PPL Electric Utilities’ residential and small-business customers have a new option allowing them to support the development of clean, renewable energy.

The company’s new Green Power option, approved by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission on Thursday (8/6), gives customers the choice of paying a little extra each month to support the creation of renewable energy projects.

The new option will be offered in partnership with Pennsylvania-based Community Energy Inc., a leading marketer and developer of renewable energy.

Through the program, customers voluntarily may purchase 100 kilowatt-hour blocks of renewable energy credits, which are the result of energy generated by renewable sources. For each block of renewable energy credits purchased, $2.50 would be added to the customer’s monthly PPL Electric Utilities bill.

Customer payments for renewable energy credits would go to Community Energy. PPL Electric Utilities would not earn a profit from the purchases.

Renewable energy credits serve as official verification that power has been produced from renewable sources. When demand for those credits increases, it provides developers an incentive to build new renewable energy projects such as wind farms and solar projects.

Details on how to sign up for the Green Power option will be communicated to customers in the near future.

PPL Electric Utilities, a subsidiary of PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL), provides electric delivery service to 1.4 million customers in 29 counties of eastern and central Pennsylvania and has consistently ranked among the best companies for customer service in the United States. More information is available at www.pplelectric.com.