U.S. Environmental Protection Agency • U.S. Department of Energy • Center for Resource Solutions

2008

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2008 Green Power
Leadership Awards

The 2008 Green Power Leadership Awards are hosted by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), the United States Department of Energy (DOE), and the Center for
Resource Solutions (CRS). EPA and DOE recognize leading purchasers and suppliers of green
power respectively CRS recognizes leading organizations and individuals building the market
for green power.

The Green Power Leadership Awards for purchasers is a recognition program of EPA's Green
Power Partnership, a voluntary program working to reduce the environmental impact of con-
ventional electricity use by fostering development of the voluntary green power market.
Nominees in EPA's purchaser category are evaluated based upon the size and characteristics of
their green power commitment, ingenuity used to overcome barriers, internal and external
communication efforts, as well as overall renewable energy strategy. EPA recognizes
purchasers of green power in the areas of On-site Generation, Green Power Purchasing, and
Green Power Partner of the Year.

Nominees in DOE's supplier category are evaluated based upon the resources and technologies
utilized, total annual renewable energy sales, number of customers served, market impact,
amount of green power supplied, and overall value provided to participants. Eligible suppliers
include, but are not limited to, electric utilities, retail marketers, renewable energy certificate
(REC) suppliers, and project developers. DOE recognizes suppliers of green power in the areas
of New Green Power Program or Company, Small Residential/Commercial Green Power
Program or Supplier of the Year and Large Commercial/Institutional Green Power Program or
Supplier of the Year.

CRS' Market Development award category recognizes companies, organizations and
individual renewable energy leaders working to build the market for green power. CRS
recognizes market leadership in the areas of Green Power Beacon, for innovative marketing;
Green Power Pilot, for cutting-edge outreach; and Green Power Pioneer, for continuous
individual achievement.

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For the 2008 Green Power Leadership Awards, three separate panels of judges reviewed nearly
100 nominations. We gratefully thank the individuals who devoted time to reading,
evaluating, and discussing this year's nominations.

The 2008 evaluation panel for green power purchasers included the following individuals:
John Atcheson, U.S. DOE; James Critchfield and Blaine Collison, U.S. EPA; Jen DeCesaro,
Clean Energy States Alliance; Barry Friedman, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; and
Diane Zipper, Renewable Northwest Project.

The 2008 evaluation panel for DOE's green power supplier awards included the following
individuals: John Atcheson, Linda Silverman and Cathy Iverson, U.S. DOE; Lori Bird,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Blaine Collison, U.S. EPA; Ed Holt, Ed Holt &
Associates; and Randy Manion, Western Area Power Administration.

The 2008 evaluation panel for CRS' Market Development Awards included: Ed Holt, Ed Holt
& Associates; Heather Mulligan, Puget Sound Energy; Andrew Nourafshan, Center for
Resource Solutions; Reiner Musier, APX; Blair Swezey, Applied Materials; and Lissa Widoff,
Switzer Foundation. Additional thanks go to Rachael Terada for managing the Market
Development Awards.

We gratefully thank those who contributed their time and resources toward the development
of the 2008 Awards ceremony: Pete Simon and Jennifer Clifford for providing the voice-over
for the ceremony video, and SunPower for the use of their production studio. Additional
thanks go to Courtney Welch, Susan Carollo, and Becky Wall for supporting the 2008 awards
production.


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Schedule of Events

5:00	Reception

6:00	Dinner

7:00	Ceremony

Awards for Green Power Purchasers

Susan Wick wire (invited)

Chief, Energy Supply and Industry Branch

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Awards for Green Power Suppliers

Steven Chalk (invited)

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Renewable Energy
U.S. Department of Energy

Awards for Market Development

Arthur O'Donnell (invited)

Executive Director

Center for Resource Solutions (CRS)

Karl R. Rabago (invited)

Vice President, Government & Regulatory Affairs
The AES Corporation, AES Wind Generation

9:00

Conclusion of Evening


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Speakers

Susan Wickwire

Chief, Energy Supply and Industry Branch
U.S.. Environmental Protection Agency

Susan Wickwire is Chief of the Energy Supply and Industry Branch in the Climate Protection
Partnerships Division of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. She manages three of EPA's
major voluntary climate change programs that engage a range of companies, municipalities,
universities and other organizations in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions: the Green
Power Partnership works with more than 1000 partners buying more than 15.3 billion kilowatt-
hours of green power annually; the Climate Leaders Program has 200+ partners, representing
more than 10% of U.S. GDP; and the Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Partnership has helped
install close to 350 CHP projects which have GHG emissions reductions equal to taking 2
million cars off of the road annually.

Formerly, Ms. Wickwire headed up international climate change capacity building efforts in
high-emitting developing countries at EPA. These initiatives focused primarily on sharing
lessons learned from the ENERGY STAR Program with partners in China and India, as well as
promotion of measures that simultaneously reduce local air pollutants and GHGs under the
Integrated Environmental Strategies program. Her duties also included serving as coordinator
for EPA's participation in the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate.

Ms. Wickwire spent the first portion of her 15 years in federal service as a foreign affairs officer
at the U.S. Department of State. Her responsibilities there included managing issues related to
national policies and measures to address climate change, project-based activities, and preparing
policy papers and briefing materials for senior Department officials. She began her government
career as a Presidential Management Intern.

Ms. Wickwire also served as a member of the U.S. delegation to the international climate
change negotiations from 1995 to 2008.

Ms. Wickwire holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Whitman College and a Masters
in Public Administration from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University.


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Speakers

Steven Chalk

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Renewable Energy
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Steve Chalk is the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Renewable Energy in the Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the U.S. Department of Energy. Steve is responsible
for managing the government's research, development, and commercialization efforts for clean
and renewable energy technologies.

Steve has previously managed EERE's Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Program and most
recently managed the Solar Energy and Building Technologies Programs.

While leading the Solar Energy Technologies program, Chalk was responsible for planning and
implementing the new Solar America Initiative, which is part of President Bush's Advanced
Energy Initiative. The goal of the Solar America Initiative is to make solar technologies cost
competitive in most applications by 2015.

In the building technologies area, Steve led DOE's efforts toward net zero energy homes and
buildings. The portfolio includes component research such as solid state lighting, market trans-
formation activities such as Energy Star, and appliance standards regulations.

Before this, Steve led the President's Hydrogen Fuel Initiative where he oversaw President Bush's
5-year, $1.2 billion research investment in hydrogen production, delivery, storage, and fuel cells.
This portfolio also included hydrogen safety, codes and standards, and education activities.

