Renewable Choice

The current cost is $0.01 per kilowatt-hour. The amount you pay each month will depend on how much energy your home uses and the portion of your usage that you choose to have matched. A typical residential customer consumes about 1,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity per month which equates to an additional $10.

All residential customers (Rate Schedule numbers 110 and 115) are eligible to participate in OPPD’s Renewable Choice for Residential program.

Small business customers (Rate Schedule numbers 226, 230 and 230M) are eligible to participate in OPPD’s Renewable Choice for Business program.

Large commercial customers (Rate Schedule numbers 231, 231M, 232, 245, 250, 261M and 357) are eligible to participate in OPPD’s Renewable Energy Certificates program.

OPPD performs an annual review to determine the price for the coming year. OPPD determines the price based on market indicators, the value added by specific attributes offered through this program and expected administration costs. OPPD may be required to alter the price mid-year in cases of extenuating circumstances, but customers will be notified and can opt-out of the program in advance of any price changes.

No. Energy from renewable generation facilities flows into the grid where it mixes with energy from traditional power plants making it impossible to track where the energy powering your home originated.

Yes. The Renewable Choice program does not affect your physical electric service.

You can choose to match 10%-100% of your monthly energy usage in 10% increments.

Renewable Choice program charges are added to your monthly bill. The monthly charge is based on your energy usage, the chosen energy usage match percentage and the program price as determined by OPPD.

Participants are billed month-to-month and can cancel or change their participation level in the program at any time, at no cost.

Customers who receive a bill directly from OPPD can participate. The Renewable Choice program does not require any physical changes to your home, so renters are eligible to participate in the program. Renters who do not receive a bill directly from OPPD should discuss enrollment with their landlord.

Yes. Customers who are in OPPD’s Net Metering program will be billed for the net amount of energy they import each month. Customers will not receive additional bill credits through the Renewable Choice program if they are a net exporter in a given month.

The energy is generated by OPPD contracted wind farms located throughout Nebraska. A complete list of renewable resources can be found in the OPPD Service Area Map. RECs sold under this program will be generated in the same calendar year the energy is consumed.

Funds will be used to support projects that are dedicated to carbon reduction at OPPD facilities.

RECs are one way in which renewable energy is purchased and tracked. One REC equals one megawatt-hour (1,000 kilowatt-hours) of renewable energy. When renewable energy is produced, it includes two components: the kilowatt-hours of energy produced and the environmental attributes of the energy – the “claim” of renewable energy. RECs represent the environmental attributes of energy produced by a renewable generation facility. Learn more about RECs.

Participants in the Renewable Choice program will not receive a physical copy of the purchased RECs. OPPD will instead publicly retire the RECs in a REC registry on your behalf annually. RECs sold under this program will be generated in the same calendar year the energy is consumed but may not be generated in the same month the energy is consumed.

Retiring a REC means the REC has been used by the owner and can no longer be sold or otherwise transferred. RECs are retired in a REC registry - online software that creates, tracks, and ultimately removes RECs from circulation. A registry is used to ensure the same REC is not claimed by multiple people by providing transparency and traceability.

OPPD will provide documentation on the total number of RECs retired on behalf of Renewable Choice program participants at the beginning of each year for the previous year.