SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (March 27, 2008)—The Center for Resource Solutions announced today that Seattle City Light's voluntary green pricing program, called "Green Up," is now Green-e Energy certified. Seattle City Light will join the network of renewable energy companies that offer renewable energy products certified by Green-e Energy, the nation's leading certification and verification program for renewable energy.

"Green-e certification demonstrates that Seattle City Light is delivering on its promise of providing Green Up customers with renewable energy from the Stateline wind farm in eastern Washington," the utility's superintendent, Jorge Carrasco, said. "Participation in Green Up not only helps support wind energy: a portion of Green Up revenue supports biomass energy projects in Washington and Oregon as well."

With Green-e Energy certification of Green Up, Seattle City Light can now use the official Green-e Energy logo, which identifies superior certified renewable energy options, to promote Green Up. Customers can use the Green-e Energy logo to quickly identify renewable energy options that meet Green-e Energy's high standards. The Green-e Energy logo is a symbol of the commitment to the high standard of renewable energy Green-e supports and that Seattle City Light is committed to providing.

The renewable energy available to residential and commercial customers through Green Up will be directly supplied from renewable energy facilities in the Pacific Northwest that meet Green-e Energy's eligibility criteria. By signing up to receive renewable electricity from Seattle City Light, customers will support these resources as well as aid the development of new resources to be built in the United States. Seattle City Light is committed to continuing investment in new renewable energy sources to supply Green Up.

"Green-e Energy is pleased to work with Seattle City Light and to see Green Up continue to grow and support local renewables." said Green-e Energy Manger Alex Pennock. "By signing up, Seattle customers can help address the environmental impacts of the electricity they consume."

Green-e Energy is the leading renewable energy certification and verification program in the U.S., with over 175 participating vendors with nearly 10 million MWhs of certified renewable energy sales in 2006.

Providers of Green-e Energy certified renewable energy agree to abide by the Green-e Energy Code of Conduct, and meet strict Green-e Energy disclosure and truth-in-advertising requirements. All renewable energy sellers participating in Green-e Energy undergo an annual verification audit to document that the company purchased and/or generated enough quantity and type of renewable energy to meet customer demand and marketing claims.

Contact
Scott Thomsen, Strategic Advisor, Seattle City Light
206-615-0978
scott.thomsen@seattle.gov

Jeff Swenerton
CRS Communications Director
415-561-2119
jeff@resource-solutions.org

About Seattle City Light
Created by the citizens of Seattle in 1902, Seattle City Light delivered its first electricity to customers in 1905 and now serves about 380,000 customers in Seattle and neighboring suburbs. The publicly owned utility is dedicated to exceeding its customers' expectations in producing and delivering environmentally responsible, low-cost and reliable power. Seattle City Light also is committed to delivering the best customer service experience of any utility in the nation. The utility is recognized as a national leader in energy efficiency and environmental stewardship.

About Green-e and the Center for Resource Solutions
Green-e provides an easy way for consumers to find credible renewable energy and greenhouse gas mitigation options through Green-e Energy and Green-e Climate. Green-e also offers use of the Green-e logo for product labeling for businesses and organizations that purchase or generate sufficient quantities of renewable energy, through Green-e Marketplace. To learn more about Green-e certified products and programs available in all 50 states, visit www.green-e.org.

Green-e is a program of the Center for Resource Solutions (CRS), a San Francisco-based nonprofit with a global impact. CRS brings forth expert responses to pertinent climate change issues with the speed and effectiveness necessary to provide real-time solutions to ongoing environmental problems. CRS' leadership through collaboration and environmental innovation builds policies and consumer protection mechanisms that foster healthy and sustained growth in national and international markets for environmental solutions to climate change including renewable energy and energy efficiency.

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