Constellation's Nuclear-Powered Home Energy Options
Imagine reducing your carbon emissions associated with energy usage while powering your home. That’s the beauty of Constellation’s Nuclear-Powered Clean Electricity Plan. With our 12-month plan, you’ll be doing something good for the environment that’s also good for your wallet.
If you want to power your home with clean, carbon-free energy, you can now sign up for our Nuclear-Powered Clean Electricity Plan in Washington, D.C.
Constellation Energy Corporation is the nation’s largest producer of clean, carbon-free energy and this electricity plan from its affiliate, Constellation NewEnergy, Inc., is matched 100% by Emission-Free Energy Certificates (EFECs) from our affiliate-owned regional nuclear facilities. EFECs represent the emission-free attributes of generating sources that do not emit greenhouse gases*, such as solar, wind, nuclear, and hydropower.
Why Switch to Constellation for Nuclear-Powered Clean Electricity?
Among all nuclear energy providers, Constellation has long invested in the latest technologies so that we can offer you more choices in residential energy offerings.
Some of the benefits of switching include:
Our Nuclear-Powered Clean Electricity Plan is currently available to D.C. customers in the PEPCO-DC utility.
What is Nuclear Energy?
As more people seek clean energy that’s generated without burning fossil fuels, you may be wondering what nuclear energy is and how nuclear energy is produced.
Nuclear power generation companies operate plants that manage a reaction called fission. Fission in these plants is a process for splitting the atom of a fuel, such as uranium. When that happens, a massive amount of heat is produced. Nuclear energy facilities produce power by boiling water to create steam that spins a turbine to generate electricity. The process that produces electricity in this way is called nuclear energy. One of the big advantages of nuclear power is that it is clean and provides air pollution-free power with no greenhouse gas emissions.
Benefits of Nuclear Energy
Nuclear energy providers contribute benefits for communities, businesses and homeowners, as well as the environment. Nuclear energy has many benefits, including:
- It’s a carbon-free choice. One of the big advantages of nuclear power is that it is clean and provides pollution-free power with no greenhouse gas emissions, which are a major contributor to global warming.
- It provides peace of mind. Nuclear sites can operate for several months or years before needing to refuel, which minimizes the impact of supply volatility.
- It’s extremely safe. Nuclear power is safe. American nuclear energy facilities are highly regulated.
Is nuclear energy considered clean energy?
When we talk about nuclear power companies producing clean energy, we are talking about generating electricity without burning fuels that release greenhouse gasses or particulate matter in the form of smoke. Nuclear power providers only emit clean steam.
When most people think of clean energy, they think solar or wind power. However, nuclear energy, which has zero emissions, is America’s largest domestic source of clean energy.
