Vail Resorts Offsets 100% Energy Use With Wind Power Credits

 

Vail Resorts has chosen to offset 100 percent of its energy use by purchasing nearly 152,000 megawatt-hours of wind energy credits annually for its five mountain resorts, its lodging properties including RockResorts and Grand Teton Lodge Company, all of its 125 retail locations (operated through Specialty Sports Venture) and its new corporate headquarters in Broomfield, Colorado.

By purchasing renewable energy credits equal to the company's entire electricity use, Vail Resorts becomes one of the largest purchasers of wind power credits of all corporations in the United States.

“Our core mission is to provide extraordinary vacation experiences in spectacular mountain settings,” said Rob Katz, chief executive officer of Vail Resorts. “By embracing wind power as a clean and renewable source for 100 percent of our Company's electricity use, we want to reinforce our commitment to the natural environment in which we operate and be a leader on this critical effort within the travel industry.”

Our commitment to clean and renewable energy is the equivalent of avoiding more than 211 million pounds of carbon dioxide emissions, which is equivalent to taking 18,000 cars off the road or planting over 27,000 acres of trees, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

Since our windpower announcement in August, Vail Resorts' purchase of wind energy credits has ensured the replacement of clean, renewable energy onto the nation's power grid by the following wind farms:

Trimont Area Wind Farm
Martin County, Minnesota
Online Date: October 2005

Elk River Wind Farm
Beaumont, Kansas
Online Date: October 2005

Oklahoma Wind Energy Center
Woodward, Oklahoma
Online Date: September 2003

Rock River Wind Farm
Elk Mountain, Wyoming
Online Date: October 2001

Foote Creek Wind Farm I
Arlington, Wyoming
Online Date: April 1999

Wolverine Creek Wind Farm
Idaho Falls, Idaho
Online Date: February 2006

Flying Cloud Wind Farm
Spirit Lake, Iowa
Online Date: December 2003

 

* Offer subject to change without notice. Lift tickets are non-refundable and not for resale. Individuals, who sign up through Renewable Choice Energy, will receive a voucher for a $20 lift ticket. Other restrictions may apply.