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Organizational Financial information

We are tax-exempt and our federal taxpayer ID # is 04-2791314. Our financials are audited annually by an outside auditor. Our most recently audited financials and federal tax returns are available for download:

Audited Financials
Federal Tax Returns (form 990)

We changed our name in 2018. Before then, we were called by these names:

  • Mass Energy Consumers Alliance in Massachusetts
  • People's Power & Light in Rhode Island
  • Energy Consumers Alliance of New England as a whole
     

About Green Powered & Green Municipal Aggregation

About Green Powered and Green Municipal Aggregation

We sign contracts with Class I renewable energy generators, purchasing Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) to fulfill our obligations to our Green Powered members and Green Municipal Aggregation communities. We buy these RECs wholesale and sell them at a retail price that allows us to operate the programs. We own and operate an account through the ISO-New England Generation Information System, which ensures that there is no double-counting of RECs.

Over 90% of program revenue is put toward the purchase of RECs, while the other 10% supports the operations and marketing.

Green Powered and GMA RECs are retired according to the quarter in which the electricity was used.

About the Oil Bank

About the Oil Bank MA & RI

We spend 80% of the funds we collect from corporate, governmental, and individual donations to our Massachusetts and Rhode Island Oil Bank programs on direct assistance. How much we spend in a year depends on the amount of donations we receive.

About Drive Green

About Drive Green

Green Energy Consumers has implemented the Drive Green with Green Energy Consumers program to make choosing an electric vehicle easier and more affordable for anyone. We contract with vetted and willing dealers and make a $100 commission for each car sold or leased through the program. That money goes toward staff, materials, overhead, and marketing costs.

 

About the Heating Oil Service

About the Heating Oil Service

We've negotiated fair prices that are lower than our participating oil dealers' everyday oil prices. Green Energy Consumers collects a small commission per gallon sold to our members from participating oil dealers. This commission does not increase the member price and goes toward program costs and overhead, allowing us to keep dues low.

Membership dues and dealer commission payments are exchanged for a service, so neither are considered charitable contributions.

About Solar with EnergySage

About Solar

Green Energy Consumers has teamed up with EnergySage to promote their online platform because, through years of studying and disseminating information about solar, we've found it to be user-friendly, local business-friendly, unbiased, and the easiest way to get the best price. Green Energy Consumers receives $250 for every successful installation that we refer to EnergySage.