Electricity is one of those things that you don't really think about unless its a no-show.

How we get electricity, from where and how it is produced, to how it gets from "there to here" is something most of us don't give a lot of thought to. Our power is distributed to us by the power grid.

Most electricity is produced in large power plants. Large power plants significantly impact the environment. Increasingly, these large power plants are being fueled by coal. Coal is abundant and cheap, and dirtiest way to generate power, and large power utilities, despite their attempt to "greenwash" their image, are pushing for more coal power. BC Hydro, our competitor in BC, on the one hand is selling Renewable Energy Certificates (the tangible, quantifiable benefits of green power, see below), and at the same time has agreed to purchase "dirty" power for the next 30 years, from BC's first coal-burning power plants.

Coal, when burned, spews greenhouse gases into the atmosphere at a 3:1 ratio: For every ton of coal, 3 tons of greenhouse gases are pumped into our air.

The environmental impact from your electricity use, therefore increases, with the amount of energy you use.

Renewable or alternative energy, produces little or no greenhouse gas emissions and is known as green energy, green power or green electricity. When you support renewable energy, or use less energy, you are reducing pollution.

The carbon dioxide (CO2) produced by our homes, business' and travel is trapping heat next to the earth, causing the temperature to rise and warming the planet. This is causing our climate to change.

An offset cancels out the effects of the CO2 produced by you, by reducing CO2 emissions somewhere else.

When you buy plug into green^TM offsets from our highly efficient biomass plant in Golden BC: We reduce carbon dioxide pollution by producing clean power which replaces fossil-fuel burning power plants.These projects reduce the carbon dioxide pollution from your electricity use with reductions made elsewhere.

The premium you pay ensures that we continue to deliver to the power grid, green electricity which replaces electricity generated from big power plants, such as coal, oil and natural gas or fossil-fueled power plants.

Want to reduce the environmental impact of everyday activities, such as your electricity usage and the fuels you use to heat your home?

Cooler Skies Company sells plug into green^TM offsets to help you undo your contribution to global warming from the carbon dioxide pollution from the energy you use.