Safeguard Payment Plan Outage Map Contact Us You are here Home » Renewables » Renewable Energy Certificates Renewable Energy Certificates For members interested in utilizing energy from renewable resources for all their needs, Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative now offers electric service fully backed (100%) by Renewable Energy Certificates under the “Rider GT” rate. This Rider is available, on a voluntary basis, as a “companion rate” to any residential bill for the entire month’s electricity usage and will be implemented for those using the program. After a member signs up for the electric service backed 100% by Renewable Energy Certificates, the Rider will add an additional charge of $0.015 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) to the Energy Supply line on your monthly bill. This is a sell-at-cost charge, or straight pass-through cost, with no profit or fee added by your Cooperative - participating members will pay exactly what the Cooperative pays. For every 1,000-kWh sold under the program, MEC will purchase a Renewable Energy Certificate from Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC). Renewable Energy Certificates are produced every time a renewable source (windmill, solar array, hydro, etc.) generates 1,000 kWh. At this time, all Renewable Energy Credits offered by ODEC will be sourced from one or more of the following: The Armenia Mountain Wind Farm in north-central Pennsylvania (Tioga and Bradford counties) The Stony Creek Wind Farm in south-western Pennsylvania (Somerset County) The Criterion Wind Farm in western Maryland (Garrett County) For more information, or to sign up for the program, call (434) 372-6137. The electric service backed 100% by Renewable Energy Certificates Rider can be found here. © 2021 Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative. All Rights Reserved Touchstone Energy® Cooperatives is a national network of electric cooperatives across 46 states that provides resources and leverages partnerships to help member cooperatives and their employees better engage and serve their members. By working together, Touchstone Energy® Cooperatives stand as a source of power and information to their 32 million member-owners every day.