Earlier in his career at DOE, Steve managed technology development programs in fuel cells,
diesel emissions control, and materials for DOE's advanced automotive technology office. Steve
also worked in the nuclear energy field where he oversaw DOE test programs for tritium
production. Steve started his career with the Navy developing propellants and explosives for
conventional weapons.

Steve holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Maryland
and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the George Washington University.

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Speakers

Arthur J. O'Donnell

Executive Director

Center for Resource Solutions (CRS)

Prior to joining CRS in January 2008, Arthur was an independent business, energy and envi-
ronmental writer for more than 25 years, winning many national and regional awards for his
energy reporting. He was senior reporter for E&E Publishing's Greenwire.com and editor of
the Land Letter. He also frequently wrote for Public Utilities Fortnightly, the California Energy
Circuit newsletter, and he was Editorial Director for EnergyCentral.com.

As the founding editor and associate publisher of the award-winning California Energy
Markets newsletter from 1989 through 2002, O'Donnell documented the creation of modern
wholesale/retail power markets and the subsequent collapse of the state's regulatory restruc-
turing effort.

Arthur is the author of several books, including: Soul of the Grid: A Cultural Biography of the
California Independent System Operator and The Guilty Environmentalist. He also has contributed
a chapter on California's contributions to energy innovation to Peter Asmus' forthcoming
book California Energy, set for publication by the University of California Press during 2008.

A sought-after speaker and conference organizer, O'Donnell maintains a steady schedule of
talks and media appearances to promote CRS' programs and activities.

Arthur holds a Masters Degree in Communications from the University of Washington, where
he was a Graduate Fellow in Business and Economics Reporting in 1981-82. He also graduated
from Rutgers College in 1975 with a Bachelor of Arts in Human Communications.


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Speakers

Karl R. Rabago

Director, Government & Regulatory Affairs
The AES Corporation, AES Wind Generation

Karl R. Rabago is the director of Government and Regulatory Affairs for the AES Wind
Generation, one of the nation's largest wind companies. He is a leader in ensuring the
regulatory and legislative climate for growth of the AES Wind business remains strong in
Texas and throughout the country Karl also serves as the director of Standards and Practices
for Greenhouse Gas Services, LLC, a new GE AES venture created to generate and market
greenhouse gas credits for the voluntary market. Karl wrote and developed the Standard of
Practice and methodologies used by Greenhouse Gas Services.

Karl Rabago has more than 15 years experience in electricity policy and regulation, emerging
energy markets development, clean energy technology development, and the implementation
of sustainability principles. He has served as a regulator, business builder, corporate sustain-
ability leader, R&D program manager, consultant, and advocate. His past positions include:
Deputy Assistant Secretary, US Department of Energy; Commissioner, Texas Public Utility
Commission; Sustainability Leader, Cargill Dow, LLC (now NatureWorks, LLC); and Managing
Director & Principal, Rocky Mountain Institute.

In addition to his duties with AES, Karl chairs the board of the Center for Resource Solutions
and has served as a founding member and past chair of the Green-e Governance Board for the
Green-e Certification Program for renewable energy-based products. He is a founding director
of the Jicarilla Apache Nation Utility Authority, headquartered in Dulce, New Mexico. He is
also an advisor to the Texas Interfaith Power & Light project.

Mr. Rabago is an attorney (University of Texas Law School, J.D. with Honors) with post-
doctorate degrees in environmental (LL.M., Pace University School of Law) and military law
(LL.M., US Army Judge Advocate General's School). A veteran of more than 12 years in the US
Army, he served as a cavalry officer and member of the Judge Advocate General's Corps, and
is Airborne and Ranger qualified.

Married for more than 28 years to his wife Pam, Karl is the proud father of three grown
children and the grandfather of Avery Victoria Rabago.

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About the Awards

EPA's Green Power Purchaser Awards

The EPA Purchaser Awards honor U.S. organizations that have helped build a market for green
power by making significant purchases of renewable energy. Award winners were selected
based upon criteria including: the quantity and type of renewable energy purchased; the
impact of their green power purchases; the extent to which their actions have helped to
establish a precedent that may catalyze similar actions by others; and the extent to which
they demonstrated innovative purchasing strategies.

DOE's Green Power Supplier Awards

The DOE Supplier Awards recognize U.S. suppliers of green power based on qualitative and
quantitative criteria including: their use of innovative programs; number of customers served;
benefits offered to customers; and total annual renewable energy sales. To be eligible, these
products and programs must serve voluntary green power markets.

CRS' Market Development Awards

The Center for Resource Solutions' Market Development Awards recognize efforts to build the
green power marketplace and advance the renewable energy industry. They honor innovative
marketing campaigns to increase widespread awareness of renewable energy options, cutting-
edge outreach efforts by individuals or organizations to boost interest in green power, and
outstanding contributions and continuous individual achievement in support of renewable
energy.


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2008 Green Power
Leadership Award Winners

EPA Green Power Purchaser Awards

On-Site Generation

Kohl's Department Stores
Lundberg Family Farms

Green Power Purchasing

City of Houston, Texas

The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. / Operations
ING

Merritt 7 Venture, LLC
Oregon State University
PepsiCo, Inc.

The Philadelphia Phillies
Powdr Resorts
U.S. Air Force

Green Power Partner of the Year

Bellingham, Washington Community
Cisco Systems, Inc.

Intel Corporation
University of Pennsylvania
White Wave Foods Company

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2008 Green Power
Leadership Award Winners

DOE Green Power Supplier Awards

New Green Power Program or Company

AmerenUE

Small Residential/Commercial Green Power Program
or Supplier of the Year

City of Palo Alto Utilities

Large Commercial/Institutional Green Power Program
or Supplier of the Year

3Degrees
Sterling Planet

CRS Market Development Awards

Green Power Beacon Award

Portland General Electric
Honorable Mention: Detroit Edison

Green Power Pilot Award

Energy Action Coalition

Honorable Mention: Green Mountain Energy

Green Power Pioneer Award

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2008 Members of the
Green Power Leadership Club

(as of September 24, 2008)

The Green Power Leadership Club honors Partners in EPA's Green Power Partnership program
that have made an exemplary green power purchase. Club members must make a green
power purchase which exceeds the minimum Green Power Leadership Club purchase require-
ments. Eligibility for the club is determined on an annual basis.

Fetzer Vineyards
City of Santa Monica, CA
Johnson & Johnson
Connecticut College
Interface, Inc.

