Renewable Choice

All residential customers (Rate Schedule numbers 110 and 115) are eligible to participate in OPPD’s Renewable Choice for Residential program.

Small business customers (Rate Schedule numbers 226, 230 and 230M) are eligible to participate in OPPD’s REC Subscribe program.

Large commercial customers (Rate Schedule numbers 231, 231M, 232, 245, 250, 261M and 357) are eligible to participate in OPPD’s REC Subscribe Pro program.

OPPD may be required to alter the price from time to time.

No. Energy from renewable generation facilities flows into the grid where it mixes with energy from traditional power plants making it impossible to track where the energy powering your home originated.

Yes. The Renewable Choice program does not affect your physical electric service.

You can choose to match 10%-100% of your monthly energy usage in 10% increments.

Renewable Choice program charges are added to your monthly bill. The monthly charge is based on your energy usage, the chosen energy usage match percentage and the program price as determined by OPPD.

Participants are billed month-to-month and can cancel or change their participation level in the program at any time, at no cost.

Customers who receive an electric bill directly from OPPD can participate. The Renewable Choice program does not require any physical changes to your home, so renters are eligible to participate in the program. Renters who do not receive an electric bill directly from OPPD should discuss enrollment with their landlord.

Yes. However, your on-site energy production will reduce the amount of RECs you purchase.

The RECs are sourced from the renewable generators OPPD receives energy from through power purchase agreements. A complete list of renewable resources can be found in the OPPD Service Area Map.

Revenues are reinvested to reduce carbon emissions and improve energy efficiency across OPPD’s owned centers and generation facilities. These funds support projects and upgrades that lower the carbon intensity of operations while improving overall system performance and efficiency.

RECs are one way in which renewable energy is purchased and tracked. One REC equals one megawatt-hour (1,000 kilowatt-hours) of renewable energy. When renewable energy is produced, it includes two components: the kilowatt-hours of energy produced and the environmental attributes of the energy – the “claim” of renewable energy. RECs represent the environmental attributes of energy produced by a renewable generation facility. Learn more about RECs.

Participants in this program will not receive a physical copy of the purchased RECs. OPPD will instead publicly retire the RECs in a REC registry on your behalf annually.

Retiring a REC means the REC has been used by the owner and can no longer be sold or otherwise transferred. RECs are retired in a REC registry - online software that creates, tracks and ultimately removes RECs from circulation. A registry is used to ensure the same REC is not claimed by multiple people by providing transparency and traceability.

OPPD will provide documentation on the total number of RECs retired at the beginning of each year for the previous year.