Imagine if we took one million cars off the roads across Australia this year? That’s how much GreenPower’s residential and business customers have already contributed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions since its introduction.

Established in 1997, GreenPower is a national accreditation program that sets stringent environmental and reporting standards for renewable electricity products offered by energy suppliers to households and businesses across Australia. GreenPower aims to increase Australia’s capacity to produce environmentally friendly renewable electricity by driving demand for alternative energy generation.

Since 1997, more than 748,000 residential and commercial customers Australia wide have contributed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by buying GreenPower, resulting in savings of over 4.9 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.

The New South Wales Government first established the GreenPower Accreditation Program to accredit electricity retailers’ renewable energy products in that state. The program was developed in consultation with the energy industry, and various non-government organisations including the Australian Consumers Association, Greenpeace, the Australian Conservation Foundation and WWF.

Since 2000, the program has been offered nationally through joint collaboration by participating jurisdictions, collectively known as the National GreenPower Steering Group (NGPSG).

Find more about the Accreditation program