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PARTNERSHIP
Top 20 Local Government Partner List (as of April 6,2011)
The Top 20 Local Government 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 2.2 billion kilowatt-hours annually, which is equivalent to the
electricity needed to power more than 183,000 average
American homes annually.
Annual Green Power GP % of Total Green Power Providers (listed in descending order
Usage (kWh) Electricity Use* Resources
1. City of Houston. TX
438,000,000 34% Wind
2. City of Dallas. TX
302,880,000 40% Wind
3. District of Columbia
244,267,000 50% Wind
4. City of Chicago. IL
215,000,000 20% Wind
5. Montgomery County Clean Energy Buyers Group
134,599,000 25% Wind
6. Suffolk County. NY
117,000,000 90% Solar, Wind
7. Chicago Public Schools
107,709,620 20% Solar
8. City of Austin. TX
74,142,994 17% Biogas, Wind
9. Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission
70,000,000 33% Wind
10. City of San Diego. CA
69,043,000 27% , , , „
Biogas, Small-
by kWh supplied to Partner)
Reliant Energy
GDF Suez Energy Resources NA
Washington Gas Energy Services0
Renewable Choice Energy0
Renewable Choice Energy0
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Element Markets0, On-site Generation
Austin Energy0
Constellation NewEnergy
On-site Generation
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GREEN
POWER
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Annual Green Power GP % of Total Green Power Providers (listed in descending order
Usage (kWh) Electricity Use* Resources by kWh supplied to Partner)
hydro, Solar
11. Austin fTX) Independent School District
65,640,000 41% Biogas, Wind
12. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
60,000,000 20% Wind
13. Forest County Potawatomi Community
54,677,205 100% Wind
14. Marin Energy Authority
42,250,000 25%
15. Los Angeles World Airports
Austin Energy0
Champion Energy Services
Invenergy
Biogas, Biomass,
Wind
42,027,100
25%
Los Angeles Dept of Water and Power
16. City of San Jose. CA
31,854,279 16%
17. City of San Francisco. CA
31,593,977 4%
18. Chicago Park District
31,072,406 25%
19. Montgomery County. PA
29,391,000 100%
20. Nassau County. NY
29,121,457 15%
Biogas
On-site Generation
Biogas, Solar On-site Generation
Various
Wind
Biogas
Integrys Energy0
PECO/Community Energy0
On-site Generation
^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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