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Top 20 Retail
The Top 20 Retail list represents the largest purchasers among retail partners within the Green Power Partnership. The combined green power purchases of these organizations amounts to nearly 2.3 billion kilowatt-hours of green power annually, which is the equivalent amount of electricity needed to power more than 227,000 average American homes each year.
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. The rankings below are based on data received as of April 7, 2009. 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 20 Local Government Top 20 College & University
| Annual Green Power Usage (kWh) | GP % of Total Electricity Use* | Green Power Resources | Providers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Kohl's Department Stores | |||
| 600,990,000 | 50% | Biogas, Biomass, Small-hydro, Solar, Wind | 3Degrees, City of Dover, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Sterling Planet, SunEdison, WM Renewable Energy |
| 2. Whole Foods Market | |||
| 526,995,000 | 100% | Solar, Wind | Austin Energy, Community Energy, Onsite Generation, PNM, Renewable Choice Energy |
| 3. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. / California and Texas Facilities | |||
| 243,328,000 | 8% | Solar, Wind | Duke Energy, Onsite Generation |
| 4. Starbucks | |||
| 211,291,000 | 20% | Wind | 3Degrees |
| 5. Staples | |||
| 127,322,000 | 21% | Biomass, Solar, Wind | 3Degrees, Avista Utilities, Florida Power & Light, Onsite Generation, Pacific Power, PECO/Community Energy, Portland General Electric, Tennessee Valley Authority |
| 6. Lowe's | |||
| 101,000,000 | 2% | Biogas, Solar | Neuwing Energy Ventures, Onsite Generation |
| 7. Safeway Inc. | |||
| 93,000,000 | 3% | Solar, Wind | 3Degrees, Onsite Generation |
| 8. Coldwater Creek Inc | |||
| 81,252,000 | 100% | Wind | 3Degrees |
| 9. REI | |||
| 63,587,000 | 104% | Biogas, Solar, Wind | Alliant Energy, Bonneville Environmental Foundation, Eugene Water & Electric Board, Fort Collins Utilities, Green Mountain Energy, Sterling Planet, We Energies, Xcel Energy |
| 10. H-E-B Grocery Company | |||
| 58,500,000 | 4% | Biogas, Wind | Austin Energy, CPS Energy |
| 11. The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. / Operations | |||
| 36,000,000 | 100% | Wind | Community Energy |
| 12. FedEx Office | |||
| 25,000,000 | 11% | Various | 3Degrees |
| 13. The North Face | |||
| 19,726,000 | 100% | Wind | Bonneville Environmental Foundation |
| 14. Gander Mountain | |||
| 19,000,000 | 16% | Biomass, Wind | Renewable Choice Energy |
| 15. Giant Eagle | |||
| 17,000,000 | 3% | Wind | Constellation NewEnergy |
| 16. Aveda Corporation | |||
| 16,185,119 | 99% | Wind | Native Energy, Xcel Energy |
| 17. Office Depot | |||
| 15,000,000 | 2% | Wind | NextEra Energy Resources |
| 18. Half Price Books / Texas Facilities | |||
| 11,329,695 | 100% | Wind | Green Mountain Energy |
| 19. Macy's, Inc. West Division | |||
| 10,400,000 | 3% | Solar | Onsite Generation |
| 20. Origins | |||
| 7,196,000 | 100% | Wind | Community Energy |
*Reflects the amount of green power as a percentage of total purchased electricity use.
Current and past Top Retail Partners lists are available here for you to view and print:
April 2009 list (PDF) (2
p, 870K, About PDF)
January 2009 list (PDF) (2 p, 54K, About PDF)
October 2008 list (PDF) (2 p, 99K, About PDF)
July 2008 list (PDF) (1 p, 88K, About PDF)
April 2008 list (PDF) (1
p, 89K, About PDF)
January 2008 list (PDF) (1
p, 91K, About PDF)
2007 lists (PDF) (7
pp, 189K, About PDF)
2006 lists (PDF) (5 pp, 160K, 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.