Who verifies that the transaction is legitimate?
3Degrees, like all legitimate resellers of Renewable Energy Certificates, sells Renewable Energy Certificates that have been certified by the Green-e Energy certification program (www.green-e.org), sponsored by the non-profit Center for Resource Solutions, and is subject to a complex audit each year that accounts for every last megawatt hour of Renewable Energy Certificates sold, who sold it, who purchased it, where that energy was generated, and so on, until there is no question as to the proper origin and title of the certificates. This eliminates fraud and double counting, and helps to ensure customer confidence in their purchases. Such a protocol of auditing and monitoring is expensive, and Green-e charges a fee for its services to resellers. However, resellers are glad to pay such a fee for a monitoring service that insures the trust and confidence of its customers.