Carnegie Mellon University
New Belgium Brewing Company
Steelcase USA

U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency
Xantrex Technology / WA

Facilities
FedEx Kinko's

Village of Mackinaw City, MI
Trout Unlimited/Columbia River

Basin Field Offices
RWE Schott Solar
Aspen Skiing Company
State of Utah/Energy Office
University of Pennsylvania
Green Wave Radio
KEMA, Inc.

Energy Center of Wisconsin

PowerLight

Staples

U.S. Army/ Walter Reed, Adelphi

Labs, Ft. McNair
Redjellyfish
Nike, Inc.

The Tower Companies

Bonneville Environmental

Foundation
Stoel Rives

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters
The World Bank Group
Natsource

Lundberg Family Farms
Shuksan Energy Consulting
Austin Grill
Transcendentist
Xtracycle

Concordia University Austin

Aurum Sustainability

East West Partners/Wild Goose

Restaurant
ERG

Hayward Lumber
Bonny Marlin

Inland Empire Utilities Agency
City of San Diego, CA
East Bay Municipal Utility

District/Main WWT Plant
Avid Communications &

Holdings
Clif Bar

Husky Injection Molding
Systems/Buffalo Center
823 Congress, Ltd
Ambion/Austin, TX Facilities
College Houses

Ginny's Printing
GTI Coatings, Inc.

Maudie's Restaurants
Emerson Process Management/

Systems Division
GSD&M

Luzenac America Yellowstone

Talc Mine
Austin (TX) Independent School

District
TerraClean

University of Maine at Orono
Mohawk Fine Papers, Inc.
Counter Production, LLC
Capitol Aggregates
Foundation Communities
Mount Eden Vineyards
etown

Dragon's Lair
Hangers Cleaners
Renewable Generation
Renewable Energy Systems/

Austin, TX
Ben's Workshop
Austin Quantity Photo
Lazy Oak B&B
The Cellar

First Evangelical Free Church
Sprint Nextel

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Green Power Leadership Club

Outward Bound West/Moab

Offices and Warehouse
Bishop Ranch Veterinary Center
Weil Capital Management
Scrapbooks in Bloom
Texas Converters, Inc.
Maaco/Fort Worth/Hulen St.
Napolis Pizza/Crandall, TX
Collision Correction, Inc.

City of Takoma Park, MD
Cafe in the Square
Four Seasons Dry Cleaners
Leather Inspirations
Biker Zone, LLC
ICData Solutions, LLC
Judy L. Kelly PC/Wellness Plus
Riverside Dental Clinic
Sub House
Fabrics & Frames
Quizno's/Farmers Branch
Whole Foods Market
Eastern University
Sisters & Brothers, Inc.
U.S. General Services Adminis-
tration/Region 9
Amicus Design & Build, LLC
Dr. Fred Raschke
Solar Data Centers, Inc.

Rebekah Baines Johnson Center
Dr. Thomas Keller
TateAustin Public Relations
Emmis Austin Radio
St. Martin's Evangelical Lutheran

Church
The Driskill Hotel
Kettle Foods
Bomber's Burrito Bar
Solar Powered Host
St. Olaf College

Cascadia Region Green Building

Council
Starbucks

Philadelphia Eagles

Spirit Lake Community Schools

Nature's Way Day Spa & Salon

Cfone Apartments

Western Washington University

NRG Systems, Inc.

Rapid Color

Town of Shelter Island, NY
Dusty Dogs
Piccadilly Pets
HSBC North America
Benedictine Convent of
Perpetual Adoration
Tazo Tea

MOM's — My Organic Market
U.S. Mint/Philadelphia
Utah National Guard/Camp

Williams
Green Innovations, LLC
Buck Hill Ski Area
Carbonfund.org
The Clean Energy Partnership
Syracuse University
Grand Targhee Resort
The Toy Factory
Greenovative Solutions
The Holland, Inc.
prAna

Citizens for Pennsylvania's

Future
Sandy Alexander, Inc,

Jackson County, MO/Technology

Center
Oberlin College
The Evergreen State College
Cisco Systems, Inc.

Northwestern University
Perkins + Will
Sugar Bowl Ski Resort
Canadian Embassy Washington
DC

Tualatin Valley Water District
Atlantic Golf at South River
REI

Corvallis Environmental Center
Warren Wilson College
Washington Suburban Sanitary

Commission
University of Central Oklahoma
Chena Hot Springs Resort
Coldwater Creek, Inc.

Auraria Higher Education Center
Neenah Paper, Inc.

Monroe Litho, Inc.

City of Bellingham, WA
Curtis Packaging Corporation
University of California, Santa
Cruz

Touchmark at Coffee Creek
Global Neuroscience Initiative

Foundation
Method Products, Inc.

Jackson Hole Mountain Resort
Vail Resorts, Inc.

Triple Peaks, LLC
Village of Northbrook, IL
Performance Bicycles
NatureWorks, LLC
Wells Fargo & Company
Town of Vail, CO
Frontier Natural Products Co-op
Tetra Pak, Inc.

Sunday River and Sugarloaf/USA
SAP America
Whatcom County, WA


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Green Power Leadership Club

Cherokee Investment Partners

Stratton Mountain

New York University

Lander University

Newport Harbor Corporation

Town of Mountain Village, CO

Green Mountain College

Dupli Envelope and Graphics

Columbia College, Chicago

PepsiCo

York Hospital

X-nth Inc.

Paul Smith's College

Fitzgerald Auto Malls

Shaklee Corporation

EarthColor, Inc.

City of Durango, CO

MOSAIC

St. Mary's College of Maryland

ARAMARK Parks & Resorts

Shawnee Peak Ski Area

Burt's Bees

Gyrus ACMI

Rockfish Bar and Grill &

Kaufmann's Tavern
Southern New Hampshire

University
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.
Monadnock Paper Mills
Arnold & Porter, LLP
City of Beaverton, OR
Pepsi Bottling Ventures, LLC
PepsiAmericas, Inc.

The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Soho House New York, LLC
DMI Industries, Inc.

Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi,
L.L.P.

ENSR Corporation
FLEXPETZ
City of Lacey, WA
AAR CORP.

Society for Neuroscience
National Press Club
Two C Pack Systems
Maximus Coffee Group, LP
Carousel Center Company, LP
ING

Montgomery County, PA
Mortenson Construction
McCormick Distilling
SemaSys, Inc.

Diamond Packaging
Inter-American Development

Bank
City of Dallas, TX
American Jewish Committee
Dell Inc.

Intel Corporation
Talbott Hotel
Williamson Printing
Beaulieu Commercial
City of Houston, TX
Northington Energy, LLC
Dansko
Flagship Press
The Dalton School
Carlton Fields, P.A.

