National Top 25: as of July 8, 2008
Combined, these top 25 largest purchases amount to more than 9.2 billion kilowatt-hours annually, which represents more than 60 percent of the green power commitments made by all EPA Green Power Partners.
The Green Power Partnership works with a wide variety of leading organizations — from Fortune 500 companies to local, state and federal governments, and a growing number of colleges and universities. The following Top Partner Rankings highlight the annual green power purchases of leading organizations within the United States and across individual industry sectors.
These green power purchases help reduce the environmental impacts of electricity use and support the development of new renewable generation capacity nationwide. Purchase amounts reflect U.S. operations only and are sourced from U.S.-based green power resources. Organizations can meet EPA purchase requirements using any combination of three different product options (1) Renewable Energy Certificates, (2) On-site generation, and (3) Utility green power products.
Purchase figures are based on annualized Partner contract amounts (kilowatt-hours), not calendar year totals. These rankings are updated on a quarterly schedule. Find out how your organization can partner with EPA today! To view a top partner list, select from the chart below:
Top 10 Federal Government Top 10 Local Government Top 10 College & University
Annual Green Power Usage (kWh) | GP % of Total Electricity Use* | Organization Type | Providers | Green Power Resources |
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1. Intel Corporation | ||||
1,302,040,000 | 47% | Information Technology | Austin Energy, PNM, Sterling Planet | Biomass, Geothermal, Solar, Wind |
2. PepsiCo | ||||
1,144,773,154 | 100% | Food & Beverage | 3Degrees, Sterling Planet | Various |
3. U.S. Air Force | ||||
899,143,000 | 9% | Govt. (Federal) | 3Degrees, Basin Electric Power Cooperative, Bonneville Power Administration, Colorado Springs Utilities, Georgia Power, Minnkota Power Cooperative, Oklahoma Gas & Electric, Rocky Mountain Generation Cooperative, Sterling Planet, TransAlta Energy Marketing | Biogas, Biomass, Geothermal, Solar, Wind |
4. Wells Fargo & Company | ||||
550,000,000 | 42% | Banking & Fin. Srvcs. | 3Degrees | Wind |
5. Whole Foods Market | ||||
509,104,786 | 100% | Retail | Austin Energy, Community Energy, On-site Generation, PNM, Renewable Choice Energy | Biogas, Solar, Wind |
6. The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. | ||||
470,216,838 | 100% | Food & Beverage | 3Degrees, Sterling Planet | Various |
7. Johnson & Johnson | ||||
434,854,733 | 38% | Health Care | 3Degrees, FPL Energy, On-site Generation, PNM, Reliant Energy, Sempra Energy | Biomass, Small-hydro, Solar, Wind |
8. Cisco Systems, Inc. | ||||
378,000,000 | 44% | Information Technology | Austin Energy, Sterling Planet, TXU Energy | Biogas, Biomass, Solar, Wind |
9. City of Houston, TX | ||||
350,400,000 | 27% | Govt. (Local, Municipal) | Reliant Energy | Wind |
10. City of Dallas, TX | ||||
333,659,840 | 40% | Govt. (Local, Municipal) | Gexa Energy, Reliant Energy, Suez Energy Resources NA | Wind |
11. (tie) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | ||||
300,000,000 | 30% | Govt. (State) | Renewable Choice Energy | Biomass, Wind |
11. (tie) HSBC North America | ||||
300,000,000 | 93% | Banking & Fin. Srvcs. | FPL Energy | Wind |
13. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | ||||
299,331,375 | 100% | Govt. (Federal) | Various | Biogas, Biomass, Geothermal, Wind |
14. Kohl's Department Stores | ||||
236,017,000 | 20% | Retail | City of Dover, Neuwing Energy Ventures, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Sterling Planet, WM Renewable Energy | Various |
15. Starbucks | ||||
205,000,000 | 22% | Restaurants & Food Srvcs. | 3Degrees | Wind |
16. University of Pennsylvania | ||||
192,727,000 | 46% | Education (Higher) | Community Energy | Wind |
17. DuPont Company | ||||
180,063,500 | 4% | Chemical | 3Degrees | Biomass, Solar, Wind |
18. Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts | ||||
171,144,000 | 54% | Govt. (Local, Municipal) | On-site Generation | Biogas |
19. U.S. Department of Energy | ||||
157,964,000 | 3% | Govt. (Federal) | Calpine, ConEdison Solutions, Mainstay Energy, Other, Pacificorp, Sterling Planet | Biogas, Biomass, Geothermal, Small-hydro, Wind |
20. PepsiAmericas, Inc. | ||||
157,062,875 | 100% | Food & Beverage | Sterling Planet | Various |
21. Vail Resorts, Inc. | ||||
151,311,000 | 100% | Travel & Leisure | Renewable Choice Energy | Wind |
22. New York University | ||||
132,000,000 | 100% | Education (Higher) | FPL Energy | Wind |
23. NatureWorks LLC | ||||
130,000,000 | 100% | Consumer Products | Omaha Public Power District, Sterling Planet | Various |
24. Staples | ||||
127,322,000 | 21% | Retail | 3Degrees, Avista Utilities, Florida Power & Light, On-site Generation, Pacificorp, PECO/Community Energy, Portland General Electric, Tennessee Valley Authority | Biomass, Solar, Wind |
25. Dell Inc. | ||||
116,116,000 | 33% | Information Technology | Austin Energy, Idaho Power, TXU Energy | Biogas, Solar, Wind |
*Reflects the amount of green power as a percentage of total purchased electricity use.
Current and past Top 25 Partners lists are available here for you to view and print:
July 2008 list (PDF) (2
pp, 96K, About PDF)
April 2008 list (PDF) (2
pp, 96K, About PDF)
January 2008 list (PDF) (2
pp, 98K, About PDF)
2007 lists (PDF) (12
pp, 455K, About PDF)
2006 lists (PDF) (10
pp, 511K, About PDF)
2005 lists (PDF) (8 pp, 226K, About PDF)
2004 list (PDF) (2 pp, 151K, About PDF)
For additional information on how your organization can join these Top Partners as Green Power Partners, please visit the Join Us page of this Web site.