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What is the difference between a broker and a REC marketer?

April 26, 2017broker difference marketer REC

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What is the difference between a broker and a REC marketer?

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A REC marketer (seller) purchases renewable energy from a generator or a wholesale renewable energy provider, and then markets (sells) that energy to retail or wholesale customers who wish to buy a renewable energy product. A marketer takes title to the renewable energy and resells it, but at no time claims the environmental benefits of that renewable energyonly the final buyer can make those claims. A broker connects a buyer and seller of renewable energy, but does not purchase or take title to the renewable energy being traded.