500 million
and counting.
pounds of carbon emissions.
As Georgia’s natural gas leader, GNG is happy that you are joining us in leading the way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. As part of the Greener Life program, GNG will calculate the greenhouse gas emissions associated with your natural gas usage and retire carbon offsets to balance 100% of those emissions.
The greenhouse gas emissions being offset by this service are those associated with the combustion of natural gas at the point of consumption only, and do not include lifecycle emissions that occur during extractions, production, or delivery.
Each carbon offset represents the reduction of one metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions. The offsets GNG purchases for the Greener Life program come from a mix of projects that have been validated and registered under the high-quality standards of the Climate Action Reserve and the American Carbon Registry.
Your monthly Greener Life Signature Service charge will appear on your bill as a separate line item under the Current Gas Service Charges section of your bill and is subject to applicable state and local taxes.
Our Greener Life program has been certified by Green-e(R) Climate, an independent certification program for greenhouse gas emission reductions (carbon offsets) sold in the voluntary market. The Green-e Climate logo identifies carbon offsets that meet the program's high environmental and consumer-protection standards. For more information on Green-e Climate certification requirements, visit www.green-e.org or email climate@green-e.org.
Greener Life Product Mix Label
Type: Landfill Gas Capture
Certification: Climate Action Reserve
Location: Florida, USA
% of Product: 10%
Quantities: 15,000
Type: Landfill Gas Utilization
Certification: Climate Action Reserve
Location: South Carolina, USA
% of Product: 10%
Quantities: 15,000
Type: Improved Forest Management
Certification: American Carbon Registry
Location: Tennessee, USA
% of Product: 4%
Quantities: 6,000
Type: HFC Refrigerant Reclamation
Certification: American Carbon Registry
Location: Ohio, USA
% of Product: 37%
Quantities: 54,935
Type: HFC Refrigerant Reclamation
Certification: American Carbon Registry
Location: Ohio, USA
% of Product: 10%
Quantities: 15,045
Type: HFC Refrigerant Reclamation
Certification: American Carbon Registry
Location: Ohio, USA
% of Product: 29%
Quantities: 44,020
Per the EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Calculator, each therm of natural gas results in 0.0053 metric tons of CO2.
The Carbon Offset Content Label represents the mix of offsets we have contracted to provide. Actual percentages of GHG emissions reductions may vary by a small amount. In the case of significant variance, GNG is required to provide you with a more accurate historical disclosure.
Visit a list of our projects here: Projects.
Greener Life is Green-e Climate certified and meets the environmental and consumer-protection standards for greenhouse gas emissions reductions (carbon offsets) set forth by the nonprofit Center for Resource Solutions. Learn More www.green-e.org
Green-e Climate is an independent certification program for greenhouse gas emission reductions (carbon offsets) sold in the voluntary market. The Green-e Climate logo identifies carbon offsets that meet the program's high environmental and consumer-protection standards. For more information on Green-e Climate certification requirements, visit www.green-e.org or email climate@green-e.org.
Where is greener life helping?
Tennessee
Doe Mountain
Doe Mountain Forestry Project is located on over 8,500 acres of forestland in the Blue Ridge Mountains of eastern Tennessee. By committing to maintain forest carbon dioxide stocks through sustainable management, the project will provide significant climate benefits through carbon sequestration.
American Carbon Registry
florida
Charlotte County Zemel
Charlotte county is currently installing an active gas collection system at the Zemel Road landfill. Initially, all gas will be destroyed by an open flare. However, the County is working on finding a beneficial use for the gas, most likely through the generation of electricity or the sale of the landfill gas to a third party. There are no prior destruction devices of any kind at the site. While the landfill's design capacity is large enough to make it subject to federal New Source Performance Standards for municipal solid waste landfills, Tier 2 tests show the landfill's non-methane organic compounds emissions are well below the threshold of 50 MG/year. Installation of the gas control and collection system is entirely voluntary at this time.
Climate Action Reserve
south carolina
Greenville County Landfill
The Greenville County Landfill Gas Utilization Project is built, owned, and operated by Greenville Gas Producers, LLC, a landfill gas (LFG) collection and utilization project taking place at the Enoree landfill in Greer, SC. The Enoree Landfill is a municipal solid waste landfill that opened in 1991 and closed in January of 2007, when it was capped with a high-density polyethylene material. At the time of closure there was approximately 3.5 million tons of waste in place (3.2 million tonnes), with an non-methane organic compounds emission rate below 12 Mg/yr. The project activity includes methane capture and destruction with an open flare and a modular electricity generation plant. The flare began operating in August 2007. Construction of the electricity generation plant, with an installed capacity of 3.2 MW, was completed in August, 2008.
Climate Action Reserve
ohio
A-Gas Voluntary Emission
Reclamation Technologies, Inc., dba A-Gas Voluntary Emission Reduction project, A-Gas V1, was undertaken voluntarily by A-Gas to avoid future production of virgin hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and promoting the reclamation of used hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). The project hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) were sourced from one U.S. domestic source and were reclaimed from medical dose inhalers. The HFC was reclaimed to industry specification standards at the A-Gas facility in Bowling Green, Ohio with the intention to resell into the market. All applicable laws and regulations were followed throughout this project.
American Carbon Registry
Greener Life is now enhanced with Certified Low Emissions gas. Greener Life customers like you are already making the natural gas usage in their homes carbon neutral. But now, you have another reason to feel better about your carbon footprint. With the benefits of Certified Low Emissions gas, you are reducing your carbon footprint where the gas is produced, too. GNG takes our environmental stewardship seriously. That’s why we’re proud to add this new benefit to our Greener Life program at no additional cost to you.
What is Certified Low Emissions gas?
Certified Low Emissions natural gas is responsibly sourced from companies who use low emissions processes to produce natural gas. Certified natural gas producers have their facilities audited by independent experts who make sure producers’ methane emissions are below specified levels and that they use industry best practices to minimize methane leakage and limit environmental impact.
Georgia Natural Gas partners with MiQ, a not-for-profit organization that is one of the leading certifiers of natural gas. MiQ’s Methane Standard has been adopted by some of the world’s biggest natural gas producers. To determine the methane emissions performance of facilities where natural gas is produced, MiQ uses a grading method that is transparent, robust and based on data. Independent auditors perform assessments of producer facilities.
†Aggregate pounds for the period from 09/29/2019 through 08/19/2024. 500,000,000 pounds of CO2e equals the removal or capture of 226,798 metric tons of Co2e from the atmosphere and equals 226,798 total carbon offsets retired on behalf of GNG customers.