Commonwealth Consulting Services has developed an in-depth understanding of the carbon trading markets, both compliance and voluntary, including CDM carbon trading & Climate Change Carbon Trading. We use this expertise to help our clients execute a wide range of carbon asset monetization transactions.

How our Clients Benefit:

There are environmental credits that are earned by facility owners from both the production of renewable energy, and the conservation of purchased energy.  These credits are a relatively new commodity that has emerged as a product of the green movement.

A credit holder can ‘retire’ those credits to meet an environmental goal – or sell them to another organization that retires them to meet its environmental goal.

For example, a utility might be required by its operating authority to generate 10% of its power from renewable sources. In order to meet that 10% goal that utility can purchase the production credits from an alternative energy producer which is not requied to meet any particular goal.

So a school district in Pennsylvania that installs an electricity-producing solar roof can sell its green energy credits to a utility in California that needs to meet a state requirement. There are numerous variations, but that’s one example of how alternative energy production can earn financial support. There are similar credits that are earned from conservation and efficiency programs. All of these credits are based on the reduction of green house gasses that are released into the environment.

 Commonwealth Consulting Services aggressively identifies opportunities in the ever expanding greenhouse gas emissions trading markets. We help organizations benefit strategically and financially from carbon emissions trading schemes. We provide a full complement of legal, regulatory and advisory services. We also monitor emerging climate change legislation in the United States.