Retail Supplier Introduces Pennsylvania Carbon Offset Product in Partnership with the Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Sterling Planet

Washington Gas Energy Services has launched a carbon offset product for Pennsylvania natural gas customers, which was developed in partnership with the Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC) and Sterling Planet

WGES PA Carbon Offsets are initially available in the PECO service area, and match the customer's natural gas usage with carbon offsets while also funding future clean air and water projects in Pennsylvania.

WGES PA Carbon Offsets will now be matched to 5 percent of all residential customers' natural gas usage and 3.5 percent of all small commercial customers' natural gas usage in the PECO region, covering Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties.

Residential and small commercial WGES customers have the option to choose 100 percent WGES PA Carbon Offsets to counterbalance all the carbon emissions from their natural gas usage. Large commercial customers have the option to customize the percent of their natural gas that is matched with carbon offsets.

At PECO, WGES's standard 5% PA Carbon Offset is offered to residential customers as a 12-month fixed rate of $0.650/CCF, and a variable rate of $0.600/CCF.

At PECO, WGES's 100% PA Carbon Offset is offered to residential customers as a 12-month fixed rate of $0.730/CCF

Both fixed plans include an early termination fee of $150.

WGES PA Carbon Offsets come from methane gas capture projects in Conestoga, Lebanon, and Scotland, Pa. A notable feature of the WGES PA Carbon Offsets product is its contributions into the PA Carbon Reduction Fund, which is managed by PEC and which was established to fund additional clean air and water projects such as tree plantings throughout the state.