City of Gresham, OR
Merritt 7 Venture, LLC
Oregon State University
Hillwood Development

Company
K Line America
Chadbourne & Parke, LLP
New 42nd Street, Inc
Port of Vancouver

General Converting, Inc.
Backcountry.com
Southern Oregon University
Callaway Gardens
Kroenke Sports Enterprises
AC Label, LLC
Metcalfe's Sentry
KNTV Television, Inc. NBC 11
The Philadelphia Phillies
World Resources Company
City of Albuquerque, NM
Powdr Resorts
Watkins Glen International
City of Grand Rapids, MI
Eagle County, CO
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
Greenwich Academy
Goetz Printing Company
Third Sector New England
Town of Breckenridge, CO
Bath Junkie
Country Life Vitamins
Georgian Court University
K-l Packaging Group
Irides, LLC
Esurance
Nokia USA
Dynagraf, Inc.

Jackson Family Wines
Coating Excellence Internation-
al, LLC
Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP
J.S. McCarthy Printers
University of Denver

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I A Purchaser Awards

Category: On-Site Generation

Kohl's Department Stores

Based in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, Kohl's is a
family-focused, value-oriented specialty department
store offering moderately priced, exclusive and
national brand apparel, shoes, accessories, beauty
and home products. Kohl's strives to be a leading
environmentally responsible retailer through
focused resource stewardship by its associates and v«

Kohl's currently buys or produces power from green sources equal to 20 percent of its annual
electricity use for stores, offices and distribution centers nationwide. This amount equals more
than 236 million kilowatt-hours annually. Kohl's plans to maintain its 20 percent purchase
through 2009, and is on contract to have 133 on-site solar photovoltaic arrays installed on
rooftops in Oregon, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Connecticut and Maryland. Kohl's has currently
activated 48 of these systems, with 52 more planned by the end of 2008.

A member of EPA's Green Power Partnership since July 2006, Kohl's also received a 2007
Green Power Leadership Award.

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I A Purchaser Awards

Category: On-Site Generation

Lundberg Family Farms

Lundberg Family Farms is a family owned and operated farm
committed to growing and producing organic rice and rice
products in the Sacramento Valley of Northern California.

Lundberg's environmentally focused philosophy has made green
power a natural fit for the company

Lundberg's annual purchase of over 4 million kilowatt-hours of
California wind-derived renewable energy certificates is enough
to supply more than 100 percent of the operation's total electricity use. Lundberg's purchase
currently represents the largest U.S. renewable energy commitment by an agribusiness. In
addition to this purchase, Lundberg installed two solar photovoltaic arrays on company
warehouses, which produce nearly 688 thousand kilowatt-hours annually. Both systems feed
into the California power grid, enabling them to contribute extra power to the grid during
summer months when the state's power demands are the highest.

Lundberg features its purchase on product packaging and spreads the word about green power
through its public web page, speaking events, newsletters and at industry trade shows.
Multiple local broadcast stations have also featured stories about the company's green power
activities.

Lundberg received a Green Power Leadership Award in 2004.


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Category: Green Power Purchasing

City of Houston, Texas

The City of Houston's comprehensive renewable energy plan calls
for the purchase of fixed-price green power, which will help to
offset the rising cost of conventional electricity As part of this
plan, the city has bought more than 350 million kilowatt-hours of
wind-derived renewable energy certificates, enough to meet nearly
27 percent of its annual electricity needs, at a cost lower than
traditional electricity Houston's purchase ranks among the largest
in the Green Power Partnership, placing the city on both EPA's
National Top 25 and Top Local Government lists.

Houston has a goal of buying an added 40 megawatts of wind energy and hosting several
solar photovoltaic projects. The city actively sends out communications to the media and
public through press releases, newsletters, and website announcements to increase awareness
about green power. The city of Houston also developed two websites: one helps the public
learn about green power benefits, and the other compares the costs of different kinds of
energy, including green power. Further, as a leader among municipal green power buyers, the
City has taken part in an EPA-sponsored green power webinar to share its strategy of buying
wind power with others. Houston also takes an active roll in presenting its model of success
to other local governments and to industry groups.


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EPA Purchaser Awards

Category: Green Power Purchasing

The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. / Operations

The Estee Lauder Companies is one of the world's leading
manufacturers of beauty care products. The company's 36
million kilowatt-hour wind purchase powers 100 percent of
its U.S. manufacturing, distribution, research and
development and owned office spaces. In addition to the
wind purchase, the company also installed a 600-kilowatt
solar photovoltaic array at its Oakland, New Jersey facility,
one of the largest solar photovoltaic projects in the state.

The company's U.S. purchase is part of a larger initiative to reduce its greenhouse gas
emissions, which also includes purchases for global facilities, and preferential status to the
company's suppliers that use green power. In 2008, The Estee Lauder Companies is planning
to install additional on-site systems to power other facilities within its operations.

The Estee Lauder Companies communicates its environmental values to customers,
employees and shareholders as a vital part of its sustainability goals. The company uses
window decals and ads to promote its green power purchase to customers in retail stores, and
actively communicates to employees and stakeholders through newsletters, reports, and
employee education events.

ESTEE
LAUDER

COMPANIES

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E A Purchaser Awards

Category: Green Power Purchasing

ING

ING is a global financial institution of Dutch origin
offering banking, investments, life insurance and
retirement services to over 85 million private,
corporate and institutional clients in more than 50
countries. The company's annual purchase of more
than 75 million kilowatt-hours of wind-derived renewable energy certificates (RECs) supplies
100 percent of the electricity needs for its U.S. operations. ING's parent company, ING Group,
played an important role in developing ING's U.S. green power procurement strategy, drawing
on the company's experience in buying green power for its Netherlands, Switzerland and
Belgium operations.

Through its green power purchase, ING seeks to increase awareness of environmental issues.
The company has successfully expanded its outreach to influence those within and outside
the organization, using e-mails, presentations, surveys, on-site displays and newsletters. The
company's first green power purchase inspired employees to create a corporate-wide greening
effort called "Orange Goes Green," which educates employees about renewable energy.
Through this program, ING encourages its employees to sign up for wind power at home and
to also adopt energy efficiency measures.

Part of ING's green power purchase includes participation in a Connecticut green power
program through the local utility, which earmarks a free solar photovoltaic system to a local
community for every 1 million kilowatt-hour purchase. ING plans to have its donated
systems placed on a library and a school.


