Basic Organization Information
Center for Resource Solutions
- Also Known As:
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CRS
- Physical Address:
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San Francisco, CA
94129
- EIN:
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94-3265560
- Web URL:
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www.resource-solutio...
- NTEE Category:
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C Environmental Quality Protection, Beautification
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C05 Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis
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W Public, Society Benefit
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W90 Consumer Protection and Safety
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C Environmental Quality Protection, Beautification
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C35 Energy Resources Conservation and Development
- Year Founded:
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1997
- Ruling Year:
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1997
- How This Organization Is Funded:
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Energy Foundation - $520,000
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Oak Foundation - $100,000
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US Environmental Protection Agency - $83,800
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Mission Statement
<p>CRS advances sustainable energy through policy and market solutions.</p>
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Impact Summary from the Nonprofit
Our leadership through collaboration and environmental innovation builds
policies and consumer-protection mechanisms in renewable energy,
greenhouse gas reductions, and energy efficiency that foster healthy and
sustained growth in national and international markets.
By
anticipating the needs of voluntary and regulated renewable energy markets, CRS
designs policies, identifies best practices and creates implementation tools to
promote renewable energy generation and ensure that consumers receive the
benefits they have paid for.
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Leadership
Ms. Jennifer Martin
Term:
Since
Dec
2010
Profile:
<strong>Jennifer Martin, Executive Director</strong>. Jennifer brings more than two decades of NGO
and private-sector experience in renewable energy, energy efficiency,
distributed generation, electricity markets and technology development, and
electricity sector and climate change policy and regulation. She is a founding
board member of the San Francisco Carbon Collaborative, a member of the WREGIS
Stakeholder Advisory Committee, a member of the State-Federal RPS Collaborative
Advisory Group, and she served as technical chairperson of the WREGIS
Operational Rules Committee.
She is the
author of several reports and papers addressing renewable energy and utility
policy and technology assessment, resource planning, risk assessment, and
environmental impacts, and has given numerous public presentations and media
interviews. She earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Pomona
College and Duke University.
Leadership Statement:
CRS—a national nonprofit based in San Francisco’s Presidio
National Park with a staff of 12 and a $1.9 million budget—currently works with
more than 50 organizations and business participants in its Green-e Marketplace
program, and is the presenting sponsor and host of the Renewable Energy Markets
(REM) conference, the nation's only annual conference serving the voluntary
renewable market. In addition, CRS is an advisor to the China Sustainable
Energy Program, which works with key Chinese policymakers and research
institutions to develop and implement clean energy policies that will yield
significant reductions in the environmental damage associated with energy production
use and, in particular, reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
Now
in its 14th year, CRS draws revenues from four sources: Fee for
Service, Government Contracts, Institutional Support, and Individual
Contributions. While our flagship program, Green-E Energy is self-supporting,
we've launched several new initiatives that rely on outside support.
We
created and administer the Green-eEnergy certification program
for green power products sold to consumers by utilities and non-utility
marketers across the country. We independently audit and validate the sources
of this energy to ensure there is no double-counting of sales and that sellers
meet high standards of trust in the claims they make about their products.
Green-e
Marketplace
allows commercial entities to license the use of a Green-e logo on
consumer products to certify that they purchase a substantial portion or all of
their electricity from renewable sources. The Green-e Marketplace logo was
recently rated "best of the bunch" by Mother Jones magazine.
In
early 2008, we also launched the new Green-e Climate program that
certifies and verifies the origin and veracity of “carbon offsets” such as
those sold to consumers by marketers including 3Degrees, Bonneville
Environmental Foundation and Community Energy.
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Program:
Green-e Energy
- Budget:
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$750,000
- Category:
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Public, Society Benefit
- Population Served:
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General Public/Unspecified
Program Description:
Green-e Energy is the nation's leading voluntary certification program for renewable energy. For over a decade, Green-e Energy has been certifying renewable energy that meets environmental and consumer protection standards that it developed in conjunction with leading environmental, energy and policy organizations. Green-e Energy also requires that sellers of certifed renewable energy disclose clear and useful information to potential customers, allowing consumers to make informed choices. For more information, see <a href="http://www.green-e.org/energy">www.green-e.org/energy</a>.
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Green-e Climate
- Budget:
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$300,000
- Category:
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Environment
- Population Served:
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General Public/Unspecified
Program Description:
Green-e Climate is the nation's first certification program for carbon offsets sold to consumers on the retail market. This consumer-protection program strengthens the voluntary market by providing credible oversight and transparency to retail greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction products (offsets), from beginning to end. Consumers purchasing Green-e Climate Certified offsets have clear information about the projects their GHG reductions are sourced from, and are guaranteed that no one else can claim their offset. The program verifies that a seller's supply of offsets equals their sales, that GHG reductions are independently certified, and that consumer disclosures are accurate. For more information, see <a href="http://www.green-e.org/climate">www.green-e.org/climate</a>.
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Green-e Marketplace
- Budget:
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$312,668
- Category:
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- Population Served:
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General Public/Unspecified
Program Description:
Organizations that buy Green-e Certified renewable energy (or generate their own electricity) can apply for Green-e logo use through Green-e Marketplace. The Green-e logo is the national symbol for renewable energy excellence. For more information, see<a href="http://www.green-e.org/marketplace">www.green-e.org/marketplace</a>.
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Policy Program
- Budget:
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$228,502
- Category:
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- Population Served:
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General Public/Unspecified
Program Description:
CRS's policy work promotes progress on the interrelated challenges of reversing global warming and advancing clean renewable energy development. <br />
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The global scope of climate change and the catastrophic impacts it will cause will be unprecedented if current energy and emission trends continue. In order to avoid these consequences, humanity must transition to a low carbon way of life in the short span of a few decades. The good news is that investing in clean energy will lay the foundation for economic recovery and long term prosperity, and investments in energy efficiency that reduce pollution will also lower energy bills and save money for families, businesses, and government alike. To meet the challenge of reversing global warming, CRS's policy work seeks to ensure that bold policies to advance clean energy development and reduce greenhouse gas emissions are carried out effectively and equitably.
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