Green Power Partnership
Top 30 Retail
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January 27, 2014
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Released on July 28, 2014
The Top 30 Retail list represents the largest green power users among retail partners within the Green Power Partnership. The combined green power usage of these organizations amounts to nearly 5.4 billion kilowatt-hours of green power annually, which is equivalent to avoiding the carbon dioxide emissions from the electricity use of nearly 512,000 average American homes each year.
Usage 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:
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Long-term Contracts
| Annual Green Power Usage (kWh) | GP % of Total Electricity Use* | Green Power Resources | Providers (listed in descending order by kWh supplied to Partner) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Kohl's Department Stores | |||
| 1,536,529,000 | 105% | Solar | Nexant°, Sterling Planet°, Renewable Choice Energy°, 3Degrees°, On-site Generation |
| 2. Whole Foods Market | |||
| 800,257,623 | 107% | Solar, Wind | 3Degrees°, On-site Generation |
| 3. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | |||
| 650,716,703 | 3% | Biogas, Solar, Wind | Gexa Energy, On-site Generation, Bloom Energy°, Duke Energy, WM Renewable Energy, Green Power EMC° |
| 4. Staples | |||
| 635,951,792 | 106% | Biogas, Solar, Wind | Renewable Choice Energy°, 3Degrees°, Sterling Planet°, Avista Utilities, Pacific Power°, Tennessee Valley Authority°, Portland General Electric, On-site Generation, Florida Power & Light° |
| 5. Starbucks Company-Owned Stores | |||
| 582,520,523 | 67% | Wind | Nexant°, 3Degrees° |
| 6. McDonald's USA LLC | |||
| 309,185,000 | 30% | Wind | 3Degrees°, Sterling Planet° |
| 7. Sprint | |||
| 176,004,679 | 6% | Solar, Wind | Greenlight Energy°, Renewable Choice Energy°, On-site Generation |
| 8. Ahold USA | |||
| 155,985,720 | 8% | Solar | 3Degrees°, On-site Generation |
| 9. Best Buy | |||
| 133,333,000 | 13% | Various | 3Degrees° |
| 10. REI | |||
| 64,594,058 | 100% | Biogas, Biomass, Small-hydro, Solar, Wind | 3Degrees°, Green Mountain Energy°, On-site Generation, Exelon Energy, Xcel Energy°, Pepco Energy Services°, Austin Energy°, Fort Collins Utilities°, Alliant Energy°, Connecticut Light & Power°, NSTAR°, We Energies°, Eugene Water & Electric Board°, Baltimore Gas and Electric° |
| 11. The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. / Operations and Selected Retail Brands | |||
| 63,367,536 | 140% | Solar, Wind | Native Energy°, Xcel Energy°, On-site Generation |
| 12. H-E-B Grocery Company | |||
| 62,014,372 | 4% | Wind | Austin Energy°, CPS Energy |
| 13. Sundance Square | |||
| 30,334,826 | 46% | Wind | Green Mountain Energy |
| 14. FedEx Office | |||
| 25,000,000 | 13% | Small-hydro | Various |
| 15. The North Face | |||
| 22,230,000 | 107% | Solar, Wind | Bonneville Environmental Foundation°, On-site Generation |
| 16. Giant Eagle, Inc. | |||
| 21,260,507 | 3% | Solar, Wind | Greenlight Energy°, On-site Generation |
| 17. Levi Strauss & Co. | |||
| 17,976,361 | 23% | Various | Renewable Choice Energy°, 3Degrees° |
| 18. prAna | |||
| 15,108,000 | 100% | Wind | 3Degrees° |
| 19. LF USA | |||
| 15,000,000 | 131% | Wind | Native Energy° |
| 20. Panera Bread / Maryland Locations | |||
| 14,273,254 | 100% | Wind | Washington Gas Energy Services° |
| 21. Price Chopper Supermarkets | |||
| 12,000,000 | 3% | Biogas, Wind | Direct Energy° |
| 22. MOM's Organic Market | |||
| 10,397,299 | 215% | Solar, Wind | Sterling Planet°, On-site Generation |
| 23. Sephora NA | |||
| 8,312,000 | 12% | Solar | GDF Suez Energy Resources NA° |
| 24. Safeway Inc. / Select Locations | |||
| 7,903,591 | 12% | Biogas, Solar, Wind | On-site Generation |
| 25. Shaklee Corporation | |||
| 5,000,000 | 105% | Wind | Sterling Planet° |
| 26. Frontier Natural Products Co-op | |||
| 4,534,300 | 100% | Wind | Bonneville Environmental Foundation° |
| 27. Neiman Marcus Group | |||
| 4,449,712 | 10% | Wind | Green Mountain Energy |
| 28. New Seasons Market | |||
| 3,697,620 | 19% | Wind | Portland General Electric, Pacific Power° |
| 29. Macy's, Inc. / 26 California and Hawaii Stores | |||
| 3,423,616 | 28% | Solar | On-site Generation |
| 30. Outpost Natural Foods | |||
| 2,639,600 | 100% | Small-hydro, Solar, Wind | REpower Now° |
*Reflects the amount of green power as a percentage of total electricity use. Partners choosing to purchase green power in an amount exceeding 100 percent of their U.S. organization-wide electricity use are listed as such.
°Indicates Provider is selling Partner a third-party certified green power product. For more information on third-party certification, visit http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/buygp/certified.htm.
Current and past Top Retail Partners lists are available here for you to view and print:
July 2014 list (PDF) (3 pp, 69K, About PDF)
April 2014 list (PDF) (3 pp, 67K)
January 2014 list (PDF) (3 pp, 67K)
November 2013 list (PDF) (5 pp, 80)
July 2013 list (PDF) (4 pp, 255K)
April 2013 list (PDF) (2 pp, 160K)
January 2013 list (PDF) (4 pp, 251K)
2012 lists (PDF) (9 pp, 334K)
2011 lists (PDF) (11 pp, 94K)
2010 lists (PDF) (8 pp, 1.3M)
2009 lists (PDF) (8 pp, 1.3M)
2008 lists (PDF) (5 pp, 167K)
2007 lists (PDF) (7 pp, 189K)
2006 lists (PDF) (5 pp, 160K)
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.