r< & EPA POWER PARTNERSHIP Top 20 Local Government Partner List (as of October 8,2008) 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 nearly 1.7 billion kilowatt-hours annually, which is equivalent to the electricity needed to power more than 159,000 average American homes annually. Annual Green Power GP % of Total Usage (kWh) Electricity Use Green Power Resources Providers 1. City of Houston, TX 350,400,000 27% Wind Reliant Energy 2. City of Dallas, TX 333,659,840 40% Wind Gexa Energy, Reliant Energy, Suez Energy Resources NA 3. City of Chicago, IL 214,635,000 20% Biomass, Wind MidAmerican Energy 4. Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts 171,144,000 54% Biogas On-site Generation 5. Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission 70,000,000 33% Wind Constellation NewEnergy 6. City of San Diego, CA 69,043,000 27% Biogas, Small- hydro, Solar On-site Generation 7. Montgomery County Wind Buyers Group 65,900,000 10% Wind Washington Gas Energy Services 8. Austin (TX) Independent School District 65,640,000 40% Biogas, Wind Austin Energy 9. City of Austin, TX 59,428,028 15% Biogas, Wind Austin Energy 10. San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant 44,756,718 49% Biogas On-site Generation 11. Nassau County, NY 44,123,420 22% Biogas, Wind EarthKind Energy, On-site Generation 12. Montgomery County, PA 29,000,000 100% Wind Community Energy 13. New York State Municipal Wind Buyers Group 25,289,000 16% Wind Community Energy 14. City of Bellingham, WA 25,000,000 100% Biomass, Solar, Wind Puget Sound Energy ------- ¦ft EPA GREEN POWER PARTNERSHIP Annual Green Power GP % of Total Usage (kWh) Electricity Use Green Power Resources Providers 15. City of Santa Monica, CA 23,000,000 100% Biogas Commerce Energy 16. City of Albuquerque, NM 22,261,568 20% Wind PNM 17. City of Boston, MA 22,132,516 12% Wind Constellation NewEnergy 18. City of Grand Rapids, Ml 22,000,000 20% Biogas, Wind Consumers Energy 19. City of Philadelphia, PA 21,500,000 3% Wind PECO/Community Energy 20. Round Rock (TX) Independent School District 16,232,580 27% Biogas, Wind Austin Energy V ------- |