How to purchase and use Renewable Energy Certificates?

Question

Can someone please explain if and how I can buy renewable energy certificates for my apartment electricity use. My local energy company does not currently provide renewable energy and I am under the impression I can buy certificates from renewable energy companies and use those certificates to pay for my current electric bill.

Can you please explain this process.

Answer 1

It's a pointless exercise because all of the electricity comes from the same generators connected to the same grid.

Answer 2

Sounds like you been listening to Al Gore. This is the sort of thing we should be resisting. This is what is going to make living so expensive. When I first read your question I thought it sounded like carbon credits. I could be wrong but I think you need to have an industry that produces oxygen like a forest or crop lands to be able to buy these certificates.