ŠEPA GR POWER PARTNERSHIP Top 30 Local Government Partner List (Released October 27,2014) The Top 30 Local Government list represents the largest green power users among local government partners within the Green Power Partnership. The combined green power use of these organizations amounts to more than 2.8 billion kilowatt-hours annually, which is equivalent to avoiding the carbon dioxide emissions from the electricity use of more than 269,000 average American homes annually. TOP 30 LOCAL GOVERNMENT Annual Green Power Usage (kWh) GP% of Total Electricity Use* Green Power Resources Providers (listed in descending order by kWh supplied to Partner) 1. City of Houston, TX 623,013,375 50% Solar, Wind Reliant Energy", On-site Generation 2. District of Columbia 459,000,000 100% Wind Washington Gas Energy Services" 3. City of Austin, TX 372,344,963 99% Wind Austin Energy" 4. City of Dallas, TX 359,368,000 50% Wind invenergy 5. Montgomery County Clean Energy Buyers Group 223,307,000 40% Wind Renewable Choice Energy" 6. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport 87,276,000 30% Solar, Wind Champion Energy Services, On- site Generation 7. Port of Portland 75,070,343 103% Solar, Wind NextEra Energy Resources", On- site Generation 8. Forest County Potawatomi Community 55,035,000 105% Solar 3Degrees°, On-site Generation 9. City of Philadelphia, PA ------- Annual Green Power Usage (kWh) GP% of Total Electricity Use* Green Power Resources Providers (listed in descending order by kWh supplied to Partner) 54,690,000 7% Biogas, Geothermal, Solar, Wind On-site Generation, PPL EnergyPlus" 1 0. Chicago Park District 54,435,41 1 50% Various Integrys Energy" 11. Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission 50,819,000 24% Wind Constellation 1 2. Western Pennsylvania Energy Consortium 42,640,681 25% Various Duquesne Light Energy 1 3. City of Portland, OR 40,454,055 28% Biogas, Small-hydro, Solar, Wind 3Degrees, On-site Generation, Portland General Electric", Pacific Power" 14. City of Boston, MA 33,613,000 25% Wind Renewable Choice Energy" 1 5. Los Angeles World Airports 28,002,570 16% Biomass, Wind Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power 1 6. City of Grand Rapids, Ml 25,948,200 26% Biogas, Solar, Wind Consumers Energy", On-site Generation 1 7. City of Santa Monica, CA 25,900,000 100% Solar, Wind Commerce Energy", On-site Generation 1 8. City of Edmond, OK 23,879,476 70% Wind Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority 1 9. City of Evanston, IL 23,027,757 100% Solar, Wind MC Squared Energy Services", On-site Generation ------- Annual Green Power Usage (kWh) GP% of Total Electricity Use* Green Power Resources Providers (listed in descending order by kWh supplied to Partner) 20. City of Bellingham, WA 22,000,000 99% Biogas, Biomass, Small-hydro, Solar, Wind Renewable Choice Energy", Puget Sound Energy" 21. City of San Diego, CA 20,344,825 8% Biogas, Small-hydro, Solar On-site Generation 22. City of Denton, TX 1 8,067,467 59% Biogas, Wind Denton Municipal Electric 23. Tarrant Regional Water District 16,950,000 3% Solar Direct Energy", On-site Generation 24. City of Rockville, MD 16,000,000 100% Wind Renewable Choice Energy" 25. City of Palo Alto, CA 1 5,996,000 55% Solar City of Palo Alto Utilities" 26. Arlington County, VA 1 5,732,331 19% Solar, Wind Dominion Virgina Power", On- site Generation 27. Austin (TX) Independent School District 1 5,429,997 11% Wind Austin Energy" 28. City of Worcester, MA 14,500,000 25% Wind Renewable Choice Energy" 29. City of Madison, Wl 14,164,221 31% Solar, Wind Madison Gas & Electric, On-site Generation 30. Yolo County, CA 1 3,501,338 1 52% Solar On-site Generation ------- ''Reflects the amount of green power as a percentage of total electricity use. Partners choosing to purchase green power in an amount exceeding 1 00 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.qov/green power/buyqp/certified .htm. ------- |