Green Power Partnership

What’s New

• Sept. 18 - Updated Green Power Communities Section
• Sept. 18 - Sept. issue of The Green Power Planet
• Sept. 18 - Webinar scheduled for Oct. 23 - Voluntary Green Power Markets and the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)

Top Rankings

• National Top 25
• Fortune 500 Challenge
• 100% Green Power Purchasers
• Green Power Communities
• Top 10 Lists
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Green Power Communities

Do you live in a Green Power Community? GPCs are cities, towns, and villages in which the local government, businesses, and residents collectively buy green power in amounts that meet or exceed EPA’s Green Power Community purchase requirements. Find out more information on how your community can buy green power and become a Green Power Community.

Fortune 500 Challenge

America’s leading corporations are stepping up to protect the environment by buying green power and participating in EPA’s Fortune 500 Challenge. EPA is challenging Fortune 500 companies to collectively exceed 10 billion kilowatt-hours in green power purchasing by year end 2009. Find out which companies are leading the way!

College & University Challenge

Is your alma mater making the grade? Throughout the 2008-09 academic year, EPA’s Green Power Partnership will track and recognize individual schools and collegiate athletic conferences with the highest combined green power purchases in the nation. Find out how your school can win a Green Power Championship today!

EPA/ABA Climate Challenge

The American Bar Association (ABA) and the EPA are partnering to encourage law offices to buy green power to combat climate change. Visit the EPA/ABA Climate Challenge Web site for more information on how your law firm can participate.

Green Power Leadership Awards

The Green Power Leadership Awards recognize the leading actions of EPA Partners that significantly advance the development of green power sources nationwide. The Awards are presented annually at the National Renewable Energy Marketing Conference.

The Green Power Partnership is a voluntary program that supports the organizational procurement of green power by offering expert advice, technical support, tools and resources. Partnering with EPA can help your organization lower the transaction costs of buying green power, reduce its carbon footprint, and communicate its leadership to key stakeholders. Green power is electricity produced from a subset of renewable resources, such as solar, wind, geothermal, low-impact biomass, and low-impact hydro. Buying green power is one of the easiest and most effective ways to improve your organization’s environmental performance.

What You Need to Get Started

• Guide to Purchasing Green Power (PDF) (50 pp, 1.1MB, About PDF)
• Partnership Requirements (PDF) (12 pp, 143K, About PDF)
• Partnership Agreement (PDF) (2 pp, 143K, About PDF)