---
title: "Pro Tip: Switch to 50% Clean Energy For Free with Arcadia Power"
description: "Arcadia Power is a free service that acts as a middle-man between you and your power company, allowing you to easily convert 50% of your power usage to clean energy through the use of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)."
date: "2016-11-04"
modified: "2016-11-04"
authors:
  - name: "Jordan Lejuwaan"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/jordan"
url: "https://futurism.com/pro-tip-switch-to-50-clean-energy-for-free-with-arcadia-power"
categories:
  - "Energy"
  - "Science & Energy"
tags:
  - "arcadia power"
  - "green energy"
  - "wind"
---

# Pro Tip: Switch to 50% Clean Energy For Free with Arcadia Power

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/A-ArcadiaPower.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Arcadia Power\</em\>*

[Renewable energy](<https://futurism.com/the-cost-of-renewable-energy-is-plunging-and-itll-change-everything>) is becoming cheaper and more plentiful, but it can still be time-consuming and expensive to make the switch for your home.

Thankfully, now there is an easy way you can help the environment without installing solar panels. Enter [Arcadia Power](<http://myenergy.arcadiapower.com/referral/by/futurismarticle?utm_source=futurism&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=futurism_article>), a company that promises to match 50% of your energy bill with clean energy—*at no extra cost*. Or you can go 100% clean for just a few extra dollars.

## Here's how it works:

- To [sign up](<http://myenergy.arcadiapower.com/referral/by/futurismarticle?utm_source=futurism&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=futurism_article>), just enter your local utility information (Arcadia Power is available in all 50 states) and your preferred method of payment.
- The Arcadia platform monitors your monthly electricity usage and buys Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) from wind farms to match that usage.
- You get a single bill that includes your local utility charge along with the clean energy matches. You can track your impact monthly with your personalized energy dashboard.

## How is that possible?

Arcadia Power accomplishes this through the power of RECs. Each time a renewable energy generator produces one megawatt-hour of electricity, one REC is created. Each one is "a specific amount of electricity produced and delivered to the power grid by a renewable resource such as wind or solar,” [states the EPA](<http://cleantechnica.com/2016/08/09/free-clean-electricity-for-your-home/>)

So [buying RECs](<https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2016/02/07/arcadia-power-pitches-bozeman-on-wind-power-but-how-does-it-work/>) means more green energy is pumped into the grid, a form of direct investment in renewable energy farms.

That's where Arcadia Power comes in. It acts as a middleman, paying your electricity to the local utility and keeping track of your power consumption. When you pay your bills to Arcadia Power, a small premium goes to RECs, which are given to wind farms to produce more electricity.

So what are you waiting for? [Sign up and do your part](<http://myenergy.arcadiapower.com/referral/by/futurismarticle?utm_source=futurism&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=futurism_article>)!

### Author social links  
[Facebook](<https://www.facebook.com/jlejuwaan>)  
[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-lejuwaan-1463a180>)