ft EPA GR POWER PARTNERSHIP Top 30 Retail Partner List (Released October 27, 2014) TOP 30 RETAIL The Top 30 Retail list represents the largest green power users among retail partners within the Green Power Partnership. The combined green power usage of these organizations amounts to nearly 4.3 billion kilowatt-hours of green power annually, which is equivalent to avoiding the carbon dioxide emissions from the electricity use of more than 405,000 average American homes each year. Annual Green Power Usage (kWh) CP % of Total Electricity Use* Green Power Resources Providers (listed in descending order by kWh supplied to Partner) 1. Kohl's Department Stores 1,536,529,000 105% Solar Nexant", Sterling Planet", Renewable Choice Energy", 3Degrees°, On-site Generation 2. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc 650,716,703 3% Biogas, Solar, Wind Gexa Energy, On-site Generation, Bloom Energy", Duke Energy, WM Renewable Energy, Green Power EMC" 3. Staples 635,951,792 106% Biogas, Solar, Wind Renewable Choice Energy", 3Degrees°, Sterling Planet", Avista Utilities, Pacific Power", Tennessee Valley Authority", Portland General Electric, On-site Generation, Florida Power & Light" 4. Starbucks Company-Owned Stores 582,520,523 67% Wind Nexant", 3Degrees° 5. Sprint 1 76,004,679 6% Solar, Wind Greenlight Energy", Renewable Choice Energy", On-site Generation 6. Ahold USA 1 55,625,467 8% Solar 3Degrees°, On-site Generation 7. Best Buy ------- Annual Green Power Usage (kWh) GP % of Total Electricity Use* Green Power Resources Providers (listed in descending order by kWh supplied to Partner) IBB, 333,000 13% Various 3Degrees° 8. REI 64,594,058 100% Biogas, Biomass, Small-hydro, Solar, Wind 3Degrees°, Green Mountain Energy", On-site Generation, Exelon Energy, Xcel Energy", Pepco Energy Services", Austin Energy", Fort Collins Utilities", Alliant Energy", Connecticut Light & Power", NSTAR", We Energies", Eugene Water & Electric Board", Baltimore Gas and Electric" 9. The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. / Operations and Selected Retail Brands 63,367,536 140% Solar, Wind Native Energy", Xcel Energy", On-site Generation 1 0. H-E-B Grocery Company 62,014,372 4% Wind Austin Energy", CPS Energy 11.Sundance Square 30,334,826 46% Wind Green Mountain Energy 1 2. FedEx Office 25,000,000 13% Small-hydro Various 1 3. Giant Eagle, Inc. 21,260,507 3% Solar, Wind Greenlight Energy", On-site Generation 14. Levi Strauss & Co. 1 7,976,361 23% Various Renewable Choice Energy", 3Degrees° 1 5. prAna 1 5,634,000 100% Wind 3Degrees° 1 6. LF USA 1 5,000,000 1 31% Wind Native Energy" 1 7. Panera Bread / Maryland Locations 14,273,254 100% Wind Washington Gas Energy Services" ------- Annual Green Power Usage (kWh) GP % of Total Electricity Use* Green Power Resources Providers (listed in descending order by kWh supplied to Partner) 1 8. The North Face 1 2,975,21 1 94% Solar, Wind Bonneville Environmental Foundation", On-site Generation 1 9. Price Chopper Supermarkets 12,000,000 3% Biogas, Wind Direct Energy" 20. MOM's Organic Market 10,397,299 215% Solar, Wind Sterling Planet", On-site Generation 21. Sephora NA 8,312,000 12% Solar GDF Suez Energy Resources NA" 22. Safeway Inc. / Select Locations 7,903,591 12% Biogas, Solar, Wind On-site Generation 23. Shaklee Corporation 5,000,000 105% Wind Sterling Planet" 24. Frontier Natural Products Co-op 4,534,300 100% Wind Bonneville Environmental Foundation" 25. Neiman Marcus Group 4,449,712 10% Wind Green Mountain Energy 26. New Seasons Market 3,697,620 19% Wind Portland General Electric, Pacific Power" 27. Macy's, Inc. / 26 California and Hawaii Stores 3,423,616 28% Solar On-site Generation 28. Outpost Natural Foods 2,746,981 100% Small-hydro, Solar, Wind REpower Now" 29. Metcalfe's Market ------- Annual Green Power Usage (kWh) GP % of Total Electricity Use* Green Power Resources Providers (listed in descending order by kWh supplied to Partner) 2,232,061 100% Wind Madison Gas & Electric, REpower Now 30. SemaSys, Inc. 1,851,302 67% Wind Green Mountain Energy ''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. ------- |