CO₂ Offsets Terms & Conditions:

When You Offset Your CO₂ with NativeEnergy,

When you purchase Vintage Carbon Offsets from NativeEnergy, you purchase high quality carbon offsets that meet strict project-based additionality standards, from currently operating projects. We feature specific projects or a blend of projects that vary from time to time. Current web sales are Verified Emission Reductions (VERs) that meet the specific standards that are listed below:

Paraiso Hydro Electric Project

Located in Brazil, South America

Vintage carbon offsets from the Paraiso project support the small "run of the river" hydropower plant of 21 MW installed capacity, located in the city of Costa Rica in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. The project employs a technology where a low-level diversion dam raises the water level in the river sufficiently to enable an intake structure to be located on the side of the river. Water from the intake is normally taken through a pipe downhill to a power station constructed downstream of the intake and at as low a level as possible to gain the maximum head on the turbine. In addition to having a low environmental impact, the project provides benefits to the local economy.


PCH Paraiso has the objective to generate electricity to supply the country's economic growth demands for energy, through the use of sustainable renewable sources. This renewable source of electricity generation has an important contribution to the overall reduction of CO₂ emissions. The project brings about a number of social and environmental benefits. Run-of-the-river projects present low environmental impact. The expansion of the generation capacity in a sustainable way will develop a better infrastructure, increase the employment rates in the region and increase the tax income.

Billing and Cancellation

Purchases from the Paraiso Project are one time purchase.  We will not automatically bill you again next year, although we will ask you to renew your purchase at that time.  You may cancel your purchase for any reason by sending us an e-mail to support@nativeenergy.com or calling us at (800) 924-6826 within ten days of your purchase. If you cancel your participation within this period, we'll refund any amounts charged to your credit card. If you do cancel, please tell us why.

Clean Air - Cool Planet.

You are purchasing verified carbon offsets. To have them offset your current CO₂ footprint, you need to make sure that the offsets are never sold to someone else later. That’s why we automatically donate all our customers’ offsets to Clean Air-Cool Planet, for retirement. CA-CP has agreed with us that it will accept our customers’ offsets, and that it will not sell or otherwise transfer them, or use them, for any purpose, except to the extent necessary or advisable under applicable law to effect their retirement, such as transfer to a duly constituted government agency for retirement. CA-CP has authorized us to make this representation to you on its behalf. If you purchase offsets from us and donate them to CA-CP through us in reliance on that representation, the representation becomes an enforceable legal obligation. Our agreement with Clean Air - Cool Planet obligates us to convey to it legal title to the offsets our customers donate, and obligates Clean Air - Cool Planet to send an electronic acknowledgement of receipt to each of our customers who provides us an e-mail address, and to mail an acknowledgement to each customer who does not provide an e-mail address and who purchases and donates more than $200 of RECs per purchase. In addition, our agreement with Clean Air - Cool Planet gives them the right to audit our business records, to make sure that we're performing our obligations. Clean Air - Cool Planet is an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit environmental organization.

Other Legal Provisions.

EXCEPT AS SET FORTH EXPRESSLY IN THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, NATIVEENERGY MAKES NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER IMPLIED OR EXPRESS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE (this disclaimer may not apply in your state). In no event shall either party be liable to the other party for indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages of any kind, including, without limitation, loss of revenues or profits. All damages shall be limited to actual damages only. The agreement set forth in these terms and conditions shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Vermont, without regard to its provisions governing conflicts of laws. Any dispute arising under this agreement shall be subject to mandatory arbitration in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association, and the arbitrator's decision shall be final and binding upon the parties. All information included on the web pages or pop-ups linked to in these terms and conditions is incorporated into these terms and conditions by this reference, with the same effect as though fully set forth herein.

If you have questions about our terms and conditions, please contact us at info@nativeenergy.com or call (800) 924-6826.