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Top 20 Retail Partner List (as of January 5,2011)
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 more than 4
billion kilowatt-hours of green power annually, which is the equivalent
amount of electricity needed to power more than 353,000 average
American homes each year.
Annual Green Power GP % of Total Green Power Providers (listed in descending order by kWh
Usage (kWh) Electricity Resources supplied to Partner)
Use*
1. Kohl's Department Stores
1,418,065,000 100%
2. Whole Foods Market
817,657,623 100%
Biomass, Small- 3Degrees°, Sterling Planet0, Nexant0, On-site
hydro, Solar, Generation, Sacramento Municipal Utility District0,
Wind City of Dover0
Solar, Wind 3Degrees°, Austin Energy0, On-site Generation
3. Starbucks
573,432,000 55%
Wind Nexant0, 3Degrees°
4. Staples
341,524,408 52%
Biogas Solar Sterling Planet0, Avista Utilities, Pacific Power0,
Wind Tennessee Valley Authority0, Portland General
Electric, Constellation NewEnergy0
5. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. / California and Texas Facilities
263,533,433 8%
6. Best Buy
118,865,000 11%
7. Lowe's
110,950,000 2%
8. Safeway Inc.
97,390,000 3%
9. REI
63,875,704 101%
10. H-E-B Grocery Company
63,000,000 5%
Biogas, Solar, Duke Energy, On-site Generation
Wind
Biogas, Wind 3Degrees°
Biomass, Solar Nexant0, On-site Generation
Solar, Wind 3Degrees°, On-site Generation
Biomass Small- Bonneville Environmental Foundation, Gexa Energy0,
hydro Solar Green Mountain Energy0, Xcel Energy0, On-site
Wind ' Generation, Austin Energy0, Eugene Water & Electric
Board0, We Energies0, Alliant Energy0
Biogas, Wind Austin Energy0, CPS Energy
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Annual Green Power GP % of Total Green Power Providers (listed in descending order by kWh
Usage (kWh) Electricity Resources supplied to Partner)
Use*
11. The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. / Operations
100%
36,000,000
12. FedEx Office
34,215,909
13. Giant Eagle. Inc.
Wind
Community Energy0
14%
Various
Various
20,000,000
3%
Wind
Constellation NewEnergy0
14. Gander Mountain
19,000,000 17%
Biomass, Wind Renewable Choice Energy0
15. The North Face
16,592,000
100%
Wind
Bonneville Environmental Foundation0
16. Aveda Corporation
15,718,240
17. Office Depot
100%
Wind
Xcel Energy0, Native Energy0
15,000,000
3%
Wind
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
20. Half Price Books / Texas Facilities
11,329,695 ~TOO% Wind
Green Mountain Energy0
^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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