Voluntary Renewable Power Procurement
NLR has tracked the voluntary renewable power market since its inception in the 1990s to help corporate purchasers, utilities, and others selling renewable energy products understand available renewable options and move renewable energy forward.
Voluntary renewable power is separate from renewables used to meet state renewable portfolio standards. View visualizations of NLR's voluntary renewable power market data over time. View U.S. voluntary renewable power market data for 2024.
NLR has evaluated utility renewable pricing programs and published 2024 rankings. The 2024 and previous annual rankings provide assessments of utility renewable pricing programs in terms of renewable pricing customers and sales as well as the percentage of renewable pricing customers and the percentage of renewable power sales.
In 2024, about 9.2 million customers procured approximately 315 million MWh of renewable energy through renewable power markets. The report covers trends in utility renewable pricing programs, utility renewable contracts, competitive suppliers, unbundled renewable energy certificates, community choice aggregations, and power purchase agreements
NLR has developed a comprehensive list of renewable energy procurement options available by utility and municipality nationwide. NLR has also developed a separate list of active utility renewable pricing programs with more detailed information on these programs. To NLR's knowledge, these lists identify all active procurement options or renewable pricing programs nationwide. We welcome your input; if you see that a program is missing or inaccurate, please contact Sushmita Jena.
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2024 report slides | 2024 databook
2023 report slides | 2023 report | 2023 databook
2022 report slides | 2022 report | 2022 databook
2021 report slides | 2021 report | 2021 databook
2020 report slides | 2020 databook
2019 report slides | 2019 databook
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2017 report slides | 2017 report | 2017 databook
The Geography of Green Power, NLR Fact Sheet (2018)
Existing and Potential Corporate Off-Site Renewable Procurement in the Southeast, NLR Technical Report (2019)
State summaries are available for Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
Community Choice Aggregation: Challenges, Opportunities, and Impacts on Renewable Energy Markets, NLR Technical Report (2019)
Charting the Emergence of Corporate Procurement of Utility-Scale PV, NLR Technical Report (2017)
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Policies for Enabling Corporate Sourcing of Renewable Energy Internationally: A 21st Century Power Partnership Report, NLR Technical Report (2017)
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Renewable Electricity Use by the U.S. Information and Communication Technology Industry, NLR Technical Report (2015)
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Last Updated Feb. 10, 2026