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Category: Green Power Purchasing

Merritt 7 Venture, LLC

Located in the heart of Fairfield County,
Connecticut, Merritt 7 Corporate Park is a

¦

Class A office park with six office buildings
that measures roughly 1.4 million square

Corporate Park

feet. Its innovative campus has been
recognized for its sustainability practices,

including energy efficiency, and for buying green power. The company has taken a broad
view of energy efficiency, from replacing water pumps and common area lighting fixtures, to
upgrading elevator mechanical equipment and replacing cooling towers. Merritt 7 also
installed data metering devices to enable the landlord to record electricity consumption and
provide control of unusual conditions or spikes in electricity use. After working toward ideal
energy efficiency, the company made a renewable energy certificate (REC) purchase of more
than 21 million kilowatt-hours, or 100 percent of the organization's remaining electricity use.

Merritt 7 offers sessions to building tenants to educate them on green buildings and avenues
to buy green power products. Home to long-term tenants of many well-known brand names,
the company hopes to provide information that will drive change within its tenant
population and beyond, to branch offices across the country.


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Category: Green Power Purchasing

Oregon State University

Oregon State University's (OSU) purchase of nearly 67 million
kilowatt-hours of renewable energy certificates (RECs) is equal to
nearly 75 percent of the total campus electricity consumption.

The University's purchase places the school on EPA's list of Top
10 College and University green power purchasers. The school
funded its purchase through a student "Green Fee" approved

during a general campus election, and resulted in a purchase of Oregon State

RECs from a mix of biogas, biomass and wind resources. The	UNIVERSITY

Green Fee produced the highest voter turnout in OSU history,

with more than 70 percent of voting students supporting the initiative.

As a part of OSU's purchase agreement, its green power supplier will set aside a part of each
payment into a reinvestment fund that will finance an on-site solar photovoltaic project in
2009.

The University advises students about the Green Fee and the REC purchase at table displays
during campus events. It also offers information to help students reach the campus goal of
100 percent.


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EPA Purchaser Awards

Category: Green Power Purchasing

PepsiCo, Inc

PepsiCo is one of the world's largest food and
beverage companies, with 2007 annual
revenues of more than $39 billion. The
company employs roughly 185,000 people
worldwide, and its products are sold in approx-
imately 200 countries. Its principal businesses
include: Frito-Lay snacks, Pepsi-Cola beverages,

Gatorade sports drinks, Tropicana juices and Qi

PepsiCo currently buys or produces power from green sources equal to 100 percent of its
electricity purchased in the United States. This amount totals more than 1.1 billion kilowatt-
hours annually. The large size of its purchase places the company on both EPA's National Top
25 and Fortune 500 lists of green power purchasers. In 2008, PepsiCo increased its purchase
amount by nearly 40 million kilowatt-hours per year to keep pace with growth in the
company's U.S. operations.

Buying green power is only one aspect of PepsiCo's comprehensive and continuing program
of environmental sustainability. When undertaking such programs, PepsiCo focuses on
internal efficiency improvements, communication with supply chain partners and external
opportunities to reach beyond the boundary of the company's own facilities.

PepsiCo demonstrated leadership through organizing a green supply chain initiative with
three of its bottlers. The bottlers followed PepsiCo's lead and each independently bought 100
percent green power for their own operations. For its leadership, PepsiCo was awarded EPA's
Green Power Partner of the Year Award in 2007.

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I A Purchaser Awards

Category: Green Power Purchasing

The Philadelphia Phillies

The Philadelphia Phillies are the first Major
League Baseball team to join EPA's Green
Power Partnership. The club currently buys
20 million kilowatt-hours annually,
enough to power 100 percent of the
annual electricity use for Citizens Bank Park. The Phillies' purchase of renewable energy cer-
tificates (RECs) are from wind and biomass resources.

The Phillies "Red Goes Green" announcement included notable attendees such as EPA's
regional administrator, the governor of Pennsylvania, the mayor of Philadelphia, Major
League Baseball's executive vice president and chief information officer, as well as the Phillies'
president and chief executive officer. A Major League Baseball game followed the announce-
ment, where players sported green hats, drawing questions from both media and fans. Broad-
casters explained the significance of the green hats and the REC purchase to viewers during a
live TV broadcast. The media event drew attention from local, regional and national news
agencies including ESPN, FOX, CNN, CBS, NBC, ABC, Sports Illustrated and many more.

Since the event, four other major league clubs have contacted the Phillies to learn more about
its REC purchase.


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EPA Purchaser Awards

Category: Green Power Purchasing

Powdr Resorts

Headquartered in Park City, Utah, Powdr Resorts owns seven resort
complexes across the United States, including Park City Mountain
Resort in Utah, Killington Resort and Pico Resort in Vermont, Mt.

Bachelor in Oregon, Boreal Resort and Soda Springs Resort in
California, Las Vegas Ski and Snowboard Resort in Nevada, and
Gorgoza Park, a tubing park in Utah. Powdr Resorts' annual
purchase of nearly 50 million kilowatt-hours of wind-derived
renewable energy certificates (RECs) is enough to supply 100
percent of the operation's total electricity use.

With many visitors each season, Powdr Resorts recognizes a great opportunity to reach out to
its guests and share its story about green power. On its website, www.saveoursnow.net, the
organization prominently provides details about its renewable energy purchase, and also
holds community meetings to educate others on what they can do. Powdr Resorts also shares
green power news in vacation planning guides provided to hotels and resort visitors.

In the future, the organization plans to place interactive kiosks in key locations around the
resorts. Each kiosk will provide information about wind energy and show the energy
generation capacities of a small wind turbine. Powdr Resorts expects the kiosks to receive
more than one million visits per year.

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I A Purchaser Awards

Category: Green Power Purchasing

U.S. Air Force

The U.S. Air Force made an annual purchase of more
than 899 million kilowatt-hours, establishing it as the
top federal government buyer of green power and
ranking it among the largest buyers on EPA's National
Top 25 list. The purchases made by 54 bases consist of a
varied resource mix of biomass, wind, landfill gas and
solar, delivered by a diverse product mix of renewable
energy certificates (RECs), utility-delivered products and
on-site systems.

The U.S. Air Force has complemented its renewable power purchases with several on-site
renewable energy projects. Projects include wind farms at Warren Air Force Base (AFB) (3.3
megawatt) and Ascension Island (2.7 megawatt). In addition, the U.S. Air Force has a landfill
gas project at Hill AFB (2.3 megawatt), as well as 3 solar photovoltaic arrays at Nellis AFB
(14.2 megawatt), Luke AFB (a 0.4 megawatt) and March AFB (0.4 megawatt). The Solar photo-
voltaic array at Nellis AFB is considered the largest solar array in the Western Hemisphere.

