Two companies join AmerenUE’s Pure Power Program
ST. LOUIS, MO., AUG. 9, 2010—AmerenUE’s Pure Power announced today that Duke Realty Corporation and Energizer have agreed to support the development of new renewable energy sources via the purchase of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) through the Pure Power program.
Duke and Energizer’s commitment to this voluntary program at both the 533 and 555 Maryville Centre properties will help prevent approximately 949,978 pounds of carbon dioxide (CO2), a leading greenhouse gas, from entering the atmosphere each year. This is equal to the CO2 reduction provided by taking 82 cars off the road for a year.
Pure Power is UE’s voluntary renewable energy program and the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2008 New Green Power Program of the Year Award Winner. It gives residential customers the option to add an extra 1.5 cents/kilowatthour to their monthly bills, offsetting up to 100 percent of their energy usage with clean, renewable energy. Commercial and industrial customers, like Duke and Energizer, participate by buying “blocks” of Pure Power, paying an additional $15 a month for every 1,000 kilowatt-hours used. Pure Power funds are then used to purchase Renewable Energy Certificates from Green-e Energy-certified wind farms and other types of renewable energy projects. In 2009, 100 percent of the RECs purchased for the Pure Power program came from Missouri wind farms.
Duke and Energizer’s purchase of 600 blocks per year of Pure Power makes it a UE Pure Power Leader–a designation reserved for companies, governments or other large users of electricity who agree to offset at least 3 percent of their energy usage through Pure Power purchases.
“Duke is proud to participate in Pure Power. We are excited to partner with our tenant, Energizer, at their headquarters location to support their sustainability goals and the reduction of carbon dioxide into our environment through the use of renewable energy,” said Toby Martin, senior vice president, Duke Realty Corporation.
For more information about AmerenUE’s Pure Power program, please visit www.ameren.com/purepower or contact Cindy Bambini at 314.480.3554. Pure Power is Green-e Energy Certified by the not-for-profit Center for Resource Solutions. Green-e is the leading renewable energy certification and verification program in the U.S.
