IndyStar reports on a letter to Duke Energy and AES Indiana calling for a Green Tariff in the state. United's Caryl Auslander spoke to the high demand for more clean energy options from Indiana utilities.
Several of Indiana’s major employers and biggest cities are not happy with their energy options — they want more, and they want it cleaner.
That desire has prompted companies such Salesforce, Roche, Cummins and more to call on their utility providers to make it easier to get green power.
These companies, along with the cities of Indianapolis and Bloomington,wrote a letterto Duke Energy and AES Indiana formally requesting the utilities offer more options for large customers to source their electricity from renewable energy. More specifically, they want what’s often called a Green Tariff.
The tariff would let these cities and companies buy power produced from renewable energy that is locally produced. With that, this program would let the companies run with their goals to go green and meet sustainability targets.
“There is strong customer demand for clean energy in Indiana,” said Caryl Auslander, executive director of Advanced Energy United. United is a national association of businesses working to accelerate the transition to clean energy.
“Many corporations, cities and institutions in Indiana have clean energy goals, and they are dependent on Indiana’s utilities, like Duke and AES, to get their energy,” Auslander said in astatement. Large customers “want to choose renewable energy, and we’re asking Duke and AES to give them more options.”