Overview of the 2022 Green-e® Verification Report (2021 Data)

Join Center for Resource Solutions staff in an in-depth review of the 2022 Green-e® Verification Report (2021 Data). This free webinar will cover how the three Green-e® programs—Green-e® Energy, Green-e® Climate, and Green-e® Marketplace—performed throughout last year. The webinar will also look at trends in U.S. voluntary renewable energy markets, including generation trends, renewable energy certificate and green pricing programs, community choice programs, and direct corporate purchases. The presentations will be followed by a Q&A.

SPEAKER
Michael Leschke, Director, Certification Programs

Transcript

1. 2022 Green-e® Verification Report 2021 Data Michael Leschke DIRECTOR, CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS
2. Outline. CERTIFIED SALES CUSTOMERS PURCHASING CERTIFIED PRODUCT TYPES PAGE 2 © 2022 Center for Resource Solutions. All rights reserved.
3. Green-e® Energy VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THE 2021 REPORTING YEAR PAGE 3 © 2022Center for Resource Solutions. All rights reserved.
4. Total Certified Sales of Renewable Energy by Product Type and Customer Type PAGE 4 © 2022 Center for Resource Solutions. All rights reserved. Total Retail: 110,607,000 MWh Total Unique Certified: 121,927,000 MWh Total Certified Transactions: 132,620,000 MWh
5. Sales By Product Type, 1998 – 2021 (In MWH) PAGE 5 © 2022 Center for Resource Solutions. All rights reserved.
6. Sales By Customer Type, 1998 – 2021 (In MWH) PAGE 6 © 2022 Center for Resource Solutions. All rights reserved.
7. Customers by Product Type, 1998 – 2021 PAGE 7 © 2022 Center for Resource Solutions. All rights reserved.
8. States with Green-e® Energy Certified Renewable Electricity Options PAGE 8 © 2022 Center for Resource Solutions. All rights reserved.
9. Contributions of Renewable Resource Types PAGE 9 © 2022 Center for Resource Solutions. All rights reserved. Resource Type MWh Percentage Wind 95,462,000 86% Solar 11,418,020 10% Non-Gaseous Biomass 2,749,000 2% Low-Impact Hydro 943,000 1% Gaseous Biomass 308,000 .2% Geothermal 43,572 .04%
10. Facilities Supplying Certified Sales by Resource Type PAGE 10 © 2021 Center for Resource Solutions. All rights reserved. Resource Type Unique Facilities Percentage Solar 607 50% Wind 524 43% Non-Gaseous Biomass 35 3% Gaseous Biomass 32 3% Low-Impact Hydro 13 1% Geothermal 3 .3%
11. Megawatt-Hours by Facility Date of First Operation or Repowering PAGE 11 © 2022 Center for Resource Solutions. All rights reserved. • 54% of supply from facilities aged 5 years or younger
12. Capacity (MW) by Facility Date of First Operation or Repowering PAGE 12 © 2022 Center for Resource Solutions. All rights reserved. • 51% of overall capacity from facilities aged 5 years or younger
13. Count of Facilities by Year of First Operation or Repowering PAGE 13 © 2022 Center for Resource Solutions. All rights reserved. • 41% of facilities are 5 years or younger
14. PAGE 14 2021 followed the same general rule as previous years – consumption of certified electricity is highest in more populated states and states near a coast Top 10 States by Retail Sales Volume © 2022 Center for Resource Solutions. All rights reserved. State % of Total Sales WA 18% TX 15% CA 11% OH 7% OR 6% NY 4% MN 4% PA 3% NC 3% AR 3%
15. PAGE 15 The states with the highest amount of customers tend to be in states with successful utility green pricing programs, showing the stability that utility programs can offer. Percent of Total Retail Customers by State (Includes REC Sales) © 2022 Center for Resource Solutions. All rights reserved. State % of Customers OR 29% WA 9% CA 8% CO 6% IL 6% OH 6% UT 5% PA 5% TX 5% NY 3%
16. PAGE 16 The difference between states with generators versus purchasers of renewable energy demonstrates how the market for unbundled RECs is allowing customers with limited access to local renewable energy products to support changes in generation portfolios in the US and Canada. Top Ten States and Provinces Supplying Certified Retail Sales © 2022 Center for Resource Solutions. All rights reserved. State/Province % of Total TX 39% OK 15% KS 8% QC 5% SD 4% ND 3% FL 2% OR 2% NE 2% GA 2%
17. PAGE 17 © 2022 Center for Resource Solutions. All rights reserved. Supply (Left) and Certified Sales (Right)
18. 2021 was the biggest year of certified sales to date. • 110 million retail MWh, or more than 2.8% of the overall US electricity mix • 20 million more MWh sold than in 2020, the highest increase yet • 1 .3 million retail purchasers of Green-e® certified renewable energy, including almost 309,000 businesses, almost tripling the amount of non-residential customers who purchased the previous year • Impacts of COVID and supply constraints seen acutely on the residential side, while commercial sales continue to lift the market • Sales mostly to the coasts, supply mostly from the Midwest and Texas • Newer renewables continuing to drive the market Key Takeaways PAGE 18 © 2022 Center for Resource Solutions. All rights reserved.
19. Green-e® Climate VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THE 2021 REPORTING YEAR PAGE 19 © 2022Center for Resource Solutions. All rights reserved.
20. Green-e® Climate Certified Sales PAGE 20 © 2022 Center for Resource Solutions. All rights reserved.
21. International Sales of Green-e® Climate Certified Offsets PAGE 21 © 2022 Center for Resource Solutions. All rights reserved.
22. Sales of Offsets Bundled with Gas and Sales for LEED PAGE 22 © 2022 Center for Resource Solutions. All rights reserved.
23. Percentage of Certified MTCO2e by Offset Project Type and by Unique Offset Projects PAGE 23 © 2022 Center for Resource Solutions. All rights reserved.
24. Green-e® Marketplace VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THE 2021 REPORTING YEAR PAGE 24 © 2022Center for Resource Solutions. All rights reserved.
26. © 2022 Center for Resource Solutions. All rights reserved. Contact. Michael Leschke DIRECTOR, CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS michael.leschke@resource-solutions.org 415.568.4286 www.resource-solutions.org