We Did It!

Thanks to citizens, organizations, businesses, and the city, Aurora has met the requirements to become the 1st Illinois town to become an EPA Green Power Community. To become a Green Power Community, 2 percent of the power used by electricity customers needed to be classified as renewable energy, which translated into about 25.6 million kilowatt hours (kWh) annually for Aurora. The formal announcement ceremony was held with the EPA and various community leaders in February at the city hall council chambers.

What is Go Green Aurora?

Go Green Aurora is the City of Aurora’s campaign to increase renewable energy purchases by households and businesses and qualify as the 1st U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Green Power Community in Illinois. The Aurora City government is leading by example, becoming an EPA Green Power Partner through its own purchases of renewable energy. Learn more

Why Renewable Energy?

The term “green power” generally refers to electricity supplied in whole or in part from renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar power, geothermal, hydropower, and various forms of biomass. Increasingly, electricity customers are being given electricity supply options, either as retail power markets open to competition or when their regulated utilities develop green pricing programs. Learn more