By taking part in industry and federal workshops, U.S. Air Force energy leaders encourage
participants to embrace the benefits of green power. The U.S. Air Force is a previous winner
of a Green Power Leadership Award in 2004, and received a Partner of the Year Award in
2003 and 2005.

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EPA Purchaser Awards

Category: Green Power Partner of the Year

Bellingham, Washington Community

Bellingham, Washington, is a coastal community near the
Canadian border, rated by several popular magazines as the best
place to live in the United States. The community received EPA's
Partner of the Year Award in 2007 and continues to display
national leadership in the purchase and support of green power.

In early 2007, by a unanimous city council vote, the Bellingham
local government chose to lead by example by buying 100
percent green power for all city-owned facilities. Later the same
year, the city partnered with the local utility's green power program and a local non-profit
organization to launch the Bellingham Green Power Community Challenge. The goal of the
challenge was to increase green power purchasing among the city's residents and businesses
to more than 2 percent of the city-wide electricity use.

To date, the community has far surpassed that original goal and is now buying more than 81
million kilowatt-hours of renewable energy certificates (RECs). This amounts to nearly 11
percent of the community's total electricity use. More than 2,400 households and businesses
have enrolled to buy green power through the challenge. The community's purchase resulted
in EPA recognizing the Community of Bellingham as the first EPA Green Power Community
in Washington State.

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I A Purchaser Awards

Category: Green Power Partner of the Year

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Cisco Systems, Inc. is a multinational company with annual
revenues of more than $39.5 billion. Cisco is a worldwide |
leader in networking technology that transforms how
people connect, communicate and collaborate. Cisco
believes that technology has the power to help the world
manage its environmental challenges and is using
networking technology to reduce its own environmental footprint. In June 2008, the organi-
zation announced a corporate global greenhouse gas reduction goal of 25 percent in absolute
terms by 2012, sending a strong message that corporate growth and environmental protection
can go hand in hand.

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Cisco is using green power both in the United States and internationally as a strategy to meet
its greenhouse gas reduction goal. The company's annual purchase in the United States of 378
million kilowatt-hours of green power is supplied mainly from biomass, wind, solar and small
hydro sources. Cisco's purchase represents nearly 44 percent of its total annual electricity
across its U.S. operations, and places the company among the largest buyers of green power
on EPA's National Top 25 list. To support the green power industry, Cisco buys from small and
mid-sized suppliers. Cisco plans to increase its green power purchase by 22 million kilowatt-
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EPA Purchaser Awards

Category: Green Power Partner of the Year

Intel Corporation

Intel Corporation, a world leader in silicon innovation, develops
technologies, products and initiatives to advance how people work
and live. Currently, Intel powers over 46 percent of its U.S. facilities
through the purchase of more than 1.3 billion kilowatt-hours a year
of renewable energy certificates (RECs) generated from wind, solar,
geothermal and biomass sources. Intel's purchase ranks among the
largest in the Green Power Partnership, placing it on EPA's National
Top 25 and Fortune 500 purchaser lists.

Intel's purchase is just one part of a multi-faceted approach to protect the environment, and
one the company hopes will spur added development and demand for renewable energy. In
addition, Intel Corporation's venture capital arm, Intel Capital, invests selectively in various
Cleantech-related domains, including solar photovoltaics, with the objective to hasten
innovation in start-ups and use of renewables worldwide. Besides promoting greater energy
efficiency in its products and facilities, over the last six years Intel has invested over $21
million towards more than 250 energy conservation projects that saved over 500 million
kilowatt-hours.

To increase awareness of this landmark purchase, the company launched a comprehensive
communications plan around the announcement which included press outreach in both
traditional and social media publications, as well as print and online advertising. Intel
launched a new environmentally-focused website that featured the announcement and
included partners such as EPA, Green-e and the company's green power provider. Intel takes
part in speaking engagements, workshops and seminars to help ensure that the actions of
support continue to affect the market. Lastly, Intel ran a high-visibility employee awareness
campaign of the announcement in its U.S. facilities. The company continues to evaluate
added opportunities in the alternative and renewable energy arena.

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I A Purchaser Awards

Category: Green Power Partner of the Year

University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania buys nearly 193
million kilowatt-hours of wind-generated renewable
energy certificates (RECs), an amount equivalent to 46
percent of its total purchased electricity use. The
purchase is large enough to have placed Penn on both
EPA's National Top 25 and Top 10 Colleges and Universities purchaser lists.

Penn

University of Pennsylvania

The University is funding its wind power purchase with savings achieved through aggressive
energy conservation. Over the past few years, the University reduced peak electricity demand
by 18 percent. Penn's long-term commitment to buying green power helps support
developing new wind generation facilities, including a 12-turbine, 20-megawatt Pennsylvania
wind farm.

In 2007, Penn's President became the first in the Ivy League to sign the American College and
University Presidents' Climate Commitment. As a result, Penn formed the Environmental Sus-
tainability Advisory Committee comprised of faculty, students and staff working across
multiple disciplines to research and write a long range plan for reducing Penn's carbon
footprint. In addition, Penn formed the Green Campus Partnership as an umbrella group to
promote Penn's commitment to sustainability and advocate for enhanced policies at Penn.

EPA recognized the University of Pennsylvania as a Green Power Leadership Award winner in
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EPA Purchaser Awards

Category: Green Power Partner of the Year

WhiteWave Foods Company

This is the fifth year that EPA has recognized WhiteWave
Foods Company with an EPA Green Power Leadership
Award. The company has a rich history of supporting
green power, beginning in 2003 with its first purchase of X/x/hrP^^x/X/^X/^^
renewable energy certificates (RECs) for the Silk® Soymilk

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brand operations. In 2004, the company began buying
RECs to cover the operations for the Horizon Organic^®

brand, and in 2006 for the electricity used at the company's corporate headquarters. In 2008,
WhiteWave added the International Delight® and Land O'Lakes® creamer brands by increasing
the company's overall purchase to more than 98 million kilowatt-hours annually.

To further build on the impact of its REC purchases, WhiteWave helps engage and educate its
customers, partners and media about the benefits of green power. WhiteWave promotes green
power on its Silk and Horizon Organic packaging and offers unique consumer incentives and
promotions. For two years running, Silk has engaged consumers in learning more about wind
energy with its Green Caps for Green Energy program. Consumers who buy qualifying Silk
products can enter the products' UPC numbers at SilkSoymilk.com, and for each UPC
entered, Silk donates 30 kilowatt-hours of RECs for its customers.

WhiteWave also buys green power for electricity used at events, such as the Farm Aid concert
and Natural Products Expo tradeshows, to help spread the word about the benefits of
renewable energy. WhiteWave continues to use online tools to help drive consumers to learn
more about green power and to make informed decisions.

