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Top 20 College & University Partner List (as of July 7,2009)
The Top 20 College & University list represents the largest purchasers
among higher education institutions within the Green Power Partnership.
The combined green power purchases of these organizations amounts to
more than 867 million kilowatt-hours of green power annually, which is the
equivalent amount of electricity needed to power more than 86,000
average American homes annually.
Annual Green
Power Usage
(kWh)
GP % of Total
Electricity Use
Green Power
Resources
Providers
1. University of Pennsylvania
192,727,000 46%
2. Pennsylvania State University
83,600,000 20%
3. Oregon State University
66,782,000 72%
4. University of California, Santa Cruz
57,000,000 100%
Wind
Biomass, Small-
hydro, Wind
Biogas, Biomass,
Wind
Small-hydro,
Wind
SDegrees,
Community Energy,
Sterling Planet
Bonneville
Environmental
Foundation
Sterling Planet
5. University of Phoenix
46,500,000 27% Wind
6. Texas A&M University System
43,350,000 15% Wind
7. Auraria Higher Education Center
40,367,932 100% Wind
8. (tie) Northwestern University
40,000,000 20% Wind
8. (tie) Western Washington University
40,000,000 100% Wind
10. University of Utah
38,333,000 14%
11. The City University of New York
32,704,000
8%
Wind
Biomass, Wind
Salt River Project
TXU Energy
Renewable Choice
Energy
SDegrees
NextEra Energy
Resources
Sterling Planet
New York Power
Authority
Athletic
Conference
Community Energy Ivy League
Big 10
Pacific 10
Association of
Division III
Independents
Numerous
Numerous
Numerous
Big 10
Great Northwest
Athletic Conference
GNAC
Mountain West
Numerous
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Annual Green
Power Usage
(kWh) *
GP % of Total
Electricity Use
12. Harvard University
31,544,600
10%
13. University of Central Oklahoma
26,000,000 100%
14. Carnegie Mellon University
24,898,000
23%
15. Syracuse University
22,800,000 20%
16. St. Mary's College of Maryland
17,004,727
98%
17. University at Buffalo
16,350,000 8%
18. The Evergreen State College
16,206,000 100%
19. Colby College
15,975,000
103%
20. Southern Oregon University
15,500,000 134%
Green Power
Resources
Small-hydro,
Solar, Wind
Wind
Biogas, Small-
hydro, Wind
Small-hydro
Biomass, Solar,
Wind
Solar, Wind
Biomass, Solar,
Wind
Biomass, Small-
hydro, Wind
Wind
Providers
Essex Hydro
Associates, On-site
Generation, Sterling
Planet
Edmond Electric
Community Energy,
Constellation
NewEnergy
Constellation
NewEnergy
POWER
PARTNERSHIP
Athletic
Conference
Ivy League
Lone Star
Conference
University Athletic
Association (UAA)
Big East
Clean Currents, On-site
Generation, Southern Capital Athletic
Maryland Electrical Conference
Cooperative
On-site Generation,
Starphire.NET
Puget Sound Energy,
Tacoma Power
Constellation
NewEnergy
Bonneville
Environmental
Foundation
Mid-American
Cascade Collegiate
Conference
New England Small
College Athletic
Conf
Cascade Collegiate
Conference
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