How much does GNG Greener Life cost?

$4.99 a month for residential customers ($59.88 a year), plus applicable taxes, and $9.99 a month for small commercial customers using 2,000 therms a year or less (GNG's published prices, checked October 20, 2026). Customers who enroll between October 5 and November 4, 2026 get a $4.99 credit for 12 months, so the first year is free.

Why is GNG's 44.9¢ rate tied to Greener Life?

The 44.9¢ price is GNG's 49.9¢ 12-month fixed price (code SIMPLE) less a 5¢-per-therm reward paid on 12 bills while you stay in Greener Life. At 641 therms a year it saves about $32.05 in the first year compared with the same plan without Greener Life (figures as of October 18, 2026).

Is Greener Life worth it?

For the first 12 months under the current promotion, yes, if you are choosing GNG's 12-month fixed plan anyway: it is free and the reward lowers your bill. After that it costs $59.88 a year and wipes out the first-year saving in about 6.4 months, so decide again at month 12.

Are Greener Life's carbon offsets real?

The program is Green-e Climate certified and uses projects registered with the American Carbon Registry and Climate Action Reserve. But 85% of the current mix comes from refrigerant reclamation, a credit type whose climate benefit independent researchers question, and the offsets cover only the burning of gas, not upstream methane leaks.

Does Greener Life change the gas delivered to my home?

No. The gas and the delivery by Atlanta Gas Light are the same. Greener Life is a charge for offsets. GNG also says it adds MiQ-certified low-emissions gas at no extra cost, but it does not say how much of its supply that is.

How do I cancel Greener Life?

Call GNG at 770-850-6200 or 1-877-850-6200 and ask to remove the Greener Life Signature Service. There is no contract or fee to cancel, but if you cancel during a promotion the 5¢-per-therm reward stops.

Blog · Published October 20, 2026

What Is Georgia Natural Gas Greener Life? Cost, Offsets and Our Take

Illustration: a gas flame on a burner with a small green sprout, beside a twelve-month calendar with a coupon on every month and a second calendar with a coin on every month.

GNG’s pages read October 20, 2026. Costs use the offer as checked October 18, 2026 and the PSC’s October 2026 chart. GNG’s current Greener Life promotion runs October 5 to November 4, 2026; we will update this post when it changes.

Greener Life is an optional add-on from Georgia Natural Gas (GNG) that buys and retires carbon offsets to match the carbon dioxide from burning the gas you use at home. It costs $4.99 a month for residential customers. Through November 4, 2026, new enrollees get it free for 12 months plus a 5¢-per-therm reward on 12 bills, which is how GNG advertises a 44.9¢ rate with code SIMPLE. For a typical Georgia household using 641 therms a year, that promotion is worth about $32.05 in the first year. After 12 months the $4.99 charge starts and the reward stops, so it is a good deal for a year and an ordinary paid offset program after that.

What Greener Life is

GNG describes Greener Life as “an optional service” for “a small monthly fee”: it calculates the greenhouse gases your gas usage releases and “will purchase and retire carbon offsets to balance the impact of those emissions” (GNG). It launched in October 2019 (GNG/Southern Company press release).

A few things it is not:

It does not change the gas you get. Your gas is the same gas, delivered by Atlanta Gas Light. Greener Life is a line item on your bill, not a different fuel. GNG says the program is now “enhanced with Certified Low Emissions gas” certified by MiQ, at no extra cost (GNG offset details), but it does not say how much of its gas supply that covers.
It does not cover the whole footprint of natural gas. GNG’s own fine print says the offsets cover emissions “associated with the combustion of natural gas at the point of consumption only, and do not include lifecycle emissions that occur during extraction, production, or delivery” (GNG terms). Methane that leaks before gas reaches your meter is not offset.
It is not a rate plan. It attaches to a GNG price plan. GNG’s terms limit it to customers “enrolled in any of GNG’s residential or commercial price plans” (GNG terms).

What it costs

Regular price: $4.99 a month for residential customers ($59.88 a year) and $9.99 a month for small commercial customers using 2,000 therms a year or less (GNG). It was $4.99 at launch in 2019 too (2019 release).
Taxes: the charge shows as a separate line under Current Gas Service Charges and “is subject to applicable state and local taxes” (GNG terms).
Contract: none. “You may cancel your participation at any time” (GNG terms).

