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In this issue:

• Sign up to donate! NC GreenPower needs your contribution today
  
• Holiday tips Green up your holiday!
• December program update Change to small solar PV announced

Gift Cards are now available for holiday delivery!

Purchase your NC GreenPower gift card today, just in time for the holidays!

We must receive your order by noon on Friday, 12/17 in order for us to process and have in the USPS mail within 24 hours.
We are not responsible for delayed delivery by the USPS due to high volumes of mail during the holiday season.
ANY ORDERS RECEIVED AFTER THIS DEADLINE, but before noon on Wednesday, 12/22 will instead be emailed
to the purchaser to send to the recipient. Our offices will be closed from 12/24-12/28, and closed 12/31/10.
Please contact us should you have any questions: giftcard@ncgreenpower.org

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Did you know?

• Nationwide, between Thanksgiving & Christmas, we throw away a MILLION EXTRA TONS of waste each WEEK.
• In Raleigh each week, 3,000 tons of waste is discarded. During those six weeks it jumps up to 3,750 tons!
• 1.9 billion holiday cards are sent every year, filling a football field 10 stories high. That's almost 300,000 trees!
• During the holidays, at least 28 billion pounds of edible food are wasted each year - almost 100 lbs per person.
• Half of the paper America consumes is used to wrap & decorate consumer products.
• If each family wrapped 3 gifts in reused materials, enough paper is saved to cover 45,000 football fields.
• If each family reduced holiday gasoline consumption by 1 gallon, we'd reduce GHG emissions by 1 million tons.
• According to a national survey, 70% of Americans would welcome less emphasis on gift giving & spending.

Look for these facts and MORE online - just click below to join one of our social networks!

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NC GreenPower announces a change in premium and capacity limit accepted for new small solar PV agreements, effective January 1, 2011 - The maximum premium for all new small solar PV agreements of 5 kW or less will be adjusted to $0.10 per kWh generated, effective January 1, 2011. This represents a change from the current rate of $0.15 and capacity of 10 kW or less and will be effective for all applications received after December 31, 2010. In order to receive the current premium of $0.15 per kWh for solar PV of 10 kW or less, generators must either complete the small solar PV online application no later than 5 p.m. on December 31, 2010 OR submit a hard copy of the application postmarked no later than December 31, 2010. All applications received after the deadline will be subject to the new premium and capacity restriction. Additionally, all projects which meet the application deadline MUST be generating to the grid no later than April 30, 2011. For additional information on these changes, please visit the generator pages on our website.

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