A EPA jGREEN 1 POWER PARTNERSHIP Green Power Community Challenge Rankings - as of December 8, 2011 Over the span of a year, EPA GPCs will track and report their collective green power use and green power percentage of total electricity use. GPCs will be ranked according to the two award categories on EPA's website 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 772,324,379 8.5% 2. Hillsboro, OR Community 709,336,690 35.7% 3. Portland, OR Community 708,666,565 9.3% 4. Santa Clara, CA Community 225,613,900 8.1% 5. Corvallis, OR Community 126,735,822 21.2% 6. Gresham, OR Community 125,843,124 11.5% 7. Bellingham, WA Community 94,533,140 14.4% 8. Beaverton, OR Community 76,276,884 4.5% 9. Palo Alto, CA Community 73,209,780 7.7% 10. Rockville, MD Community 67,188,768 3.1% 11. Salem, OR Community 61,619,623 3.5% 12. Bend, OR Community 59,357,165 7.7% 13. Lake Oswego, OR Community 33,554,768 9.4% 14. Aurora, IL Community 26,890,148 2.1% 15. Park City, UT Community 26,290,019 7.5% 16. Lacey, WA Community 21,116,566 5.9% 17. Durango, CO Community 19,410,000 11% 18. River Falls, WI Community 17,379,279 14.9% 19. Swarthmore, PA Community 14,578,448 27.9% 20. Clayton, MO Community 10,320,000 2.6% 21. Hood River, OR Community 8,409,348 6.3% 22. Hyattsville, MD Community 4,577,728 5.2% 23. Stoughton, WI Community 4,122,000 3% 24. Alamo Heights, TX Community 3,653,000 3.3% 25. Universal City, TX Community 3,640,208 2% 26. Moab Area, UT Community 3,635,328 3.1% 27. Cannon Beach, OR Community 1,692,126 6.1% 28. Cordova, AK Community 1,335,500 5.6% 29. Springdale, UT Community 709,324 5% 30. Cornwall, CT Community 688,509 5.1% 31. Edmonston, MD Community 518,000 5.1% 32. Brookeville, MD Community 328,291 45.7% I ------- A EPA jGREEN 1 POWER PARTNERSHIP GPC Rankings Based on Percentage Green Power - as of December 8, 2011 Green Power Community Green Power % of Total Electricity Use Annual Green Power Usage (kWh) 1. Brookeville, MD Community 45.7% 328,291 2. Hillsboro, OR Community 35.7% 709,336,690 3. Swarthmore, PA Community 27.9% 14,578,448 4. Corvallis, OR Community 21.2% 126,745,822 5. River Falls, WI Community 14.9% 17,379,279 6. Bellingham, WA Community 14.4% 94,533,140 7. Gresham, OR Community 11.5% 125,843,124 8. Durango, CO Community 11.0% 19,410,000 9. Lake Oswego, OR Community 9.4% 33,554,768 10. Portland, OR Community 9.3% 708,666,565 11. Washington, DC Community 8.5% 772,324,379 12. Santa Clara, CA Community 8.1% 225,613,900 13. (tie) Bend, OR Community 7.7% 59,357,165 13. (tie) Palo Alto, CA Community 7.7% 73,209,780 15. Park City, UT Community 7.5% 26,290,019 16. Hood River, OR Community 6,3% 8,409,348 17. Cannon Beach, OR Community 6.1% 1,692,126 18. Lacey, WA Community 5.9% 21,116,566 19. Cordova, AK Community 5.6% 1,335,500 20. Hyattsville, MD Community 5,2% 4,577,728 21. (tie) Cornwall, CT Community 5.1% 688,509 21. (tie) Edmonston, MD Community 5.1% 518,000 23. Springdale, UT Community 5.0% 709,324 24. Beaverton, OR Community 4.5% 76,276,884 25. Salem, OR Community 3.5% 61,619,623 26. Alamo Heights, TX Community 3.3% 3,653,000 27. (tie) Rockville, MD Community 3,1% 67,188,768 27. (tie) Moab Area, UT Community 3.1% 3,635,328 29. Stoughton, WI Community 3.0% 4,122,000 30. Clayton, MO Community 2.6% 10,320,000 31. Aurora, IL Community 2,1% 26,890,148 32. Universal City, TX Community 2.0% 3,640,208 I ------- |