[< £ EPA POWER PARTNERSHIP Top 20 College & University Partner List (as of January 5, 2010) The Top 20 College & University list represents the largest purchasers among higher education institutions within the Green Power Partnership. The combined green power purchases of these organizations amounts to nearly 940 million kilowatt-hours of green power annually, which is the equivalent amount of electricity needed to power more than 87,000 average American homes annually. Annual Green Power Usage (kWh) GP % of Total Electricity Use* Green Power Resources Providers Athletic Conference 1. University of Pennsylvania 192,727,000 46% Wind Community Energy Ivy League 2. Carnegie Mellon University 86,825,000 75% Wind Community Energy University Athletic Association (UAA) 3. Pennsylvania State University 83,600,000 20% Biomass, Small- hydro, Wind SDegrees, Sterling Planet, Community Energy Big 10 4. Oregon State University 66,782,000 72% Biogas, Biomass, Wind Bonneville Environmental Foundation Pacific 10 5. University of California, Santa Cruz 57,000,000 100% Small-hydro, Wind Sterling Planet Association of Division III Independents 6. University of Phoenix 47,000,000 30% Wind NextEra Energy Resources Numerous 7. Texas A&M University System 43,350,000 15% Wind TXU Energy Numerous 8. Auraria Higher Education Center 40,367,932 100% Wind 9. (tie) Northwestern University 40,000,000 20% Wind SDegrees Big 10 9. (tie) Western Washington University 40,000,000 100% Wind Renewable Choice Numerous Energy NextEra Energy Resources Great Northwest Athletic Conference GNAC 11. University of Utah ------- iuRccN " POWER PARTNERSHIP Annual Green Power Usage (kWh) GP % of Total Electricity Use* Green Power Resources Providers Athletic Conference 38,333,000 14% Wind Sterling Planet Mountain West 12. The City University of New York 32,704,000 8% Biomass, Wind New York Power Authority Numerous 13. Harvard University Essex Hydro 31,544,600 10% Small-hydro, Solar, Wind Associates, Sterling Planet, On-site Generation Ivy League 14. University of Central Oklahoma 26,000,000 100% Wind Edmond Electric Lone Star Conference 15. Syracuse University 22,800,000 20% Small-hydro Constellation NewEnergy Big East 16. Santa Clara University 22,536,959 74% Solar, Wind Silicon Valley Power/3Degrees, On- West Coast Conference site Generation 17. The Ohio State University 18,000,000 3% Biomass Element Markets Big 10 18. St. Mary's College of Maryland Clean Currents, 98% Biomass, Solar, Southern Maryland Capital Athletic 17,004,727 Wind Electrical Cooperative, On-site Generation Conference 19. University at Buffalo 16,350,000 8% Solar, Wind Starphire.NET, On-site Generation Mid-American 20. The Evergreen State College 16,206,000 100% Biomass, Solar, Puget Sound Energy, Cascade Coiiegiate Wind Tacoma Power Conference *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. ------- |