Cutting down carbon emissions > Using renewable energy > Renewable Energy Certificates
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Renewable Energy Certificates allow you to verify that your home or business is 100% powered by renewable energy.
REC’s are an added payment for each kilowatt hour of electricity used by your home or business – this added amount covers the cost of using renewable energy.
Benefits
Easy
You only have to think about it once a year, and LES does the rest.
Certified
It’s in the name – purchasing REC’s allows you to verify that your home or business is entirely powered by renewable energy.
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REC’s are perfect for private citizens or companies, providing a straight-forward path to utilize renewable energy.
More information
What is an REC?
View the video below – put together by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) – to learn more about RECs and how you can power your home or business with renewable energy.
Cost for an LES REC Rider
It really doesn’t cost too much to power your home with renewable energy – each REC is only $0.00356/kWh – or, according to LES, about $3/month for the average Lincoln home.
Learn more and invest in an REC today.
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