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Top 20 College & University Partner List (as of Octobers, 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
nearly 900 million kilowatt-hours of green power annually, which is the
equivalent amount of electricity needed to power more than 87,000
average American homes annually.
Annual Green
Power Usage (kWh)
GP % of Total
Electricity Use
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%
5. University of Phoenix
46,500,000 27%
6. Texas A&M University System
43,350,000
15%
40,000,000
20%
Green Power
Resources
Wind
Providers (listed in
deJ2.ndinfl rrH6tr by Athletic Conference
kWh supplied to
Partner)
Community Energy Ivy League
Big 10
Bioga-Biomass, STenta,
Wlnd Foundation
Small-hydro,
Wind
Wind
Wind
Sterling Planet
NextEra Energy
Resources
7. Auraria Higher Education Center
40,367,932 100% Wind
8. (tie) Northwestern University
Wind
8. (tie) Western Washington University
40,000,000 100% Wind
10. University of Utah
TXU Energy
Renewable Choice
Energy
SDegrees
NextEra Energy
Resources
Pacific 10
Association of
Division III
Independents
Numerous
Numerous
Numerous
Big 10
Great Northwest
Athletic Conference
GNAC
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Annual Green
Power Usage (kWh)
38,333,000
GP % of Total
Electricity Use
14%
11. The City University of New York
32,704,000 8%
12. Harvard University
31,544,600
10%
13. University of Central Oklahoma
26,000,000 100%
14. Carnegie Mellon University
24,898,000
15. Syracuse University
22,800,000
16. Santa Clara University
22,536,959 74%
17. St. Mary's College of Maryland
17,004,727
18. University at Buffalo
16,350,000
98%
8%
19. The Evergreen State College
16,206,000 100%
20. Colby College
15,975,000
Green Power
Resources
POWER
PARTNERSHIP
Providers (listed in
deJ2.ndinfl rr?V by Athletic Conference
kWh supplied to
Partner)
Wind
Biomass, Wind
Small-hydro,
Solar, Wind
Wind
Sterling Planet
New York Power
Authority
Essex Hydro
Associates, Sterling
Planet, On-site
Generation
Edmond Electric
Mountain West
Numerous
23%
20%
Biogas, Small-
hydro, Wind
Small-hydro
Community Energy,
Constellation
NewEnergy
Constellation
NewEnergy
Ivy League
Lone Star
Conference
University Athletic
Association (UAA)
Big East
Silicon Valley w t r
Solar, Wind Power/3Degrees, On- _ ,
site Generation Conference
Clean Currents,
Biomass, Solar, Southern Maryland
Capital Athletic
Wind
Solar, Wind
Electrical Cooperative, Conference
On-site Generation
Starphire.NET, On-site
Generation
Mid-American
Biomass, Solar, Puget Sound Energy, Cascade Collegiate
Wind
Tacoma Power
Conference
103%
Biomass, Small- Constellation New England Small
hydro, Wind NewEnergy College Athletic Conf
*Reflects the amount of green power as a percentage of total purchased electricity use. Partners choosing to
purchase green power in an amount exceeding 100 percent of their U.S. organization-wide electricity use are
listed as such.
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