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New England Greenstart - Green Renewable Energy
Healthy Malden
To enroll, click here to be taken to the Greenstart website.
For more information visit the FAQs
For more information visit the FAQs
New England Green Start is a part of Green up, a program that is being offered by National Grid. It allows you to choose the sources that will be used to create the electricity that lights up your home by giving you the option to choose healthier cleaner energy.
Greenstart offers a blend of 100% renewable energy from right here in New England. You can decide to match either 50% or a 100% of your energy use with these renewable resources (a mix of low impact hydro, new wind, solar, and biomass energy).
To read more about the health and environmental impacts of our electricity use, visit the Union of Concerned Scientists website.
Why Choose New England GreenStart?
Matching Funds
Through Mass Energy's participation in a program called Clean Energy Choice, for every dollar you pay for New England GreenStart, the MTC will pay up to two dollars in grants, including:
Up to one dollar goes to Malden for clean energy goods and services, and up to one more dollar goes to fund clean energy projects that benefit the state's low-income residents
Through Mass Energy's participation in a program called Clean Energy Choice, for every dollar you pay for New England GreenStart, the MTC will pay up to two dollars in grants, including:
Up to one dollar goes to Malden for clean energy goods and services, and up to one more dollar goes to fund clean energy projects that benefit the state's low-income residents
Tax Deductibility
By choosing New England Greenstart you are contributing towards development of more renewable energy generating sources. Not only are you contributing to the creation and support of jobs in that sector, but about 57% of your payments to New England Greenstart are recognized as a tax-deductible contributions to the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative ("MTC"). More information can be found at http://www.cleanenergychoice.org/.
Local Sources
New England GreenstartSM is based on natural resources from right here in New England. It has the highest percentage of new New England –based renewable content than any other offering available to Massachusetts electric consumers. Supporting new resources is the best way to drive the development of future projects, and an important step in achieving a cleaner energy mix.
Community Projects
New England GreenStart makes use of several community-based resources. It is local projects like these that your New England GreenStartSM payments help to support!
By enrolling in New England GreenStartSM you are choosing renewable electricity and helping to create a clean, reliable energy future for New England; supporting renewable energy markets and development and helping to clean up the air and water in our region.