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DOE Supploer Awards

Category: New Green Power Program or Company

AmerenUE

AmerenUE's Pure Power program is the largest green
pricing program offered in the Midwest to date. The
program utilizes resources from Bluegrass Ridge, a
Missouri Wind Farm, and Noble Hill, a Missouri
landfill gas project. The Pure Power program was
launched in October 2007 with a special celebration
featuring a 131-foot wind turbine blade, an appearance
by St. Louis Mayor and several Pure Power "early adopters."

Ameren

UE

From the start, the company understood the importance of direct public outreach and
education and has taken a grassroots approach, resulting in tremendous community response.
So far, the AmerenUE Pure Power team has attended over 53 public events; 8 large corporate-
sponsored events, such as Anheuser Busch Employee Earth Day and the Pfizer Green
Celebration; and has presented to over 37 local organizations, including several local munici-
palities that have since signed on to the program. The company supports commercial
customers that participate in the program, often by bringing educational presentations and
booth displays directly to the customer's site over lunch-time to educate employees.

In early 2008 the utility worked with the City of Plattsburg to establish the first EPA Green
Power Community Challenge in the state of Missouri. The challenge provided a perfect
opportunity to educate the public, and resulted in residential, business and government
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DOE Supplier Awards

Category: Small Residential/Commercial Green Power
Program or Supplier of the Year

City of Palo Alto Utilities

PaloAltoGreen (PAG) draws renewable energy from 100
percent new, local and regional wind and solar resources, all
from projects that have come on-line since 2005. Just five years
since the program's launch, total sales are 59 million kilowatt
hours annually and the customer participation rate is 20.4
percent, the highest rate in the nation.

The City of Palo Alto constantly works to add value to its
customer programs. New PAG participants receive a welcome kit,
along with marketing and public relations support. One of the
newest benefits offered is the "PaloAltoGreen Team," a discount
rewards card program for residents and businesses participating in PaloAltoGreen. The
program promotes participating businesses that use renewable energy and rewards residents
with discounts to those local businesses. The program was launched at Palo Alto's Greenstock,
a free event sponsored by PaloAltoGreen, which featured renewable energy workshops, live
music, and a speech by the Mayor of Palo Alto.

Full support for PaloAltoGreen extends from the top down. In July, the city increased its own
purchase of renewable energy, providing City Hall and the city's water treatment plant with
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DOE Supploer Awards

Category: Large Commercial/Institutional
Program or Supplier of the Year

^Degrees

3Degrees continues to support a large, high-
quality portfolio of renewable energy projects in
23 states from wind, solar, landfill gas and biomass
sources, including many with ten-year Renewable
Energy Certificate offtake arrangements. 3Degrees
serves more than 200 U.S. and international business customers, as well as five utilities in
three states (California, Oregon and Missouri) for its highly successful turnkey utility green
pricing partnerships. The company's annual sales recently reached 4 billion kilowatt hours,
and it serves 6 of the top 15 corporate purchases nationally.

3Degrees works closely with corporate customers to engage their diverse stakeholders,
including employees, end-use customers and companies in the supply chain. 3Degrees utilizes
a wide range of unique customer support tactics, including a comprehensive online toolkit for
customers, providing them with a variety of templates for communications and educational
materials.

3Degrees' partnerships with utility green pricing programs deploy a "wrap around the
community" approach, which involves community-based awareness building, as well as direct
enrollment tactics and community outreach. This approach yielded an average 7.5 percent
participation rate across all of 3Degrees' diverse set of partnerships, more than 4 times the
national average for green pricing programs. By implementing community challenges in
conjunction with its utility partners, 3Degrees has increased residential participation in
several utility programs by an average of 50 percent.

3Degrees' efforts in building the market for renewable energy have resulted in the company
currently supporting over 1.1 Gigawatts of new renewable energy capacity.

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DOE Supplier Awards

Category: Large Commercial/Institutional Green Power
Program or Supplier of the Year

Sterling Planet

Sterling Planet delivers renewable energy, energy-
efficiency products and carbon solutions to multinational
businesses, universities, government agencies, utilities and
individual consumers. Since 2000, Sterling Planet has
offered certified RECs from wind, solar and a broad range
of other renewable energy resources.

The company's client list includes 1,460 business customers, among them the nation's top
two renewable energy purchasers and leaders in the Environmental Protection Agency's Green
Power Partnership. Sterling Planet has also served 56 colleges and universities, 85 utilities, 156
government agencies and thousands of residential customers. The company's annual REC
sales, from June 2007 to June 2008, totaled 4.5 billion kilowatt-hours.

Sterling Planet is building a clean energy pipeline, with more than 400 megawatts of new
renewable energy and greenhouse gas reduction projects now under development in North
America. A U.S. EPA Climate Leaders partner and founding member of The Climate Registry,
Sterling Planet adheres to sustainable business practices and has committed to net zero
greenhouse gas emissions from its own company operations.

Awarded a Green Power Leadership Award by the U.S. Department of Energy for the second
consecutive year, Sterling Planet shares the spotlight with its many customers who have also
received top environmental honors for their exemplary corporate stewardship.

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CRS Market [Development
Awards

Green Power Beacon Award

Portland General Electric

In an innovative effort to bring business and residential
renewable power customers together, Portland General Electric
(PGE) created an online "green community" through the launch
of their GreenPowerOregon.com Web site.

The site is available to all PGE customers, with special content available only to renewable
power customers. Several hundred customers are registered on the site, with more than
10,000 unique visitors to the site in the first couple of months after launch.

Portland General Electric

Local businesses have experienced a great response from the site's online coupons, including
lines out the door and 300 coupons redeemed from PGE's site at one bakery.

There are several key interactive elements on the site, including an easy-to-use green power
calculator that helps customers determine the environmental impact of their energy choices
and how much it costs to sign up for renewable power. In addition, visitors can view maps of
renewable power generation sites, habitat projects funded by the program, and discover
which neighborhoods (by zip code) are leading the pack in the renewable revolution.

PGE runs one of the top ranked utility green pricing programs in the U.S., according to
National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) 2007 rankings for sales of renewable energy
to residential customers. Launching GreenPowerOregon.com is a groundbreaking way for PGE
to go beyond corporate constraints and create an exciting, dynamic way to reach customers.
It has created a two-way communication flow with customers and enhanced renewable
energy sales and retention efforts.

