Southern Company Gas 2022 Sustainability Executive Summary Final 4.19.23 - Flipbook - Page 23
Southern Company Gas is pursuing opportunities to
Greener Life® Program
drive the market for residential gas heat pumps. Energy
Impact Partners (EIP), a utility-backed venture capital
Other customer initiatives include our subsidiary
fund in which Southern Company is a founding
SouthStar Energy Services’ Greener Life and Greener
member, is financing Stone Mountain Technologies, Inc.
Life for Business programs, which focus on offsetting
to commercialize a new generation of highly energy-
GHG emissions from their residential, commercial and
efficient heating products. SMTI’s initial product
industrial customers by purchasing and retiring carbon
offering will feature a gas furnace and water heater
offsets related to their natural gas usage. The Greener
replacement for single-family homes and a gas water
Life programs received the Green-e®
heater replacement for commercial applications. This
Climate certification from The Center
replacement technology is designed to save 30-50% of
for Resource Solutions, the leading
the energy, cost and GHG emissions compared to
certification organization for carbon
current gas appliances.
offset programs. To date, Greener Life
has enrolled over 23,000 customers and
helped offset over 160 million pounds
TotalGreen
Nicor Gas is committed to delivering safe, reliable,
affordable and increasingly renewable energy to the
communities it serves. In July 2022, Nicor Gas
introduced a new voluntary pilot program, TotalGreen.
The TotalGreen program bundles RNG with carbon
of CO2e.[1]
See the Innovation and R&D section to learn more
about our low-carbon technology solutions.
1 Represents cumulative CO2e offsets since the program launched in
October 2019, as of year-end 2022.
offsets to reduce or offset 100% of the CO2 emissions
associated with a customer’s use of natural gas
purchased from Nicor Gas. Carbon offsets represent the
removal or capture of one metric ton of GHGs
measured as CO2e. TotalGreen allows customers to
voluntarily opt-in to offset the GHG emissions
associated with their natural gas usage to heat their
homes, cook meals and enjoy hot water. Customers
have two options for participation:
1. TotalGreen Basic: Consists primarily of carbon
offsets with a low blend of RNG environmental
attributes
2. TotalGreen Premium: Delivers higher blends of RNG
environmental attributes and supplements or offsets
the remaining CO2 emissions with carbon offsets
For either option, participating customers can offset
100% of the CO2 emissions associated with the use of
natural gas purchased from Nicor Gas.
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