A EPA 4 GREEN " POWER PARTNERSHIP Top 20 Local Government Partner List (as of October 5,2011) The Top 20 Local Government 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 2.5 billion kilowatt-hours annually, which is equivalent to the electricity needed to power more than 221,000 average American homes annually. Annual Green Power GP % of Total Usage (kWh) Electricity Use* Green Power Resources Providers (listed in descending order by kWh supplied to Partner) 1. Citv of Houston. TX 438,000,000 34% Wind Reliant Energy 2. Citv of Austin. TX 406,000,000 100% Wind Austin Energy0 3. Citv of Dallas. TX 302,880,000 40% Wind GDF Suez Energy Resources NA 4. District of Columbia 244,267,000 50% Wind Washington Gas Energy Services0 5. Citv of Chicaao. IL 215,000,000 20% Wind Renewable Choice Energy0 6. Montaomerv Countv Clean Enerav Buvers GrouD 134,599,000 25% Wind Renewable Choice Energy0 7. Citv of Philadelphia. PA 127,300,000 20% Solar, Wind PPL EnergyPlus0, On-site Generation 8. Suffolk Countv. NY 117,000,000 90% Solar, Wind 3Degrees° 9. Chicaao Public Schools 107,709,620 20% Solar Element Markets0, On-site Generation 10. Dallas/Fort Worth International Aimort 87,000,000 30% Wind Champion Energy Services [ ------- ŠEPA 4 GREEN " POWER PARTNERSHIP Annua! Green Power GP % of Total Usage (kWh) Electricity Use* Green Power Resources Providers (listed in descending order by kWh supplied to Partner) 11. Austin (TX^ Independent School District 65,640,000 42% Biogas, Wind Austin Energy0 12. Washinaton Suburban Sanitarv Commission 59,637,000 28% Wind Constellation NewEnergy 13. Forest Countv Potawatomi Community 54,677,205 100% Wind Invenergy 14. Los Anaeles World Airoorts 35,827,829 22% Biomass, Wind Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power 15. Citv of San Jose, CA 31,854,279 16% Biogas On-site Generation 16. Citv of San Francisco. CA 31,593,977 4% Biogas, Solar On-site Generation 17. Chicaao Park District 31,072,406 25% Various Integrys Energy0 18. Montaomerv Countv. PA 29,391,000 100% Wind PECO/Community Energy0 19. Nassau Countv, NY 29,121,457 15% Biogas On-site Generation 20. Citv of Santa Monica, CA 28,000,000 100% Geothermal, Wind Commerce Energy ^Reflects the amount of greeri power as a percentage of total 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. indicates Provider is selling Partner a third-party certified green power product. For more information on third-party certification, visit http://www.epa.aov/areenpower/buvQp/certified.htm. ------- |