How clean is the electricity I use? - Power Profiler (EPA/US DoE)

In the United States, electricity is generated in many different ways, with a wide variation in environmental impact. Electricity generation from the combustion of fossil fuels contributes toward unhealthy air quality, acid rain, and global climate change.

Many electricity customers can choose their provider of electricity or can purchase green power from their utility. In fact, you might now have the option of choosing cleaner, more environmentally friendly sources of energy.

Power Profiler will:

* Determine your power grid region based on your ZIP code and electric utility
* Compare the fuel mix and air emissions rates of the electricity in your region to the national average
* Determine the air emissions impacts of electricity use in your home or business

Power Profiler is very easy to use and takes about 5 minutes. To start, all you need is your ZIP code.

Power Profiler currently uses year 2005 data from EPA’s Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID).

The Power Profiler report will show you the air emissions attributable to the electricity you use in your home or business during one year, along with a description of what these numbers mean in everyday terms.

http://www.epa.gov/cleanenergy/energy-and-you/how-clean.html">The Power Profiler

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenfeld_Effect

The Rosenfeld Effect is the empirical fact that electricity use per capita in California (CA) has been almost flat from 1973 to 2006 whereas use in the US has gone up 50%.

The effect is attributed to energy efficiency, a cause pioneered by Arthur Rosenfeld.

http://www.energy.ca.gov/2007_energypolicy/index.html

Figure ES-2: California Holds the Line on Electricity Consumption
(Per Capita Electricity Sales in kilowatt hours per person)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenfeld_Effect

The Rosenfeld Effect is the empirical fact that electricity use per capita in California (CA) has been almost flat from 1973 to 2006 whereas use in the US has gone up 50%.

The effect is attributed to energy efficiency, a cause pioneered by Arthur Rosenfeld.

http://www.energy.ca.gov/2007_energypolicy/index.html

Figure ES-2: California Holds the Line on Electricity Consumption
(Per Capita Electricity Sales in kilowatt hours per person)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenfeld_Effect

The Rosenfeld Effect is the empirical fact that electricity use per capita in California (CA) has been almost flat from 1973 to 2006 whereas use in the US has gone up 50%.

The effect is attributed to energy efficiency, a cause pioneered by Arthur Rosenfeld.

http://www.energy.ca.gov/2007_energypolicy/index.html

Figure ES-2: California Holds the Line on Electricity Consumption
(Per Capita Electricity Sales in kilowatt hours per person)