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Are you curious about making smarter, greener choices for your electricity supply? In this episode, we speak with Jennifer McMillin with the Sustainable Ohio Public Energy Council (SOPEC). Jenn is SOPEC's Regional Director for Northeast Ohio and provides tips and insights for choosing a 100% renewable energy supplier for your electricity needs. SOPEC is a leader in community choice aggregation in Ohio, providing competitive rates and substantial savings to residents in member communities, including the City of Cleveland.

In Ohio, we are fortunate to be one of 29 states that allow consumers to choose their electricity supplier. With that power to choose, we can also choose the source of our power including renewable power from wind, solar, biomass, hydro, and geothermal.

Green energy suppliers such as SOPEC use Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) to document, authenticate, and track that energy flowing into the power grid comes from a clean, renewable power source. Consumers can then select one of these renewable energy suppliers either on their own or participating in their community's contract with an aggregator like SOPEC or NOPEC. Join us as we break it all down for you so you can make and informed, sustainable energy choices. Investments in renewable energy projects are paying off but we have far to go to further green our grid. Choosing a renewable power supplier through our consumer choice is one way we can all show our support.

Guest:
Jennifer McMillin, Regional Director for Northeast Ohio with the Sustainable Ohio Public Energy Council (SOPEC)

Resources:
About SOPEC
CIty of Cleveland Community Choice Aggregation Program
SOPEC Job Openings
Green-e® Certified renewable energy
SOPEC Solar Assessment Programs
PUCO Apples to Apples
EPA Green Power Communities

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