by Jbs012610 d3 — January 27, 2010—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) top 10 Green Power Partners increased their voluntary green power commitments by more than 1.5 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) in 2009, while 300 new organizations joined the Green Power Partnership. Overall, the 1,200 partners are buying nearly 18 billion kWh of green power annually, equivalent to the annual carbon dioxide emissions from electricity use of more than 1.6 million average American homes, says EPA.
Among the top 10 of the National Top 50 partners, Intel Corporation remains the partnership’s largest single purchaser of green power, increasing its commitment over the previous year to more than 1.4 billion kWh. Kohl’s Department Stores increased its green power purchase by more than 1 billion kWh in 2009, becoming the second-largest purchaser within the partnership after ranking third last quarter. PepsiCo; Whole Foods Market; the City of Houston, Texas; Dell Inc; The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.; Cisco Systems, Inc.; the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and Johnson & Johnson round out the top 10 purchasers.
EPA updated all of its top partner lists on January 25 for the quarter ending January 5. The most drastic change was in the Top 20 College & University list, where Carnegie Mellon University rose from 14th last quarter to 2nd this quarter. Other lists updated January 25 include:
