Partner Profile

City of Bellingham, WA
Location	Bellingham, WA
Organization Type	Govt. (Local, Municipal)
Percentage Green Power	100%
Organization-wide Purchase	Yes
Awards/Recognition	Partner of the Year 2007
Environmental Web Page
Partner Profile The city of Bellingham has demonstrated strong leadership in the purchase and support of green power. In early 2007, by way of a unanimous City Council vote, the Bellingham local government chose to lead by example by purchasing 100 percent green power for all city owned facilities. This purchase amounted to 25 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) annually. Later the same year, the City partnered with the local utility's green power program and a local non-profit organization to launch the Bellingham Green Power Community Challenge. The goal of the challenge was to increase green power purchasing among the city's citizens and businesses in route to meeting more than 2 percent of the city-wide electric load. The citizens and businesses of Bellingham took note and followed the city government's leadership by more than tripling the city's commitment of 25 million kWh over the six month community challenge. The city's leadership also led other neighboring cities and counties to organize their own green power purchases.