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CRS Market Development
Awards

Green Power Beacon Award - Honorable Mention

Detroit Edison

To help promote enrollments in its fledgling renewable
energy program, GreenCurrents, Detroit Edison entered into
a partnership with a landmark music venue in Ann Arbor,

Michigan known as The Ark. The Ark attracts up-and-coming
music acts and well-known artists from around the country
who enjoy playing to audiences in its intimate atmosphere.

The electricity for select events at The Ark was offset by renewable energy obtained through
the GreenCurrents program, and audience members were also encouraged to enroll in the
program. Each customer enrolling during the event received a free CD of the evening's
featured artist. The program proved so popular that the event was extended from a weekly
"Take a Chance Tuesdays" event into a "Green Month" of concerts, and now into a
continuing series of "Green Events."

The Green Events held in conjunction with The Ark have led to more than 1,600 new
enrollments into the GreenCurrents program. The program was launched in April of 2007,
and total program enrollment currently stands at over 14,000.

The grassroots exposure for the program has made marketing its benefits and educating the
public on renewable energy substantially easier. GreenCurrents carries Green-e certification to
ensure customer confidence and support for the program. This is the first voluntary
renewable energy program from a major U.S. utility serving southeastern Michigan and
including the Detroit metro area.

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CRS Market [Development
Awards

Green Power Pilot Award

Energy Action Coalition

The 46 environmental and social justice organizations,
over 700 local groups, and tens of thousands of young
people that make up the Energy Action Coalition are
leading the way in addressing climate change by creating
vast networks of power, winning clean energy victories
on campuses and in communities, and building a cleaner, healthier, and just future. In May
2005, Energy Action Coalition launched the Campus Climate Challenge to unite students and
young people in achieving 100% clean energy policies on 1,000 campuses over three years. To
date, they have reached over 2 million young people through the challenge and over 760
campuses have joined the campaign.

Spearheading an impressive movement, the Energy Action Coalition has also secured over
550 signatures on the American Colleges and Universities Presidents Climate Commitment,
which mandates immediate action from colleges and universities to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions. The American Colleges and Universities Presidents Climate Commitment is for
15% of each institution's energy consumption to come from renewable sources within two
years. A vast percentage of these institutions include a green power purchase as part of their
commitment.

Students who work with the Energy Action Coalition have also created systems at their
colleges and universities to help individual students purchase green power, The Campus
Climate Challenge has resulted in several hundred green power purchases from institutions of
higher education and has engaged thousands of youth in local advocacy work that has
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CRS Market Development
Awards

Green Power Pilot Award - Honorable Mention

Green Mountain Energy Company

After conducting primary research in both the Rio
Grande Valley and Houston, Texas markets, Green
Mountain Energy Company found that the Hispanic
population in these areas was highly interested in clean
electricity and Green Mountain's product offering. In
early April 2008, Green Mountain launched its first integrated advertising and PR campaign
targeting the Hispanic market in Texas. A media plan that included a combination of both
English and Spanish language advertising, and a comprehensive media mix of TV, radio, print
and outdoor, was designed for maximum effectiveness.

The campaign also included a phone line staffed by Spanish-speaking representatives and the
launch of a new website in Spanish. As a result, Green Mountain has experienced a 107%
year-on-year increase in Spanish phone communications, driving significant traffic to the
Spanish website, and had a 277% increase in Spanish-speaking sales just in the first month of
the campaign.

Green Mountain's approach to a comprehensive Hispanic communications campaign,
founded in research and integrated throughout marketing, advertising, PR and sales channels,
produced a successful launch and market opportunity. The company's innovative campaign
to an important and growing segment of the Texas population demonstrates leadership and
proficiency in green power marketing.

Green Mountain Energy Company received Green Power Leadership Awards in 2001, 2002,
and 2003.

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Dr. Jan Hamrin

Over the past thirty years, Dr. Jan Hamrin has created a legacy of envi-
ronmental and economic success. As founder of the nonprofit Center
for Resource Solutions, Jan created the nationally known Green-e brand
and certification programs for renewable energy, which provide
consumer protection in evolving markets. The Green-e logo has become
a premium mark of distinction among both buyers and sellers of
renewable energy products because it builds upon a stringent set of
standards to ensure that consumers who choose to pay a premium price
for renewable energy are, in fact, getting a premium product.

Jan managed solar programs for the California Energy Commission in the late 1970s and later
founded and led the Independent Energy Producers Association, pulling together renewable
power and clean energy interests to affect policy and establish markets for non-utility power
in the 1980s and 1990s.

Jan has served as advisor to the G-8 Renewable Energy Task Force, the International Energy
Agency, and the Commission for Environmental Cooperation on renewable energy policy
issues. Her portfolio of work includes developing an association of tracking systems for North
America and shaping renewable energy policies in places like China, Brazil and Mexico. Jan's
leadership paved the way for "early actions" in greenhouse gas mitigation and carbon
reductions that are today crucial components of California's energy and environmental policies.

Jan's work in founding two pioneering nonprofit organizations has been a tremendous benefit
to California over the past three decades. Her work continues to pay dividends by building the
foundation for clean, renewable energy technologies and a viable energy marketplace, helping
to create jobs and economic growth for the Western region, the country and internationally.


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2007 Green Power Leadership
Award Winners

EPA Green Power Purchaser Awards

On-Site Generation

City of Chico, CA
Macy's, West Division
The Timberland Company

Green Power Purchasing

Kohl's Department Stores
New York University
Pepsi Am ericas
The Pepsi Bottling Group
Pepsi Bottling Ventures
Sloan Valve Company IL

Manufacturing Facility
Starbucks

Green Power Partner of the Year

City of Bellingham, WA
Johnson & Johnson
Mohawk Fine Papers
PepsiCo
Staples

Wells Fargo & Company
Whole Foods Market

DOE Green Power Supplier Awards

New Green Power Program
or Product

Constellation NewEnergy

Renewable Energy Marketer

3Degrees
Sterling Planet
SunEdison

Green Power Program of the Year

Pacific Power and Rocky Mountain Power
Silicon Valley Power

CRS Market Development Awards

Green Power Beacon Award

Western Washington Green Power
Campaign

Green Power Pilot Award

Clif Bar - SkiGreen

Green Power Pioneer Award

John Schaeffer
William Sprately

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About the Glass Awards

The glass awards distributed tonight were hand forged from 100%
post-consumer recycled glass. In its previous life, it was likely part
of a salvaged windowpane. You may notice slight "imperfections"
in the glass. We believe that these bubbles or waves add to the
beauty of the medium, and remind us of its unique properties.

All plaques for the Green Power Leadership Club are certified by
the Forest Stewardship Council, which ensures the plaques come
from responsibly harvested forests.


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