PSE&G 2006 Annual Report Download - page 20

A cleaner, more sustainable environment is in everyone’s interest. PSEG is committed to
doing its part to make it happen.
Global warming is one of the world’s most important environmental issues, and long
before it became headline news, PSEG staked out a leadership position in addressing it.
More than a decade ago, PSEG joined the federal government’s Climate Challenge pro-
gram and committed to stabilize its carbon dioxide emissions at 1990 levels by the year
2000. PSEG achieved this goal while generating almost two million more megawatt-
hours of electricity in 2000 than in 1990.
We are dedicated to do even more in the years ahead, building on our efforts in recycling,
resource conservation, waste reduction and other areas. These activities reflect our contin-
ual search for new and better ways to promote environmentally sound business practices.
In this vein, PSEG is voluntarily targeting an 18 percent reduction in its carbon dioxide
emissions rate by 2009. We are reducing our impact elsewhere as well. Our new
Bethlehem Energy Center (BEC) near Albany, New York produces energy far more efficiently
than the station it replaced, while dramatically cutting emissions and reducing by 98%
the use of water from the Hudson River.
In these and many other endeavors, we are determined to show that economic and
environmental progress can work together — and contribute to a cleaner, healthier
world for our children.
environmental commitment