Industrial Environment
Green Mountain Energy Joins Clean air Partners Program
August 2004


As part of its corporate commitment to sustainable business practices and focus on improving the community, Green Mountain Energy Company is doing its part to help clean Central Texas air by joining other area business leaders in the Clean Air Partners Program, an initiative of the CLEAN AIR Force of Central Texas.

The program is designed to reduce ozone emissions and improve air quality in Central Texas through a number of recommended activities, including transportation choices and energy efficiency.

“It's critical we do our part to have a positive impact in the communities we operate, and this is particularly true for our corporate headquarters,” said Gillan Taddune, chief environmental officer of Green Mountain Energy Company. “We also feel it's important to put our money where our mouth is considering we sell a cleaner energy product to our customers nationwide who are making a similar
commitment to reduce their environmental footprint.”

Green Mountain Energy Company has already implemented a number of sustainable business practices to reduce its impact on the Central Texas environment, including the following:

- The purchase of renewable energy certificates to offset a percentage of energy usage for its corporate headquarters each year

- An employee offset program where employees purchase renewable energy certificates to offset their home energy usage each year; in 2004, GMEC employees are responsible for the avoidance of 1.4 million pounds of CO2 from entering the air

- A commuter program that rewards employees for finding creative ways to get to work; this year, the program has helped avoid 8,200 pounds of CO2

Additionally, as part of the Clean Air Partners Program, Green Mountain Energy Company is committing to expanding its commute reduction activities, as well as investigate other actions it can take to help to further reduce ozone- causing emissions and improve air quality in Central Texas and will report on these efforts twice yearly.

“We are pleased to have a business like Green Mountain Energy Company on board with this program since their entire mission – both to their employees and customers – is about helping clean the air we all breathe,” said Wendy Willingham, Program Manager of Clean Air Partners. “We are looking forward to Green Mountain Energy Company providing corporate leadership in helping other
Central Texas companies implement sustainable business initiatives.”

Founded in 1997 to “change the way power is made,” Green Mountain Energy Company offers residential, business, institutional and governmental customers the choice to support cleaner electricity generated from sources such as wind, solar, water, geothermal, biomass and natural gas.

Due to Green Mountain Energy Company's efforts, about 600,000 customers nationwide are purchasing cleaner electricity that is significantly less polluting than typical system power. The company is based in Austin, Texas. For more information, call 512/289-4728 or visit http://www.greenmountain.com.