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GREEN
POWER
PARTNERSHIP
Top 20 Retail Partner List (as of April 6,2011)
The Top 20 Retail list represents the largest purchasers among retail
partners within the Green Power Partnership. The combined green
power purchases of these organizations amounts to nearly 4 billion
kilowatt-hours of green power annually, which is the equivalent
amount of electricity needed to power more than 326,000 average
American homes each year.
Annual Green
Power Usage
(kWh) "
GP % of
Total Green Power Providers (listed in descending order by kWh
Electricity Resources supplied to Partner)
Use*
1. Kohl's Department Stores
1,418,065,000 100%
2. Whole Foods Market
817,657,623
3. Starbucks
421,921,000 52%
4. Staples
341,524,408 52%
Biomass, Small- 3Degrees°, Sterling Planet0, Nexant0, On-site
hydro, Solar, Generation, Sacramento Municipal Utility District0,
Wind
100% Solar, Wind
Wind
City of Dover0
3Degrees°, Austin Energy0, On-site Generation
3Degrees°, Nexant0
_ . Sterling Planet0, Avista Utilities, Pacific Power0
biogas, boiar, Tennessee Va|ley Authority0, Portland General
m Electric, Constellation NewEnergy0
5. Wal-Mart Stores. Inc. / California and Texas Facilities
263,533,433
6. Best Buy
118,865,000
7. Lowe's
110,950,000
8. Safeway Inc.
97,390,000
8% ul°9HaS' S°'ar' Duke Energy, On-site Generation
11%
2%
3%
Wind
Biogas, Wind 3Degrees°
Biomass, Solar Nexant0, On-site Generation
Solar, Wind
3Degrees°, On-site Generation
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Annual Green
Power Usage
(kWh)
GP % of
Total Green Power Providers (listed in descending order by kWh
Electricity Resources supplied to Partner)
Use*
9. H-E-B Grocery Company
63,000,000 5%
10. REI
54,841,382
92%
Biogas, Wind Austin Energy0, CPS Energy
Bonneville Environmental Foundation, Gexa Energy0,
Biogas, Biomass, Green Mountain Energy0, Xcel Energy0, On-site
Small-hydro, Generation, Austin Energy0, Fort Collins Utilities0,
Solar, Wind Alliant Energy0, Eugene Water & Electric Board0, We
Energies0
Constellation NewEnergy0
11. The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. / Operations
37,850,000 100% Wind Community Energy0
12. FedEx Office
33,379,320 15% Small-hydro Various
13. Giant Eagle. Inc.
20,000,000 3% Wind
14. Gander Mountain
19,000,000
15. The North Face
16,592,000 100% Wind
16. Aveda Corporation
15,718,240 100% Wind
17. Office Depot
15,000,000 3% Wind
17% Biomass, Wind Renewable Choice Energyc
Bonneville Environmental Foundation0
Xcel Energy0, Native Energy0
NextEra Energy Resources0
18. prAna
12,400,000
100% Wind
3Degrees°
19. Macv's. Inc. / California and Hawaii Stores
12,133,000 3% Solar On-site Generation
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Annual Green
Power Usage
(kWh)
GP % of
Total
Electricity
Use*
Green Power
Resources
Providers (listed in descending order by kWh
supplied to Partner)
20. Half Price Books / Texas Facilities
11,329,695 100% Wind
Green Mountain Energyc
^Reflects the amount of green power as a percentage of total 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.
°Indicates Provider is selling Partner a third-party certified green power product. For more information
on third-party certification, visit http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/buygp/certified.htm.
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