Green Building and Living

Go green slogan has been buzzing all around us for year. We read, suggest various tips how to go green like using energy star appliances, switching to CFL/LED etc. but we hardly hear and talk the which electricity to shop? I mean here we hardly think about the source of electricity, whether the electricity is clean or renewable?
Having said that, few basic questions pop-up regarding cleaner/greener source of electricity. What are the cleaner source of electricity available? Are they available in our area?
Common clean energy resources available in U.S. are wind, hydro, PV, landfill gas, biogas. And to find out who are the providers in your area or are they expensive? You just need to visit website of U.S. department of energy and then the sub section buying green power. For an example in Texas clean power can be purchased from the Green Mountain Energy Company one of the partners of Shop Electricity Rates Texas.
The next question comes how to shop clean electricity?
You don’t get electricity directly from clean/green electricity provider. The electricity is fed to common power grid and then delivers to your home. There are number of electricity providers who sell both fossil fuel based electricity and also clean electricity, one of them is Shop Electricity Rates Texas.