Renewable energy content detail

  • Hanover Standard provides the minimum amount of your electricity from renewable sources required by law.
  • Hanover Greener provides an additional 20% of your electricity from renewable sources.
  • Hanover Greenest provides 100% of your electricity from renewable sources.

When purchasing additional renewable energy, Hanover Energy Choice prioritizes supporting new renewable energy projects in the New England region to help drive the growth of clean electricity on our local grid.

Buying renewable energy refers to the purchase of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs). What are RECs?

Electricity from renewable sources (% of total)
From new renewable sources in the New England region, like wind and solar (MA Class I RECs)
Required by state law 27% 27% 27% 27%
Added by Hanover (no biomass) – 20% 37% –
Total MA Class I RECs 27% 47% 64% 27%
From other clean or renewable sources (other RECs)*
Required by state law 36% 36% 36% 36%
Total renewable content 63% 83% 100% 63%

* State law requires all electricity suppliers to purchase Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) from other sources, including sources that are not new, are renewable but not clean, such as waste to energy, or are clean but not renewable, such as nuclear.