Special Report: Green Power

Related Web sites and contact information for energy audits

RISE Engineering, offers free energy audits to Rhode Island residents
(888) 633-7947
www.riseengineering.com

Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources Weatherization Assistance Program
(401) 574-9100
www.riseo.state.ri.us/programs/wap.html

National Grid’s energy-efficiency programs for Rhode Island businesses
www.nationalgridus.com/narragansett/business/energyeff/energyeff.asp

MassSAVE, provides energy information and services to Massachusetts residential energy users
1-866-527-7283.
www.masssave.com

Energy Bucks, program for low-income Massachusetts families to help with weatherization, fuel assistance and utility discounts
www.energybucks.com

National Grid’s energy-efficiency programs for Massachusetts businesses
www.nationalgridus.com/masselectric/business/energyeff/energyeff.asp

State government energy Web sites

Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources
www.riseo.state.ri.us

The Rhode Island Renewable Energy Fund
www.riseo.state.ri.us/riref/index.html

Massachusetts Division of Energy Resources
www.mass.gov/doer/home.htm

Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, state’s development agency for renewable energy
www.masstech.org

Renewable-energy programs

National Grid’s GreenUp Energy Providers Web sites

Rhode Island

www.nationalgridus.com/narragansett/home/energychoice/4_greenup_provider.asp

Massachusetts

www.nationalgridus.com/masselectric/home/energychoice/4_greenup_provider.asp

People’s Power and Light, a Providence nonprofit organization that offers green energy options and a buyer’s coop for home heating oil
(401) 861-6111
www.ripower.org

Massachusetts Energy Consumer’s Alliance, nonprofit organization that offers green energy options and discount heating oil
(800) 287-3950
www.massenergy.com

Community Energy, a Pennsylvania wind company
(866) WIND-123
www.communityenergy.biz

Sterling Planet, a Georgia renewable energy company
(877) 457 2306
www.sterlingplanet.com/RI/buyRI.php

Other energy-related sites

U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Rhode Island Web site
www.eere.energy.gov/states/state_specific_information.cfm/state=RI

U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Massachusetts Web site
www.eere.energy.gov/states/state_specific_information.cfm/state=MSMA

U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Savers
www.energysavers.gov

ENERGY STAR, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Energy program focused on energy efficient products and practices
www.energystar.gov

The Home Energy Saver, a government website with a home energy calculator
http://hes.lbl.gov

The Apeiron Institute for Environmental Living, a Rhode Island environmental nonprofit, which also provides a guide to local environmental and renewable energy companies
www.apeiron.org

Clean Air-Cool Planet, a New Hampshire nonprofit organization working for climate change solutions
www.cleanair-coolplanet.org

North EastNortheast Sustainable Energy Association, organization of companies working on sustainable energy
www.nesea.org

NESEA Sustainable Yellow Pages, listings of energy conservation and renewable energy companies
www.nesea.org/syp

NESEA Green Car Club, organization for environment-friendly car owners
www.nesea.org/greencarclub

Rocky Mountain Institute, Colorado nonprofit organization dedicated to sustainability
www.rmi.org