, i S.EPA GREEN POWER PARTNERSHIP Top 20 K-12 Schools Partner List (as of January 5, 2011) The Top 20 K-12 Schools list represents the largest purchasers among K-12 school partners within the Green Power Partnership. The combined green power purchases of these organizations amounts to more than 220 million kilowatt-hours of green power annually, which is the equivalent amount of electricity needed to power more than 19,000 average American homes each year. Annual Green Power Usage (kWh) 1. Chicago Public Schools 107,709,620 2. Austin O20 Indeoende GP % of Total Electricity Use* 20% nt School District 65,640,000 3. Round Rock (TX) Indec 41% Green Power Resources Providers (listed in descending order by kWh supplied to Partner) State Solar Element Markets0, On-site /^ar»ai-^Hr»n IL Biogas, Wind Austin Energy0 TX tendent School District 15,833,678 23% 4. Bui Ms School 3,400,000 100% 5. The Chapin School 2,888,000 100% 6. Norwood School 2,826,480 100% 7. Hotchkiss School 2,400,000 34% 8. Greenwich Academy 2,336,589 87% 9. The Dalton School 2,184,000 100% Biogas, Wind Austin Energy0 TX Wind Clean Currents0 MD Wind Renewable Choice Energy0 NY Wind Clean Currents0 MD Wind Community Energy0 CT Biomass, Solar Wind Carbon Solutions Group0, On-site f^Qrt ar^l-i r\r~t CT Good Energy0 NY 10. Lake Travis Independent School District 1,956,000 15% Biogas, Wind Austin Energy0 TX 11. Lvcee Francais of New York 1,912,300 100% 12. Spence School 1,628,000 100% Various Green Mountain Energy0 NY Wind Good Energy0 NY 13. Sidwell Friends School ------- r , i S.EPA GREEN POWER PARTNERSHIP Annual Green Power Usage (kWh) 1,623,810 GP % of Total Electricity Use* 50% Green Power Resources Providers (listed in descending order by kWh supplied to Partner) Wind Washington Gas Energy Services0 State DC 14. Maret School 1,500,000 100% Wind Clean Currents0 DC 15. Spirit Lake Community Schools 1,490,047 46% Wind On-site Generation IA 16. Kent Place School 1,100,000 17. The Nightingale-Bami 1,045,000 18. Pfluaerville Indeoend 69% Wind Community Energy0 NJ ord School 100% ent School District 996,000 19. Grace Church School 877,212 8% Various Good Energy0 NY Biogas, Wind Austin Energy0 TX 100% Various Green Mountain Energy0 NY 20. Sheridan School 850,000 100% Wind Clean Currents0 DC ^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. ------- |