TVA and the environment, visit us online at www.tva.com/environment