••» ,^1 [$ ^Kiv S.EPA GREEN POWER 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 3Degreesc Element Markets0, On-site Generation Austin Energy0 Constellation NewEnergy On-site Generation ------- S.EPA GREEN POWER PARTNERSHIP 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. ------- |