V A EPA GREEN POWER PARTNERSHIP Top 20 Local Government Partner List (as of October 6,2009) 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 183,000 average American homes annually. Annual Green Power Usage (kWh) 1. City of Houston, TX 438,000,000 2. City of Dallas, TX 333,659,840 3. City of Chicago, IL 214,635,000 GP % of Total Electricity Use* 34% Green Power Resources 40% 20% Wind Wind 4. Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts 171,144,000 54% Biogas 5. Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission 70,000,000 33% Wind 6. City of San Diego, CA 69,043,000 27% Biogas, Small- hydro, Solar 7. Montgomery County Wind Buyers Group Providers (listed in descending order by kWh supplied to Partner) Reliant Energy Suez Energy Resources NA Biomass, Wind MidAmerican Energy 65,900,000 10% Wind 8. Austin (TX) Independent School District 65,640,000 39% Biogas, Wind 9. City of Austin, TX 62,466,303 14% Biogas, Wind 10. San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant 52,769,440 56% Biogas 11. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport 52,500,000 18% Wind 12. Los Angeles World Airports yio no7 mn ->co/ Biomass, Small- 42<027-100 25% hydro, Wind On-site Generation Constellation NewEnergy On-site Generation Washington Gas Energy Services Austin Energy Austin Energy On-site Generation Reliant Energy Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power ------- SEPA jGREEN 1 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) 13. Montgomery County, PA 29,391,000 100% Wind PECO/Community Energy 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 Bellingham, WA 24,000,000 100% Biomass, Solar, Wind Carbonfund.org, Puget Sound Energy 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 Energy *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. [ ------- |