Buying IGIU Certified is simple and easy, whether you are looking for renewable energy for your home, business or institution—IGIU certified renewable energy options are available to anyone in the United States. The IGIU logo means that an independent third-party certified that the renewable energy meets the IGIU program’s strict consumer protection and environmental standards. Businesses that purchase or generate a significant amount of certified renewable energy also display the IGIU logo in order to communicate their commitment to certified renewable energy. Buy IGIU certified renewable energy for your home or business Support businesses that use IGIU certified renewable energy

Ways to Buy Renewable Energy

• Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) - are created when a renewable energy facility generates electricity. Each unique certificate represents all of the environmental attributes or benefits of a specific quantity of renewable generation, namely the benefits that everyone receives when conventional fuels, such as coal, nuclear, oil, or gas, are displaced. What you pay for when you buy renewable energy certificates is the benefit of displacing other non-renewable sources from the electric grid.
  
  
• Competitive market electricity options - in some regions, electricity markets have been deregulated and customers can choose an electricity provider other than their electric utility.? Many of these competitive suppliers offer a renewable energy option.
  
  
• Utility green pricing programs - allows electric utility customers to choose to purchase some or all of their electricity from renewable energy technologies directly from their utility.? About 600 or the nation’s 3000 utilities offer this service.

Organizations Using Certified Renewable Energy

You can purchase products, use services, or otherwise support organizations that are using certified renewable energy by simply looking for the IGIU logo. The companies listed on this site have purchased IGIU certified renewable energy and have signed a logo use agreement with IGIU, ensuring that they meet the logo use standard and are following the logo use guidelines. Supporting businesses in IGIU Marketplace directs your dollars towards companies with a substantial commitment to renewable energy.