by Jbs081010b3 — August 11, 2010—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named the 50 green power partners using the most renewable electricity. The Green Power Partnership’s top purchasers use more than 12 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of green power annually, equivalent to the annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the electricity use of more than 1 million average American homes.
Intel Corporation remains the partnership’s largest single purchaser of green power, using more than 1.4 billion kWh. Washington, DC (No. 14), TD Bank, NA (No. 15), the State of Illinois (No. 23), Pearson, Inc. (No. 27), Chicago Public Schools (No. 35), and Harris NA (No. 42), are all making first-time appearances on the national list. BD (No. 19), a global medical technology company, and the Port of Portland (No. 49) both rose in the rankings by nearly doubling their green power purchases. Nearly a quarter of the top 50 partners have increased their green power purchases since April.
The top 10 on the National Top 50 list are: Intel Corporation; Kohl’s Department Stores; Whole Foods Market; City of Houston; Dell Inc.; Johnson & Johnson; Cisco Systems, Inc.; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; U.S. Air Force; and the City of Dallas.
EPA updated all of its top partner lists in various categories on August 7 for the quarter ending July 6. Among the most notable changes were the Top 20 College & University list, where American University rose to 6th place after not even placing in the Top 20 last quarter, and the 100% Green Power Purchasers list, where HSBC, TD Bank and Pearson made their first appearance, jumping in at 4th, 6th and 8th, respectively.
Other lists updated August 7 include:
