- Enroll online, quickly and easily.
- Have a copy of your electric bill available for easy reference to your account information.
- If you would prefer to receive an application in the mail or join over the phone, please call our office at 617-397-5199 and one of our customer service representatives will assist you.
For National Grid MA and Rhode Island Energy Customers: Green Powered is offered directly on your bill through a program called GreenUp. Options are available for both residential and small commercial customers. As your electricity supplier, National Grid or RI Energy will continue to provide your electricity and perform all of its normal functions and services, while Green Energy Consumers will be responsible for providing your renewable energy beyond the minimum percentage required by state law. The renewable energy charges will show up right on your electric bill after one to two billing cycles, and you will still make one payment to your utility. It’s easy!
For those in municipalities with Community Choice Electricity / Green Municipal Aggregation: Residents of these communities can sign up for the Community Choice Electricity 50% or 100% option. It appears on your bill as part of your community's supply price. To choose 50% or 100% green power, you MUST sign up on your community's website. The new price will appear on your bill after one to two billing cycles.
For all others: Regardless of where you live or who your utility is, you can sign up for Green Powered Subscription. It allows you to purchase renewable energy to match the same amount of kilowatt-hour (kWh) usage each month. Choose from matching all or half of the average household's use (600 kWh) or customize what you support in 100 kWh blocks. We will make sure equivalent renewable energy comes onto the grid on your behalf each month.
It works like a subscription. You choose an amount, sign up, and we bill you monthly to a payment method of your choice. You can cancel or change your subscription anytime with no penalty.
If you want to sign up for any of these programs, we recommend you start here!
What’s it called? | Green Powered 25% or 100% (aka "GreenUp") - Sign up | Green Powered Subscription - Sign up | Community Choice Electricity / Green Municipal Aggregation - Sign up |
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Who can participate? | All residential and small commercial National Grid Massachusetts and Rhode Island Energy electric grid customers | Anyone! | Residents of these communities |
What does it support? | 25% or 100% of your electricity matched with new wind, solar, and anaerobic digester gas (cow power) (all Class I or "new") | New wind, solar, and anaerobic digester gas (cow power) (all Class I or "new) | New wind, solar, and anaerobic digester gas (cow power) (all Class I or "new) |
How do I pay for it? | Just keep paying your electric bill! The charge will be included on your bill, and your energy supplier sends this money on to us. | Subscribe to pay a set monthly amount via the payment method of your choice. | Just keep paying your electric bill! The charge will be included in your community's pricing on the supply section of your bill. You will see your community's name there too. |
GreenUp is National Grid's green power supply program. We are a supplier to that program (one of a few). Our Green Powered 100% and 25% options are available through GreenUp. You must choose one. In contrast to other green power suppliers, one of our major incentives is tax-deductibility, as we are non-profit and your contributions are recognized as charitable and for the public good. We also take care to source from Class I or "new" local sources.
For National Grid MA & Rhode Island Energy Customers: Payments will be included in your monthly utility bill. The charges will show up on a separate line item from basic service charges, in a section titled GreenUp. It takes 1-2 billing cycles to appear.
For Community Choice Electricity: Most residents have the program on their bill by default. Your town's name will show up under the Supply Section of your bill with your community's rate. If you choose your community's 50% or 100% option, it will replace the default option in the Supply Section. If you were not on the default option, it will replace the Basic Service price. It takes 1-2 billing cycles to appear.
For Green Powered Subscription customers: Payments for the program will be charged to a credit card separately from your monthly utility bill and have no relation to it.
Yes! Green Energy Consumers is a non-profit organization, and your payments are recognized as being made for the public good. They are considered a tax-deductible charitable contribution for federal income tax purposes, if you itemize on your federal return.
Get your receipt:
Green Powered members will receive tax receipt by mail or email and can download your tax receipt by logging in to our My Account site or Green Powered Subscription portal. We send tax receipts by mail or email by January 31st each year.
Community Choice Electricity members of towns we serve can download receipts here.
If you are enrolled in the 25% level, you would be able to deduct 2.2 cents for each kilowatt-hour you paid for in the calendar tax year. If you are enrolled in the 100% level, you would be able to deduct 3.8 cents per kilowatt-hour you paid for in 2024 and before. In 2025, you are able to deduct 5 cents per kilowatt-hour for Green Powered 100%.
If you are enrolled in Green Powered Subscription, you can deduct $5 per custom block, $30 for the 600 kWh option, and $15 for the 300 kWh option.
You cannot get this benefit from any other renewable energy supplier in Massachusetts or Rhode Island. Green Energy Consumers will provide you with an annual tax letter that details the amount that you may deduct.
There are no additional and/or required fees associated with enrolling in Green Powered. You may be invited to join or make a charitable contribution to Green Energy Consumers’s other programs.
In the event of a power outage or other service disruption, you should contact your electric utility.
See above - "How will my Basic Service be affected, and how will I be charged?"
You can opt out at any time by calling us at 617-397-5199 or emailing hello@greenenergyconsumers.org. For on bill options, when you opt out, your enrollment will finish out the billing cycle before ending, so you will likely see one final charge.
Based on your location & utility, you will be directed to the Green Powered program that applies to you.
All the programs- Green Powered Subscription, Green Powered 100% & 25%, and Community Choice Electricity in towns we serve - are based on the same principle and have the same impact: we purchase Class I or "new" renewable energy with your payments. This helps add renewable energy to the power grid.
The differences in the programs are their pricing; how they are administered and how you pay - on or off your electric bill; and if they are a direct of what you use or an estimate.
The Green Powered 100% program supports all wind, while the other programs support a mix of sources.
To make a greater impact for renewable energy, choose to match as much renewable energy as you can.
National Grid & Rhode Island Energy Customers:
Green Powered 100% costs 5 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) you use on your electric bill as of January 1, 2025, in addition to regular electricity charges. Before January 2025, it costs 3.8 cents per kWh.
Green Powered 25% costs 2.2 cents per kWh, in addition to regular electricity charges.
Community Choice Electricity:
Pricing varies by town. Each town website will show you pricing.
Green Powered Subscription:
You can choose to pay $32.40 per month for 600 kWh or $16.20 for per month for 300 kWh of renewable energy,, or you can customize your subscription and pay $5.40 per 100 kWh block of renewable energy. The cost of this breaks down to 5 cents per kWh, with 0.8% going toward payment processing fees.
Why does it cost more? Green Powered Subscription is a newer product and reflects the current pricing needed to purchase Renewable Energy Certificates ($50 per MWh, plus fees to run the program through secure third-party payment processing software called Stripe).
Green Powered 100% supports only wind power. All other programs (25%, Subscription, and Community Choice Electricity) consist of renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, low-impact hydro and anaerobic digester gas (cow power). All of the resources are located in New England and are designated MA Class I or RI "new."
View a map & list of our current resources.
We have an option for anyone, anywhere. However, only New England renewable energy is supported.
Start here.
Green Powered Subscription is our newest offering. It allows anyone, anywhere, to estimate their monthly electricity usage and pay a set amount for green power each month. |
Subscribe to match your electricity use with a set amount of green power each month. Read the Terms of Service.
Cost: There are 3 options:
$32.40/month - 600 kilowatt-hours of green power, enough to cover the average household's electricity use. $16.20/month - 300 kilowatt-hours of green power, enough to cover half of the average household's electricity use. Custom ($5.40/block) - Choose your own amount of monthly green power in $5 blocks of 100 kilowatt-hours each. Calculate your average usage here! Pricing includes payment processing fees. Payments are charitable contributions and are federally tax-deductible.
Billing: Recurring monthly payment billed to the payment method of your choice. You can change or cancel your subscription or payment method at any time on our website or by calling us.
Renewable energy sources: Massachusetts Class I wind, solar, low-impact hydro, and anaerobic digester gas.
See the map below.
Who can participate: Anyone, anywhere.
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If you are signed up for Green Powered Subscription, you may log-in to change your payment method, change your subscription, or cancel anytime at: greenenergyconsumers.org/portal
Stripe is secure third-party software used to administer Green Powered Subscription. Stripe is a PCI compliant company that specializes in payment transcactions. It allows you to manage your subscription, sends you confirmation emails of your payments, and bills you for your monthly payments to Green Powered Subscription.
Green Energy Consumers Alliance does not store or have access to your payment information. Instead, this is Stripe's job. Read about why Stripe is secure here.
Stripe is not used for Green Powered 100% or 25% or Community Choice Electricity programs affiliated with us.