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Upper Arlington s wind-energy deal latest in series of environmental sustainability initiatives
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The city of Upper Arlington has completed the latest step in its effort to achieve  zero waste, zero pollution and zero emissions by 2030.
City Manager Steve Schoeny authorized the city to enter into a three-year contract Jan. 13 with Baltimore-based Constellation NewEnergy Inc., a subsidiary of Exelon Corp., to purchase renewable energy certificates (RECs) to meet 100% of the city s annual energy supply.
The switch became effective Feb. 11. 
RECs, according to the federal Environmental Protection Agency, are a market-based instrument that represents the property rights to the environmental, social and other non-power attributes of renewable electricity generation. RECs are issued when one megawatt-hour of electricity is generated and delivered to the electricity grid from a renewable energy resource an allow for the accounting, tracking, a ....

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