Smart Energy Progress Report
One Million Tons of Emissions Reduced
NW Natural launched Smart Energy in 2007 to give our customers an easy way to offset the carbon emissions from their energy use. Your participation in the Smart Energy program is helping make a world of difference.
In 2019, the program grew to nearly 58,000 participating customers, and total emission reductions funded over the life of the program passed the one million-ton mark.
57,904
business and residential customers participate in Smart Energy.*
1,039,103
total tons of emission reductions Smart Energy customers have funded over the life of the program.*
337,118
equivalent reduction in number of cards removed from the road for one year.**
Digest This!
Smart Energy purchases carbon offsets from projects that reduce, or prevent the release of, greenhouse gases. Many of these projects are biodigesters on family-owned dairy farms. These projects keep methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from entering the atmosphere by harnessing it as a renewable energy source. Thanks to you and nearly 58,000 others, we’re making Smart Energy work. The program has verified and retired high-quality carbon offsets from 12 projects in the Pacific Northwest, California, and Utah.
Click here for a list of projects providing offsets for Smart Energy.
*As of December 31, 2018
**https://www.epa.gov/energy/greenhouse-gas-equivalencies-calculator