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Bullfrog Power
Bullfrog Power is a retailer offering 100% Green Power to homes across Ontario, and green power certificates to businesses. Their power comes from EcoLogo-certified renewable energy sources, comprising approximately 80% low-impact hydro and 20% wind power. Bullfrog Power's residential green electricity costs 8.9¢/kWh. Residential customers can sign up online at www.bullfrogpower.com.

Green Power Certificates

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Ontario Power Generation's – Evergreen Green Power Program
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) offers Green Power through its Evergreen Green Power marketing program for large commercial/industrial customers. The Green Power facilities are all EcoLogo-certified. The program was launched in 2001, and at the end of 2004, seven commercial/industrial customers were participating. Interest among individual buyers has waned due to Ontario's ambitious policies to increase Green Power content for all customers in the province's portfolio. The program is not offered directly to residential customers but they can participate through resellers. The only reseller is Oakville Hydro. OPG's Green Power portfolio consists of energy provided by 29 small hydro plants as well as some wind, biogas and solar sources. Three products are offered through the Evergreen Green Power Program:

• "Evergreen Friendly Power," generated entirely from facilities built prior to 1991;
• "Evergreen Clean Green Power," a 50/50 blend of power generated from facilities built both prior to 1991 and after 1990;
• "Evergreen Pure Green Power," generated entirely from facilities built after 1990.
  

The three products are offered at an average price premium of $35/MWh, with prices customized depending on the size of the customer and the timing of the purchase. Evergreen Friendly Power is offered exclusively to resellers and is intended to be blended with power generated by facilities built after 1990 (this is necessary to meet EcoLogo certification criteria that require Green Power products to incorporate a minimum 50% of power from facilities that began operations in 1991 or later). The other two products are EcoLogo-certified.
www.opg.com/safety/sustainable/evergreen.asp

Energy Ottawa – Green Power Program
Energy Ottawa, an affiliate of Hydro Ottawa, sells Green Power from its 15 MW EcoLogo-certified Chaudière hydro facility to at least one small commercial customer (as a contract for differences), as well as to the federal government. The company markets Green Power to commercial customers.
www.energyottawa.com/green_power/index.cfm?dsp=template&act=view3&template_id=142&lan g=e

Oakville Hydro – Green Light Pact Program
Oakville Hydro created the Green Light Pact program in 2003 to provide Green Power to residential and small business customers. The power is Evergreen Clean Green Power purchased from Ontario Power Generation (see above) and all generating stations are EcoLogo-certified. The Green Light Pact program can be considered a certificate marketing program since anyone in Ontario, and not necessarily electricity consumers, can purchase a "Green Light Pact." The Pacts (environmental attributes) are sold in 500 kWh blocks for $30 or 1,000 kWh blocks for $60.
www.oakvillehydro.com/greenpower_residential.asp

Bullfrog Power
Bullfrog Power is a retailer offering 100% Green Power to homes across Ontario, and green power certificates to businesses. Their power comes from EcoLogo-certified renewable energy sources, comprising approximately 80% low-impact hydro and 20% wind power. Bullfrog Power's residential green electricity costs 8.9¢/kWh. Residential customers can sign up online at www.bullfrogpower.com.

Green Power Certificates available at the National Level

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