{"id":209907,"date":"2023-02-15T10:22:08","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T15:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/facilities\/?p=209907"},"modified":"2023-09-12T10:52:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T14:52:09","slug":"montclair-state-announces-renewable-energy-commitment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/facilities\/2023\/02\/15\/montclair-state-announces-renewable-energy-commitment\/","title":{"rendered":"Montclair State Announces Renewable Energy Commitment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MONTCLAIR, N.J., Feb. 8, 2023 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Montclair State University, a leading institution of higher education in New Jersey, today announced a retail renewable energy agreement with ENGIE Resources LLC, a subsidiary of ENGIE North America Inc. The contract extends through 2025 under which Montclair State University will purchase Green-e\u2122 certified Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) from wind, solar and hydro projects across the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>The University will receive Green-e\u00ae certified RECs which are independently verified by the Center for Resource Solutions and represent the environmental benefits of one megawatt-hour of renewable energy. Over the course of the agreement, the RECs purchased contribute to support CO2 emissions avoidance by more than 7,600 metric tons, while matching 100% of the University&#8217;s forecasted retail electricity consumption from the grid. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/montclair-state-university-announces-renewable-energy-commitment-301742128.html\">Read the full announcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Learn more about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/facilities\/sustainability\/\">Sustainable Facilities<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MONTCLAIR, N.J., Feb. 8, 2023 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Montclair State University, a leading institution of higher education in New Jersey, today announced a retail renewable energy agreement with ENGIE Resources LLC, a subsidiary of ENGIE North America Inc. The contract extends through 2025 under which Montclair State University will purchase Green-e\u2122 certified Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":208404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209907"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210249,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209907\/revisions\/210249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/facilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}