44,000 MW For Electricity Choice

July 2003

Surpassing the peak load for ISO New England, the New York ISO, and the California ISO, competitively served retail electric load in the U.S. is now over 44,000 MW.

Customers around the country continue to exercise their choice of competitive electricity suppliers at a steady pace. Since last fall, the scale of competitively served retail load has grown by another 10%.

Kinko's Texas Buys Green Power

Dallas-based copy center and business service giant, Kinko's announced that 57 Kinko's locations in Texas switched to Strategic Energy in a "green power" deal that enables the stores to purchase a portion of their electricity needs from renewable resources and to deliver cost savings to the company.

Kinko's already purchases green power at more than 210 branches in 13 states for an estimated 13.7 million kWh/year. "Caring for our communities and the environment is one of Kinko's core values," stated Glenn Shiroff, operations director for Kinko's.