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Cinergy Carbon Sequestration and Offsets

  • Cinergy is funding the purchase of trees for a 300-acre reforestation project being managed by the Nature Conservancy in Indiana. The project will sequester approximately 75,000 tons of carbon dioxide annually.

  • Cinergy Corp. has developed partnerships with various conservancy groups, such as The Nature Conservancy, Ducks Unlimited, and the National Wild Turkey Federation, to plant trees to restore lowland wetlands and riparian zones along rivers and streams, and to reforest marginal agricultural lands.

  • Cinergy is a partner in the Rio Bravo Carbon Sequestration Project to protect 65,000 acres of endangered rainforest in Belize. The project combines land acquisition and sustainable forestry and is expected to sequester approximately 2.4 million metric tons of carbon over 40 years. Cinergy, the Nature Conservancy, and the Belize Government entered into an agreement to transfer the carbon offsets from the project to Cinergy Corp. The agreement was reviewed and approved by the U.S. Initiative on Joint Implementation (USIJI).

  • Cinergy is a participating member of the UtiliTree Carbon Company. UtiliTree is a consortium of 41 utilities organized by the Edison Electric Institute to invest in a portfolio of forestry projects that manage GHG emissions, particularly CO2. A $3.2 million investment in eight domestic and two international projects will capture over 3 million tons of CO2 over the life of these projects.

To view carbon sequestration and offsets programs of all BELC members, visit What's Being Done in the Business Community section of this site.