, i S.EPA GREEN POWER PARTNERSHIP 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 ------- , i S.EPA GREEN ROWER PARTNERSHIP 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. ------- |