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Top 20 Local Government Partner List (as of July ?, 2009)
The Top 20 Local Government Partner List represents the largest purchasers
among local government partners within the Green Power Partnership. The
combined green power purchases of these organizations amounts to nearly 1.8
billion kilowatt-hours annually, which is equivalent to the electricity needed to
power more than 180,000 average American homes annually.
Annual Green Power
Usage (kWh)
1. City of Houston, TX
438,000,000
2. City of Dallas, TX
333,659,840
3. City of Chicago, IL
214,635,000
GP% of Total
Electricity Use
34%
40%
20%
4. Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts
171,144,000 54%
5. Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission
33%
Green Power
Resources
Wind
Wind
Biomass, Wind
Biogas
Wind
70,000,000
6. City of San Diego, CA
69,043,000 27%
7. Montgomery County Wind Buyers Group
65,900,000 10%
8. Austin (TX) Independent School District
65,640,000 39%
9. City of Austin, TX
62,466,303 14%
10. San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant
52,769,440 56% Biogas
11. Los Angeles World Airports
42,027,100
12. Montgomery County, PA
29,391,000
13. Nassau County, NY
29,121,457
Biogas, Small-
hydro, Solar
Wind
Biogas, Wind
Biogas, Wind
25%
100%
Biomass, Small-
hydro, Wind
Wind
Providers
Reliant Energy
Suez Energy Resources NA
MidAmerican Energy
On-site Generation
Constellation NewEnergy
On-site Generation
Washington Gas Energy
Services
15%
Biogas
Austin Energy
Austin Energy
On-site Generation
Los Angeles Dept. of Water
and Power
PECO/Community Energy
On-site Generation
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Annual Green Power
Usage (kWh)
GP% of Total
Electricity Use
Green Power
Resources
14. City of Philadelphia, PA
25,500,000 4% Wind
15. New York State Municipal Wind Buyers Group
25,289,000 16%
16. City of San Francisco, CA
25,033,977 3%
17. City of Bellingham, WA
25,000,000 100%
18. City of Santa Monica, CA
23,000,000 100%
19. City of Albuquerque, NM
22,261,568 20%
20. City of Grand Rapids, Ml
22,000,000 20%
Wind
Biogas, Solar
Biomass, Solar,
Wind
Biogas
Wind
Biogas, Wind
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GREEN
POWER
PARTNERSHIP
Providers
PECO/Community Energy
Community Energy
On-site Generation
Puget Sound Energy
Commerce Energy
PNM
Consumers Energy
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