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Top 20 Local Government Partner List (as of January 5,2011)
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 190,000 average
American homes annually.
Annual Green Power GP % of Total
Usage (kWh) Electricity Use*
1. City of Houston. TX
438,000,000
2. City of Dallas. TX
302,880,000 40%
3. District of Columbia
244,267,000 50%
Green Power Providers (listed in descending
Resources order by kWh supplied to Partner)
34%
Wind
Reliant Energy
Wind
GDF Suez Energy Resources NA
Wind
Washington Gas Energy Services0
4. City of Chicago. IL
215,000,000
20%
Wind
Renewable Choice Energyc
5. Montgomery County Clean Energy Buyers Group
134,599,000
6. Suffolk County. NY
117,000,000
25%
Wind
Renewable Choice Energyc
90%
Solar, Wind
3Degrees°
7. Chicago Public Schools
107,709,620
8. City of Austin. TX
20%
Solar
Element Markets0, On-site Generation
74,142,994 17% Biogas, Wind
9. Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission
Wind
Austin Energyc
70,000,000
33%
Constellation NewEnergy
10. City of San Diego. CA
69,043,000
27% Biogas, Small-
hydro, Solar
On-site Generation
11. Austin (TX) Independent School District
65,640,000
41% Biogas, Wind
12. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
Austin Energyc
60,000,000
20%
Wind
Champion Energy Services
13. Forest County Potawatomi Community
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Annual Green Power GP % of Total Green Power Providers (listed in descending
Usage (kWh) Electricity Use* Resources order by kWh supplied to Partner)
54,677,205
42,250,000
42,027,100
100%
14. Marin Energy Authority
25%
15. Los Angeles World Airports
16. City of San Jose. CA
31,854,279
16%
17. Montgomery County. PA
29,391,000 100%
18. Nassau County. NY
29,121,457
15%
19. City of Santa Monica. CA
28,000,000
100%
20. City of Albuquerque. NM
27,846,568
25%
Wind
Invenergy
Biogas, Biomass, SheN Energy North America
Wind
25% Biomass, Small-
hydro, Wind
Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power
Biogas
Wind
On-site Generation
PECO/Community Energy0
Biogas
On-site Generation
Geothermal, Wind
Commerce Energy
Wind
PNM
^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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