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Kennebunk Light and Power Offers 'Village Green'

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Category: Energy
Type: News
Source: US Department of Energy (Green Power Network)
Date: Tuesday, August 1st, 2006

Kennebunk Light and Power District (KLPD), a municipal utility serving 5,900 customers in Maine, unveiled a new green power plan in conjunction with Vermont Energy Ventures (VEV), an affiliate of Vermont Public Power Supply Authority (VPPSA). Under the Village Green program, KLPD customers can purchase 100-kWh blocks of renewable energy for $1 per block, or a premium of 1¢/kWh over the utility's standard rate. Despite launching the plan amid a doubling of standard rates, approximately 3% of the utility's customers enrolled within the 1st few months.

The renewable energy is supplied by VEV from New England-based small hydro and landfill gas resources. Customers can opt in or out of the plan at any time. The plan is accessible to all 14 VPPSA-member utilities in Vermont as well as nonmembers.

KLPD Contact: Sharon Staz (207) 985-3311

VPPSA Contact: Brian Evans-Mongeon (802) 244-7678

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