A EPA t GREEN " POWER t PARTNERSHIP Top 20 Local Government Partner List (as of January 5,201 o) The Top 20 Local Government Partner List represents the largest purchasers among local government partners within the Green Power Partnership. The combined green power purchases of these organizations amounts to more than 1.8 billion kilowatt-hours annually, which is equivalent to the electricity needed to power more than 172,000 average American homes annually. Annual Green Power GP% of Total Usage (kWh) Electricity Use* Green Power Resources Providers (listed in descending order by kWh supplied to Partner) 1. City of Houston, TX 438,000,000 34% Wind Reliant Energy 2. City of Dallas, TX 333,659,840 40% Wind Suez Energy Resources NA 3. City of Chicago, IL 214,635,000 20% Biomass, Wind MidAmerican Energy 4. Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts 181,624,000 55% Biogas On-site Generation 5. Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission 70,000,000 33% Wind Constellation NewEnergy 6. City of San Diego, CA 69,043,000 27% Biogas, Small- hydro, Solar On-site Generation 7. Montgomery County Wind Buyers Group 65,900,000 10% Wind Washington Gas Energy Services0 8. Austin (TX) Independent School District 65,640,000 39% Biogas, Wind Austin Energy 9. City of Austin, TX 62,466,303 14% Biogas, Wind Austin Energy 10. San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant 52,769,440 56% Biogas On-site Generation 11. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport 52,500,000 18% Wind Reliant Energy 12. Los Angeles World Airports 42,027,100 25% Biomass, Small- hydro, Wind Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power 13. Montgomery County, PA 29,391,000 100% Wind PECO/Community Energy0 [ ------- SERA i GREEN " POWER PARTNERSHIP Annual Green Power GP% of Total Usage (kWh) Electricity Use* Green Power Resources Providers (listed in descending order by kWh supplied to Partner) 14. Nassau County, NY 29,121,457 15% Biogas On-site Generation 15. City of Philadelphia, PA 25,500,000 4% Wind PECO/Community Energy 16. City of San Francisco, CA 25,033,977 3% Biogas, Solar On-site Generation 17. City of Beliingham, WA 24,000,000 100% Biomass, Solar, Wind Carbonfund.org0, Puget Sound Energy0 18. City of Santa Monica, CA 23,000,000 100% Biogas Commerce Energy 19. City of Albuquerque, NM 22,261,568 20% Wind PNM 20. City of Grand Rapids, Ml 22,000,000 20% Biogas, Wind Consumers Energy0 *Reflects the amount of green power as a percentage of total purchased 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.qov/qreenpower/buyqp/certified.htm. [ ------- |