OTTAWA, Canada–Your Credit Union here said it has entered into a partnership that will make it the first CU in Canada to completely power its locations with 100% green electricity and 100% green natural gas.
The power is being obtained from Bullfrog Power, a provider of green energy.
"Credit unions are owned by their customers and their mandate is very different from traditional banks. Credit unions exist to serve their members—it's a commitment to community and people that sets cooperatives apart from traditional businesses," said Joel Lalonde, president and CEO, Your Credit Union. "At Your Credit Union, we see a connection between putting people and the planet first. With our green energy commitment, we're strengthening that connection and doing our part to take action on climate change."
Through the partnership, Bullfrog Power said its generators put 100% clean, pollution-free electricity onto the grid to match the amount of conventional power that Your Credit Union's locations use. Across Canada, Bullfrog Power's green electricity comes from a blend of wind and low-impact hydro power sourced from new Canadian renewable energy facilities.
Bullfrog Power's producers also inject green natural gas onto the national pipeline to match the amount of conventional natural gas used by Your Credit Union's “bullfrogpowered” locations, the company said.
“Sourced from a unique, groundbreaking methane-capture project situated on one of Canada's landfills, Bullfrog's green natural gas is a climate-friendly alternative to conventional, polluting natural gas,” according to the company. “Through this innovative technology, biogas is captured, cleaned up, and injected onto the national natural gas pipeline, displacing fossil fuel-based gas and reducing CO2 emissions into the atmosphere.”