I ( SEPA POWER PARTNERSHIP TOP 30 LOCAL GOVERNMENT Top 30 Local Government Partner List (as of January 6,2015) 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 nearly 2.9 billion kilowatt-hours annually, which is equivalent to avoiding the carbon dioxide emissions from the electricity use of nearly 273,000 average American homes annually. 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. Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission 59,952,598 28% Wind Constellation 9. Forest County Potawatomi Community ------- Annual Green Power Usage (kWh) GP % of Total Electricity Use* Green Power Resources Providers (listed in descending order by kWh supplied to Partner) 55,035,000 105% Solar 3Degrees°, On-site Generation 10. City of Philadelphia, PA 54,690,000 7% Biogas, Geothermal, Solar, Wind On-site Generation, PPL EnergyPlus" 11. Chicago Park District 54,435,41 1 50% Various Integrys Energy" 12. Western Pennsylvania Energy Consortium 42,640,681 25% Various Duquesne Light Energy 1 3. City of Columbus, OH 42,443,700 14% Biomass, Wind American Municipal Power, American Electric Power" 14. City of Portland, OR 40,454,055 28% Biogas, Small-hydro, Solar, Wind 3Degrees°, On-site Generation, Portland General Electric", Pacific Power" 1 5. City of Boston, MA 33,613,000 25% Wind Renewable Choice Energy" 16. Los Angeles World Airports 28,002,570 16% Biomass, Wind Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power 1 7. City of Grand Rapids, Ml 25,948,200 26% Biogas, Solar, Wind Consumers Energy", On-site Generation 1 8. City of Santa Monica, CA 25,900,000 100% Solar, Wind Commerce Energy", On-site Generation 19. City of Edmond, OK 23,879,476 70% Wind Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority ------- Annual Green Power Usage (kWh) CP % of Total Electricity Use* Green Power Resources Providers (listed in descending order by kWh supplied to Partner) 20. City of Evanston, IL 23,027,757 100% Solar, Wind MC Squared Energy Services", On-site Generation 21. City of Bellingham, WA 22,000,000 99% Biogas, Biomass, Small-hydro, Solar, Wind Renewable Choice Energy", Puget Sound Energy" 22. City of San Diego, CA 20,344,825 8% Biogas, Small-hydro, Solar On-site Generation 23. City of Denton, TX 18,067,467 59% Biogas, Wind Denton Municipal Electric 24. Tarrant Regional Water District 16,950,000 3% Solar Direct Energy", On-site Generation 25. City of Rockville, MD 16,000,000 100% Wind Renewable Choice Energy" 26. City of Palo Alto, CA 1 5,996,000 56% Solar City of Palo Alto Utilities" 27. Arlington County, VA 1 5,732,331 19% Solar, Wind Dominion Virgina Power", On- site Generation 28. Austin (TX) Independent School District 1 5,429,997 11% Wind Austin Energy" 29. City of Worcester, MA 14,500,000 25% Wind Renewable Choice Energy" 30. City of Madison, Wl 14,164,221 31% Solar, Wind Madison Gas & Electric, On-site ------- Annual Green Power Usage (kWh) CP % of Total Electricity Use* Green Power Resources Providers (listed in descending order by kWh supplied to Partner) 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.e pa.gov/q reen power/buyqp/certified .htm. ------- |