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Become a Green Power Community


Green Power Communities

Starting a Green Power Community (GPC) campaign and becoming a GPC is as easy as 1-2-3:

  1. First, the municipal government must join organization-wide and independently buy green power in amounts that meet EPA minimum purchase requirements to become a Green Power Partner. For information on becoming a Green Power Partner please visit the Join Us page on this Web site.
  2. Second, the local government (or its designee) initiates a community-wide green power campaign to encourage local businesses and residents to buy green power. EPA is available to assist you in organizing your green power campaigns.
  3. Third, the community can download, print, sign, and fax EPA a GPC Partnership Agreement (PDF) (3 pp, 158K, About PDF). The community has six months from the date on its Partnership Agreement to meet or exceed EPA’s purchase requirements community-wide.

After achieving the GPC designation, EPA can work with you on making an announcement regarding this accomplishment. For more information on EPA support, contact Allison Bellins (bellins.allison@epa.gov).

Green Power Community Purchase Requirements

The following table outlines the respective EPA Green Power Community purchase requirements based on the community’s electricity use. Working with your local utility, determine the amount of electricity used within the community boundary (city limits). The community must collectively buy green power in amounts that meet or exceed the corresponding percentage for the matching baseload electricity use level.

Green Power Community Purchase Requirements
If your community’s annual electricity use in kilowatt-hours is . . . You must, at a minimum, purchase this much green power to qualify as a GPC
≥ 100,000,001 kWh 2% of your use
10,000,001-100,000,000 kWh 3% of your use
1,000,001 - 10,000,000 kWh 6% of your use
≤ 1,000,000 kWh 10% of your use

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