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Green Power Community Challenge Rankings - as of December 12, 2012
Over the span of a year, EPA GPCs tracked and reported their collective green power use and green power percentage of
total electricity use. GPCs are ranked according to these two categories on a quarterly schedule. At the conclusion of the
Challenge, the community that has the highest green power percentage and the community that uses the most kilowatt-
hours (kWh) of green power will receive national recognition and special attention from EPA. View the rankings below.
GPC Rankings Based on Green Power Usage
Green Power Community
Annual Green Power Usage
(kWh)
Green Power % of
Total Electricity Use
1. Washington, DC Community
1,044,939,667
11.4%
2. Hillsboro, OR Community
678,600,291
33.7%
3. Philadelphia, PA Community
673,664,792
4.7%
4. Portland, OR Community
652,622,572
8.6%
5. Aurora, IL Community
490,975,000
36.4%
6. Santa Clara, CA Community
245,151,734
8.9%
7. Oak Park, IL Community
170,809,315
91.9%
8. Gresham, OR Community
154,818,117
17.8%
9. Corvallis, OR Community
130,407,115
18.7%
10. Bellingharm, WA Community
96,502,308
14.5%
11. Beaverton, OR Community
93,061,273
5.3%
12. Rockville, MD Community
81,094,132
3.7%
13. Palo Alto, CA Community
77,717,140
8.2%
14. Rolling Meadows, IL Community
70,288,531
23.6%
15. Salem, OR Community
61,619,623
3.5%
16. Bend, OR Community
59,357,165
7.7%
17. Lake Oswego, OR Community
34,446,529
9.2%
18. Park City, UT Community
29,760,724
8.2%
19. Lacey, WA Community
20,798,285
5.7%
20. Durango, CO Community
19,843,200
11.1%
21. College Park, MD Community
19,042,000
3%
22. Swarthmore, PA Community
17,437,519
33.4%
23. River Falls, Wl Community
17,379,279
14.9%
24. Clayton, MO Community
12,999,424
3.1%
25. Wellesley, MA Community
10,533,221
4.8%
26. Hood River, OR Community
7,817,046
6%
27. Mercer Island, WA Community
6,386,775
3.6%
28. Hyattsville, MD Community
4,577,728
5.2%
29. Stoughton, Wl Community
4,107,600
3%
30. Moab Area, UT Community
4,021,006
3.4%
31. Alamo Heights, TX Community
3,653,000
3.3%
32. Cannon Beach, OR Community
1,692,126
6.1%
33. Cornwall, CT Community
885,929
6.5%
34. Springdale, UT Community
700,924
5%
35. Edmonston, MD Community
558,000
5.5%
36. Brookeville, MD Community
328,291
45.7%
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GPC Rankings Based on Percentage Green Power - as of December 12, 2012
Green Power Community
Green Power % of Total
Electricity Use
Annual Green Power
Usage (kWh)
1. Oak Park, IL Community
91.9%
170,809,315
2. Brookevilie, MD Community
45.7%
328,291
3. Aurora, IL Community
36.4%
490,975,000
4, Hiilsboro, OR Community
33.7%
678,600,291
5. Swarthmore, PA Community
33.4%
17,437,519
6, Rolling Meadows, IL Community
23.6%
70,288,531
7. Corvallis, OR Community
18.7%
130,407,115
8, Gresham, OR Community
17.8%
154,818,117
9, River Falls, Wl Community
14.9%
17,379,279
10. Bellingham, WA Community
14.5%
96,502,308
11. Washington, DC Community
11.4%
1,044,939,667
12. Durango, CO Community
11.1%
19,843,200
13. Lake Oswego, OR Community
9.2%
34,446,529
14. Santa Clara, CA Community
8.9%
245,151,734
15. Portland, OR Community
8.6%
652,622,572
16. Palo Alto, CA Community
8.2%
29,760,724
16. (tie) Park City, UT Community
8.2%
77,717,140
18. Bend, OR Community
7.7%
59,357,165
19. Cornwall, CT Community
6.5%
885,929
20. Cannon Beach, OR Community
6.1%
1,692,126
21. Hood River, OR Community
6.0%
7,817,046
22. Lacey, WA Community
5.7%
20,798,285
23. Edmonston, MD Community
5.5%
558,000
24. Beaverton, OR Community
5.3%
93,061,273
25. Hyattsville, MD Community
5.2%
4,577,728
26. Springdale, UT Community
5.0%
700,924
27. Wellesley, MA Community
4.8%
10,533,221
28. Philadelphia, PA Community
4.7%
673,664,792
29. Rockville, MD Community
3.7%
81,094,132
30. Mercer Island, WA Community
3.6%
6,386,775
31. Salem, OR Community
3.5%
61,619,623
32. Moab Area, UT Community
3.4%
4,021,006
33. Alamo Heights, TX Community
3.3%
3,653,000
34. Clayton, MO Community
3.1%
12,999,424
35. College Park, MD Community
3.0%
19,042,000
35. (tie) Stoughton, Wl Community
3.0%
4,107,600
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