Rural utility co-ops now are offering green pricing

When Cathy McCrystal learned she could purchase clean, renewable energy for her Kanab home, she leapt at the chance.

Delivered by her local utility co-op Garkane Energy, her electricity still comes from the Western grid, but 300 kilowatt hours of renewable energy have been transferred into the pool in her name.

McCrystal moved from Las Vegas to Kanab five years ago to escape the air pollution. But the smog followed her, she says, obscuring the once-spectacular Grand Canyon view from her front door.

"The air, even out here in Kanab, is getting polluted," she says. "I doubt that my $5.85 [each month] is going to change the world, but it’s a start."

By Rosemary Winters
The Salt Lake Tribune

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