cordova electric cooperative a case study in community
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Cordova Electric Cooperative A Case Study in Community
Green Power Renewable Energy Marketing
Conference
November 16, 2011
EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL – 1989 CORDOVA = GROUND ZERO
CORDOVA, ALASKA
Cordova Clean Choice Program Save on your electric bill, eliminate
Cordova’s dependence on fossil fuels, and help Cordova become a
Green Power Community!
STERLING PLANET &
CEC PARTNERSHIP
•CERTIFIED POWER CREEK (SP)
•DEVELOPED CCGPP (SP & CEC)
•BUILT REVOLVING FUND (CEC)
•GREENED THE COMMUNITY
School is IN at Power Creek
Downstream of Power Creek Hydro Intake
POWER CREEK RUN OF RIVER PROJECT – GREEN-E CERTIFIED OFFSETS 1,000,000 GALLONS OF
DIESEL FUEL ANNUALLY – MINIMAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
Cordova Electric’s “Clean Choice Green Power
Program”
Enrollment Form
All CEC members can now participate in Cordova Electric’s “Clean Choice Green Power Program” by enrolling with our Partners: Sterling Planet and the City of Cordova. Proceeds from Power Creek Green Power Sales are restricted for promoting energy efficiency, renewable and alternate energy sources, and energy conservation. Examples of projects are a Wind Study with NVE, our LED Street Light Conversion project, and Compact Fluorescent Bulb Coupons. Enrollment Forms are available here at the meeting.
NOVEMBER: CEC CLEAN CHOICE
CFL Program
CEC Efficiency Programs
• Helped Reduce Residential Use ___%
• Distributed Compact Fluorescent Bulbs
• Assisted NVE with Home Energy Audits
• Distributed Low Cost/No Cost Brochures
• Funded the Discovery Room for Energy
• Took Students to Rural Energy Conference
• Reduced CEC’s self-use of Electricity
Sodium to LED Street Light Conversion
Before (Sodium) After (LED) Photos Courtesy Allen Marquette & Sophia Meyers for her High
School Science Project “Dark Skies”
LED Installation
Mt Eccles Street Light Library Decorative Street Light
LED Lights on Main Street, Cordova Alaska Photo courtesy of Allen Marquette
Bulb Eater Purchased for Cordova with CEC
REC Revenues to Recycle FLs
Energy Conservation
Energy Education
Rebuilt Humpback Creek
Rebuilt Humpback Creek
Rebuilt Humpback Creek
FFFF: FUTURE FOSSIL FUEL FREEDOM