A EPA GREEN POWER PARTNERSHIP TOP 30 LOCAL GOVERNMENT Top 30 Local Government Partner List (as of July 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 more than 3 billion kilowatt-hours annually, which is equivalent to the electricity use of more than 285,000 average American homes annually. Annual Green Power GP% of Total Usage (kWh) Electricity Use* Green Power Resources Providers (listed in descending order by kWh supplied to Partner) 1. City of Houston, TX 623,01 3,375 50% Solar, Wind Reliant Energy0, On-site Generation 2. District of Columbia 468,851,515 100% Wind WGL Energy" 3, City of Austin, "TX 372,344,963 99% Wind Austin Energy" 4. City of Dallas, TX 357,543,000 50% Wind Invenergy 5. Montgomery County Clean Energy Buyers Group 223,307,000 40% Wind Renewable Choice Energy" 6. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport 129,255,000 30% Solar, Wind Champion Energy Services, On- site Generation 7. City of Portland, OR 88,51 3,000 60% Biogas, Small-hydro, Solar, Wind 3Degrees°, On-site Generation 8. Chicago Park District 84,600,71 1 75% Various Integrys Energy" 9, Port of Portland ------- Annual Green Power Usage (kWh) GP% of Total Electricity Use* Green Power Resources Providers (listed in descending order by kWh supplied to Partner) 75,072,200 102% Solar, Wind NextEra Energy Resources", On- site Generation 10. Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission 59,952,598 28% Wind Constellation 11. Forest County Potawatomi Community 55,035,000 105% Solar 3Degrees°, On-site Generation 12. City of Philadelphia, PA 54,690,000 7% Biogas, Geothermal, Solar, Wind On-site Generation, PPL EnergyPlus" 1 3. Western Pennsylvania Energy Consortium 51,168,820 30% Various Duquesne Light Energy 14. City of Columbus, OH 42,443,700 14% Biomass, Wind American Municipal Power, American Electric Power" 1 5. City of Boston, MA 33,61 3,000 2 5% Wind Renewable Choice Energy" 16. City of Grand Rapids, Ml 26,830,667 27% Biogas, Solar, Wind Consumers Energy", On-site Generation 1 7. City of Santa Monica, CA 26,292,000 104% Solar, Wind Commerce Energy", On-site Generation 18. City of Edmond, OK 23,879,476 70% Wind Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority 19. City of Evanston, IL 23,027,757 100% Solar, Wind MC Squared Energy Services", On- site Generation 20. City of Bellingham, WA 22,000,000 100% Wind Puget Sound Energy" ------- Annual Green Power Usage (kWh) GP% of Total Electricity Use* Green Power Resources Providers (listed in descending order by kWh supplied to Partner) 21. City of San Diego, CA 20,344,825 8% Biogas, Small-hydro, Solar On-site Generation 22. Austin (TX) Independent School District 19,920,000 1 3% Wind Austin Energy" 23. Ulster County, NY 18,812,862 1 39% Solar, Wind OneEnergy Renewables", Direct Energy", On-site Generation 24. City of Denton, TX 18,067,467 59% Biogas, Wind Denton Municipal Electric 25. Arlington County, VA 16,066,107 19% Solar, Wind Dominion Virgina Power", On-site Generation 26. City of Rockville, MD 16,000,000 100% Wind Renewable Choice Energy" 27. City of Palo Alto, CA 1 5,996,000 56% Solar City of Palo Alto Utilities" 28. Los Angeles World Airports 1 5,404,043 10% Biomass, Wind Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power 29. City of Worcester, MA 14,500,000 2 5% Wind Renewable Choice Energy" 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. ------- |