sponsored by:

Environmental
Defense

The Izaak Walton
League

Natural Resources
Defense Council

The NW Energy
Coalition

Pace University
Energy and Climate
Center

The Union of
Concerned Scientists


Also endorsed by:
American Rivers

Welcome to:

Rating the Environmental Impact
of Electricity Products
 

What is the Power Scorecard?*
The Power Scorecard is a rating mechanism that assesses the environmental impact of different types of electric generation. The Power Scorecard makes it easy for you to plug into cleaner power for the future of the planet. Find out more about the rating methods used...

   

 

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Choose cleaner power now! Select both your state AND service territory (your current electricity provider), then click "GO" to view ratings of available electricity products in your area.

The production of electricity is the single largest industrial contributor to air pollution today, and there are significant land and water impacts as well. Your choice really does make a difference!
 
   
Wind turbines in a field of wildflowers  

Why is your choice important?
Your choice is important because you can direct the dollars you spend on electricity service to cleaner, less polluting supplies. Most electricity comes from coal, nuclear reactors, and large hydropower facilities. Find out how to use the Power Scorecard to pick the supplies that have smaller environmental impacts...
   
Pollution from a coal-fired electric plant. Photo courtesy National Renewable Energy Laboratory.   Electricity and the environment
Different ways of producing electricity have vastly different impacts on our environment. Click here to find out the facts about the impacts of coal, gas, nuclear, solar, wind and other electricity sources...
   
 

Reduce your energy consumption
 The cleanest kilowatt is the one never used! Check out these tips to help you reduce your use of electricity and your impact on the environment...

*The Power Scorecard reflects the collective exercise of expert judgement by the sponsoring organizations, based on its interpretation of available data and assessment of its accuracy and reliability, and application of state-of-the-art techniques in the identification and quantification of environmental impacts of electric power generation technologies. The Power Scorecard ratings appearing on this website may be based on assumptions made by the sponsoring organizations as to the composition, fuel sources, technologies, and associated environmental attributes of particular products where such information is unknown to or has not been provided by the supplier, and where such information is not publicly available. However, every effort is made to validate the information used in rating products with supplier.
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