ATLANTA - May 31, 2007 – Georgia Power recently signed a three-year contract with Robins Air Force Base to begin providing the military installation with Green Energy®.   Under the terms of the contract, Robins AFB has agreed to purchase 3 percent of the base’s annual kilowatt-hour consumption, or 9.9 million kilowatt-hours of Green Energy.    

Green Energy is environmentally friendly electricity generated from sources like the sun, wind, water, landfill methane and biomass.  Customers who participate in the program help reduce the environmental impact of energy production, conserve natural resources and support domestic energy self-reliance.  

Robins AFB, one of three U.S. Air Force Air Logistics Centers and the largest industrial complex in Georgia, employs a work force of more than 25,584 civilian, contractor, and military members.  It is now the largest participant in Georgia Power’s Green Energy program with a commitment to purchase more than 40 percent of the company’s current renewable energy supply.  Georgia Power is currently getting most of its electricity for the program from a landfill methane-to-energy plant at the Seminole Landfill in DeKalb County.  

“We’re extremely proud to support Robins AFB in meeting its renewable energy goals through Georgia Power’s Green Energy Program,” said David Dykes, Georgia Power’s federal segment manager.  “Their participation is a huge commitment toward the development of renewable energy in the Southeast and a clear demonstration of the Air Force’s commitment to renewable energy. This action raises awareness of the importance Green Energy plays in protecting our environment now and into the future,” said Dykes.  
 

Since Georgia Power began the Green Energy program in October 2006, more than 3,000 customers have committed to purchase in excess of 16 million kilowatt-hours of Green Energy annually.   Residential customers can purchase 100-kilowatt-hour blocks of Green Energy for $4.50 per block which is added to their monthly electricity bill.   Of the more than 3,000 participants enrolled in the program to date, the residential class makes up the majority.  The average Georgia Power residential customer uses about 1,000 kilowatt-hours a month.

Georgia Power is the largest subsidiary of Southern Company, one of the nation’s largest generators of electricity.  The company is an investor-owned, tax-paying utility with rates well below the national average.  Georgia Power serves 2.3 million customers in all but four of Georgia’s 159 counties.