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SEPA
POWER
PARTNERSHIP
Top 30 Retail Partner List (as of July 1,2014)
TOP 30
RETAIL
The Top 30 Retail list represents the largest green power users among retail
partners within the Green Power Partnership. The combined green power
usage of these organizations amounts to nearly 5.4 billion kilowatt-hours of
green power annually, which is equivalent to avoiding the carbon dioxide
emissions from the electricity use of nearly 51 2,000 average American
homes each year.
Annual Green
GP % of
Green Power
Providers (listed in descending order by kWh
Power Usage
Total
Resources
supplied to Partner)
(kWh)
Electricity
Use*


1. Kohl's Department Stores
1,536,529,000
105%
Solar
Nexant", Sterling Planet", Renewable Choice
Energy", 3Degrees°, On-site Generation
2. Whole Foods Market
800,257,623
107%
Solar, Wind
3Deqrees°, On-site Generation
3. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
650,716,703
3%
Biogas, Solar,
Wind
Gexa Energy, On-site Generation, Bloom
Energy", Duke Energy, WM Renewable Energy,
Green Power EMC"
4. Staples
635,951,792
106%
Biogas, Solar,
Wind
Renewable Choice Energy", 3Degrees°, Sterling
Planet", Avista Utilities, Pacific Power",
Tennessee Valley Authority", Portland General
Electric, On-site Generation, Florida Power &
Light"
5. Starbucks Company-Owned Stores
582,520,523
67%
Wind
Nexant", 3Degrees°
6. McDonald's USA LLC
309,1 85,000
30%
Wind
3Deqrees°, Sterling Planet"
7. Sprint
1 76,004,679
6%
Solar, Wind
Greenlight Energy", Renewable Choice
Energy", On-site Generation
8. Ahold USA
1 55,985,720
8%
Solar
3Degrees°, On-site Generation
9. Best Buy
133,333,000
13%
Various
3Degrees°
1 0. REI

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64,594,058
100%
Biogas,
Biomass,
Small-hydro,
Solar, Wind
3Degrees°, Green Mountain Energy", On-site
Generation, Exelon Energy, Xcel Energy",
Pepco Energy Services", Austin Energy", Fort
Collins Utilities", Alliant Energy", Connecticut
Light & Power", NSTAR", We Energies", Eugene
Water & Electric Board", Baltimore Gas and
Electric"
11. The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. / Operations and Selected Retail Brands
63,367,536
140%
Solar, Wind
Native Energy", Xcel Energy", On-site
Generation
12. H-E-B Grocery Company
62,014,372
4%
Wind
Austin Energy", CPS Energy
13. Sundance Square
30,334,826
46%
Wind
Green Mountain Energy
14. FedEx Office
25,000,000
13%
Small-hydro
Various
1 5. The North Face
22,230,000
107%
Solar, Wind
Bonneville Environmental Foundation", On-
site Generation
16. Giant Eagle, Inc.
21,260,507
3%
Solar, Wind
Greenliqht Energy", On-site Generation
1 7. Levi Strauss & Co.
1 7,976,361
23%
Various
Renewable Choice Energy", 3Degrees°
1 8. prAna
1 5,108,000
100%
Wind
3Degrees°
19. LF USA
1 5,000,000
131%
Wind
Native Energy"
20. Panera Bread / Maryland Locations
14,273,254
100%
Wind
Washington Gas Energy Services"
21. Price Chopper
Supermarkets


12,000,000
3%
Bioqas, Wind
Direct Energy"
22. MOM's Organic Market
10,397,299
21 5%
Solar, Wind
Sterling Planet", On-site Generation
23. Sephora NA
8,312,000
12%
Solar
GDF Suez Energy Resources NA"
24. Safeway Inc. /
Select Locations

7,903,591
12%
Biogas, Solar,
Wind
On-site Generation
25. Shaklee Corporation
5,000,000
105%
Wind
Sterling Planet"
26. Frontier Natural Products Co
-op

4,534,300
100%
Wind
Bonneville Environmental Foundation"

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27. Neiman Marcus Group
4,449,712
10%
Wind
Green Mountain Energy
28. New Seasons Market
3,697,620
19%
Wind
Portland General Electric, Pacific Power"
29. Macy's, Inc. / 26 California and Hawaii Stores
3,423,616
28%
Solar
On-site Generation
30. Outpost Natural Foods
2,639,600
100%
Small-hydro,
Solar, Wind
REpower Now"
''Reflects the amount of green power as a percentage of total electricity use. Partners choosing
to purchase green power in an amount exceeding 1 00 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.e pa.gov/q reen power/buyqp/certified .htm.

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