Cincinnati Bell is 1st telecom to provide green retail energy

Cincinnati Bell has become the first telecom provider to offer retail energy to its residential customers along with its other services.

Cincinnati Bell Energy offers not only energy, but 100-percent green energy through a partnership with Viridian Energy.

“The retail energy market is an exciting and rapidly growing space, and this convergence between telecom and energy is a dramatic first for both industries,” said Ted Torbeck, president and general manager of Cincinnati Bell Communications.

Cincinnati Bell Energy’s electricity comes from regionally sourced wind power, and is available to customers in southwestern Ohio.

“Telecom is a dynamic and ever-evolving industry that has proven its ability to continually reinvent itself and adapt to changing customer needs,” said Michael Fallquist, founder and CEO of Viridian Energy. He added that offering affordable green energy is “the next natural progression in the telecom industry’s legacy.”