Dive Brief:

• Cincinnati intends to keep buying 100% green power, remaining the largest city in the U.S. to buy only renewable power.
• The city manager back-tracked on plans to drop its green purchases from FirstEnergy Solutions and buy conventional power.
• Cincinnati started buying green power from FirstEnergy in 2012. About 65,000 homes and small businesses can use the power unless they opt to buy electricity from another supplier.

Dive Insight:

Cincinnati's green purchases are less expensive than power from the city's incumbent utility Duke Energy. This appears to be a case where “doing good” by buying green is also a less expensive option.