Seattle City Light and renewable energy - join the forum

Seattle City Light launched its Community Energy Forum on January 11, 2012 and is seeking customer volunteers to provide monthly feedback on a variety of energy issues.

“We are a public, customer-owned utility,” City Light Superintendent Jorge Carrasco said. “It’s important to have our customers engaged and giving us their views. Their opinions will help inform our strategic plan today and for years to come.”

Initially, the utility is asking customers about its renewable energy efforts. City Light was the first utility in the country to achieve carbon neutral operations in 2005 by offsetting all it greenhouse gas emissions. City Light continues to be the only utility to achieve that status. The utility also leads the nation in the percentage of its power that comes from renewable resources.

Customers interested in being part of the online Community Energy Forum should go online to fill out a short questionnaire. 

The forum is being managed by Vision Critical, a leading global market research firm that works with more than 600 global brands. The forums will be highly interactive, giving City Light residential and business customers the opportunity to weigh in on a wide variety of issues facing the utility. Forum participants will receive feedback from the utility on results of monthly forum panel responses.

For more information, contact a Seattle City Light energy advisor at 684-3800.