Once a consumer enters the program there is no reason to also purchase green energy, as doing so would reduce the 17 cent payment to 12 cents.

Ontario Hydro also plans to purchase excess energy from American utility companies that burn coal.

Users purchase electrical energy from the grid, avoiding the costly exercise of having to generate their own.

Many are also working on getting 'green fees' so that they can purchase renewable energy if they do not create their own.

This station would operate until 1981, when the MBTA decided to purchase energy from local utility companies instead of running its own generators.

The Government's policy of low-interest credits has brought hyperinflation - running at about 80 percent a month - that limits industry's ability to purchase energy on its own.

Each kilowatt for which we do not need to purchase energy from undemocratic regimes is a contribution to global security.

Another important development is that the new regulation will make it more difficult for third countries to attempt to purchase energy.

Their program for members to purchase energy from renewable sources is monickered EnviroWatts.

And the question is, to what extent can they cut costs when a lot of the costs are fixed obligations to purchase energy from KeySpan.