EPA updates list of top 25 green power purchasers

November 7, 2007—The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently updated its Top Green Power Purchasers list highlighting organizations committed to purchasing green power. Combined, the National Top 25 Green Power Partners (GPP) account for more than 6.2 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year of green power purchasing.

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 Top Partner rankings highlight the annual green power purchases of leading organizations within the US and across individual industry sectors.

Purchase figures are based on annualized partner contract amounts (kilowatt-hours), not calendar year totals. As of October 1, the Top 25 Green Power Partners are (listed in descending order of purchase size in kilowatt-hours/year, along with the percentage of green power the company uses out of its total electricity):

  1. PepsiCo (1,105,045,154; 100%)
  2. Wells Fargo & Company (550,000,000; 42%)
  3. Whole Foods Market (509,104,786; 100%)
  4. The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. (457,851,838; 100%)
  5. US Air Force (457,500,000; 4%)
  6. Johnson & Johnson (400,702,978; 39%)
  7. US Environmental Protection Agency (299,331,375; 100%)
  8. Kohl’s Department Stores (201,396,000; 20%)
  9. Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts (196,003,000; 57%)
  10. Starbucks (185,000,000; 20%)
  11. DuPont Company (180,000,000, 4%)
  12. US Department of Energy (157,964,000; 3%)
  13. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (157,200,000; 16%)
  14. PepsiAmericas, Inc. (157,062,875; 100%)
  15. Vail Resorts, Inc. (152,000,000; 100%)
  16. Cisco Systems, Inc. (131,093,000; 22%)
  17. HSBC North America (124,544,000; 35%)
  18. Staples (121,800,000; 20%)
  19. New York University (118,616,000; 100%)
  20. The World Bank Group (114,735,000; 100%)
  21. University of Pennsylvania (112,000,000; 29%)
  22. IBM Corporation (110,103,000; 4%)
  23. Mohawk Fine Papers Inc. (100,200,000; 102%)
  24. US Department of Veterans Affairs (90,000,000; 3%)
  25. NatureWorks (89,000,000; 89%).