A flat fee is the same whether you use 300 therms a year or 1,000, so the cost per ton offset is lower for heavier users. At 641 therms and the factor GNG uses (0.0053 metric tons of CO2 per therm, from the EPA), a typical household’s gas produces about 3.4 metric tons a year, so $59.88 works out to roughly $17.63 a ton.

On its SIMPLE promo page, GNG shows two 12-month fixed cards side by side: 49.9¢ a therm, and 44.9¢ “12 Month Fixed + Greener Life.” The fine print explains the difference. The 44.9¢ is the 49.9¢ plan less a “$.05/therm line-item reward” for “a total of 12 consecutive bills, provided the customer remains enrolled in the Greener Life program,” and GNG credits the $4.99 Greener Life charge “for a maximum of 12 consecutive months.” Both apply only to residential customers who enroll between October 5 and November 4, 2026, and the reward is “available only one time per customer.” Flat-bill (Guaranteed Bill) customers get $2.50 a month instead of 5¢ a therm.

Here is what that means over a year for our standard household (641 therms, a $7.99 monthly GNG service charge, and $580.53 a year in Atlanta Gas Light base charges; see why we use 641 therms):

Option	Rate	Estimated cost, first 12 months
GNG 12-month fixed, code SIMPLE, with Greener Life	44.9¢ effective	$964.22
GNG 12-month fixed, code SIMPLE, without Greener Life	49.9¢	$996.27
Lowest standard 12-month fixed plan on the PSC’s October 2026 chart (Fuel Georgia)	filed	$1,069.18

The first-year gain is the reward, about $32.05 (5¢ × 641 therms). Greener Life itself costs nothing that year because the $4.99 is credited back. Heavier users get more, lighter users less, but anyone who enrolls in the window and stays enrolled for the 12 bills comes out ahead in year one.
After 12 bills the math flips. The reward ends and the $4.99 charge applies. At the same 49.9¢ rate, the same household would pay about $1,056.15 a year, $59.88 more than the plan without Greener Life.
Break-even: if you keep Greener Life after the free year, about 6.4 months of paid charges ($32.05 ÷ $4.99) cancel out the first year’s reward. Keep it a full second year and you are about $27.83 behind where you would be without it.
The fixed term is 12 months too. The 49.9¢ price is locked for 12 months, so by the time the reward ends you will be choosing a new plan anyway. That is a natural point to decide on Greener Life as well.

Because the 44.9¢ price depends on staying in an add-on and changes after 12 bills, the advertised offers table on the Georgia page lists it as a conditional offer, after the plain ones, with both the first-year and after-promo costs. That is our rule for every marketer, explained on the methodology page. Advertised offers are also listed separately from the standard filed fixed plans; see advertised vs filed rates for why.

Are the offsets legit?

Partly. The program is real and certified. The offsets behind it are a mixed bag.

What is solid:

Greener Life is certified by Green-e Climate, a program run by the nonprofit Center for Resource Solutions, and it appears in Green-e’s list of certified products (Green-e). Green-e certification is mainly about making sure the seller delivers and retires what it sells and discloses it honestly (Green-e Climate).
The offsets come from U.S. projects registered with the American Carbon Registry and the Climate Action Reserve, and GNG says it retires them on customers’ behalf (GNG offset details).
GNG publishes a running total: 115,248,595 therms used by Greener Life customers from September 29, 2019 to September 21, 2026, offset with 1,344,079,806 pounds of CO2e (GNG). That works out to about 11.7 pounds per therm, consistent with the EPA factor GNG cites.

What gives us pause:

85% of the mix is refrigerant reclamation. GNG’s current label shows 85% “Industrial Process Emissions” from Hudson Technologies’ HFC reclamation project in Champaign, Illinois (ACR818), 10% landfill gas from Wolf Creek Landfill in Georgia (CAR498), and 5% forest carbon from Allagash Headwaters in Maine (ACR754) (GNG offset details). Reclaiming refrigerant is useful, but crediting it assumes each pound of reclaimed refrigerant replaces a pound of newly made refrigerant. In a 2024 technical note, the nonprofit Carbon Containment Lab said it was “not convinced that displacement always occurs in practice, nor at the level previously assumed,” and that this has “particularly strong implications” for voluntary-market credits based on that assumption (Carbon Containment Lab).
The offsets are not new. GNG’s label says the reductions were “created in: 2017 & 2021,” and the landfill project started in 2010 (GNG offset details).
GNG’s own pages disagree. The Greener Life page and the terms page show an older label (forest carbon in Tennessee, landfill gas in South Carolina, different quantities), while the offset-details page shows the Maine/Georgia/Illinois mix (GNG, terms, details). Both say 85% industrial process emissions. We read all three on October 20, 2026.
“Carbon neutral” is narrower than it sounds. It covers burning the gas, not leaks upstream, by GNG’s own disclosure.

Our take

Take it if you are signing up for GNG’s 12-month fixed plan with code SIMPLE by November 4, 2026 anyway. Greener Life is free for 12 months, the reward cuts about $32.05 off a typical first year, there is no contract, and a certified offset program is attached while you are in it. Put a reminder on your calendar for bill 11 or 12.

Skip it, or cancel at month 12, if your reason for joining is the price. Once the reward ends, it is $59.88 a year plus tax with no effect on your rate, and after about 6.4 paid months the first-year saving is gone.

Think twice if your reason is climate impact. $4.99 a month is not much and the program is certified, but most of what it buys is a credit type whose benefit is disputed, and it does not touch methane leaks. Using less gas (a programmable thermostat, a water-heater blanket, sealing ducts) cuts emissions you can be sure of.

And compare the whole offer, not the add-on. The SIMPLE + Greener Life first-year cost ($964.22) is close to the cheapest plain advertised offers on the Georgia page, which don’t require an add-on, and every one of these promotions expires. Check the advertised offers table and the standard fixed plans before you call, and see GNG’s page for its filed plans and PSC complaint counts.

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How to cancel or remove Greener Life

Call GNG at 770-850-6200 (metro Atlanta) or 1-877-850-6200, Monday to Friday 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (GNG), and ask to remove the Greener Life Signature Service. GNG’s terms say you can cancel at any time (terms).
Know what you give up. If you cancel during the promotion’s 12 bills, the 5¢ reward stops: it applies only “provided the customer remains enrolled in the Greener Life program.” GNG’s fine print ties the 49.9¢ promo price to staying on the plan and paying on time, not to Greener Life.
Check the next bill. The charge appears as its own line under Current Gas Service Charges. If you see it and never enrolled, ask GNG to remove it and credit any charges.
Cancelling Greener Life is not cancelling your gas plan. Leaving a fixed plan early can bring an early termination fee; the add-on has none.

Common questions

What is Georgia Natural Gas Greener Life?: An optional GNG add-on that buys and retires certified carbon offsets equal to the carbon dioxide from burning the natural gas you use. It costs $4.99 a month for homes after any free period, appears as a separate line on your bill, and can be cancelled at any time.
How much does GNG Greener Life cost?: $4.99 a month for residential customers ($59.88 a year), plus applicable taxes, and $9.99 a month for small commercial customers using 2,000 therms a year or less (GNG's published prices, checked October 20, 2026). Customers who enroll between October 5 and November 4, 2026 get a $4.99 credit for 12 months, so the first year is free.
Why is GNG's 44.9¢ rate tied to Greener Life?: The 44.9¢ price is GNG's 49.9¢ 12-month fixed price (code SIMPLE) less a 5¢-per-therm reward paid on 12 bills while you stay in Greener Life. At 641 therms a year it saves about $32.05 in the first year compared with the same plan without Greener Life (figures as of October 18, 2026).
Is Greener Life worth it?: For the first 12 months under the current promotion, yes, if you are choosing GNG's 12-month fixed plan anyway: it is free and the reward lowers your bill. After that it costs $59.88 a year and wipes out the first-year saving in about 6.4 months, so decide again at month 12.
Are Greener Life's carbon offsets real?: The program is Green-e Climate certified and uses projects registered with the American Carbon Registry and Climate Action Reserve. But 85% of the current mix comes from refrigerant reclamation, a credit type whose climate benefit independent researchers question, and the offsets cover only the burning of gas, not upstream methane leaks.
Does Greener Life change the gas delivered to my home?: No. The gas and the delivery by Atlanta Gas Light are the same. Greener Life is a charge for offsets. GNG also says it adds MiQ-certified low-emissions gas at no extra cost, but it does not say how much of its supply that is.
How do I cancel Greener Life?: Call GNG at 770-850-6200 or 1-877-850-6200 and ask to remove the Greener Life Signature Service. There is no contract or fee to cancel, but if you cancel during a promotion the 5¢-per-therm reward stops.