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Green Power Planet #7
December 14, 2004

The Green Power Planet provides interested stakeholders the latest information regarding the Green Power Partnership and its Partners. In this edition of the Green Power Planet:

Welcome New Green Power Partners
New Top 25 List Spotlights Nation's Largest Green Power Purchasers
2004 Green Power Conference Features Governor Pataki
Partner Spotlight: U.S. Air Force is Nation’s Largest Green Power Purchaser
EPA Now 70 Percent Green-Powered
New Partner Pages Launched on Partnership Web Site
Moab, Utah, Honored as First Green Power Community
Partnership Welcomes New Staff
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Welcome New Green Power Partners

Government Organizations: U.S. Air Force (Edwards Air Force Base); City of Newton, MA; City of Fresno, CA; Port of Portland, OR; New York State Municipal Wind Buyers Group; Village of Tivoli, NY and Croton-on-Hudson, NY; Town of Caroline, NY; U.S. General Services Administration’s Region 9; San Diego Unified School District; City of Livermore, CA.

Colleges/Universities: Harvard University (Real Estate Services, School of Public Health, Kennedy School of Government); California State University―Hayward; Union College; Unity College; Eastern University.

Resorts: Mauna Lani Resort; Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation, Sundance Resort; Keystone Resort.

Other New Partners: Whole Foods; Office Depot; Genzyme Corporation (Genzyme Center); Roche (Palo Alto Headquarters); Hewlett-Packard (Boise, ID facility); Kettle Foods; Samish Indian Nation; Philadelphia Eagles.

Review the complete list of Partners at http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/partners/index.htm.

New Top 25 List Spotlights Nation's Largest Green Power Purchasers

One of the new tools available on the Partnership Web site is a "Top 25 List," which lists Partner green power purchases ranked by size. These Partners are the top green power users in terms of megawatt-hours (MWh) and have agreed to publicly state: (1) the size of the purchase in MWh, (2) the percentage of their electricity offset by green power, and (3) the renewable resources that generate their green power. The first edition of the list debuted on the Web site in October 2004, and the Partnership plans to update the Top 25 list quarterly, with the next two updates scheduled for early January 2005 and April 2005. If you think your organization qualifies as a new Top 25 Partner, please contact us by January 7, 2005 to provide us with your organization's updated information.

Top 25 list

2004 Green Power Conference Features Governor Pataki

The 2004 National Green Power Marketing Conference took place in Albany, New York, October 4-6. Conference highlights included a luncheon keynote address by New York Governor George Pataki, as well as the 2004 Green Power Leadership Awards. Governor Pataki expressed strong support for investments in renewable energy technologies in New York. "By investing in renewable energy, we are helping to reduce our dependence on foreign oil, create new jobs and industries here at home, and clean up our environment for the benefit of future generations," said Governor Pataki.

Presentations from the 2004 Green Power Marketing Conference
2004 Green Power Leadership Award Winners (PDF) (39 pp, 1.1MB, About PDF)

Partner Spotlight: U.S. Air Force is Nation’s Largest Green Power Purchaser

The United States Air Force recently became the largest Green Power Partner, with a combined total commitment to purchase over 300,000 MWh of green power annually. The Air Force’s organization-wide purchasing represents about 15 percent of all commitments to buy green power in the Partnership. The large commitment comes after a number of recent significant green power purchasing announcements. The U.S. Air Force’s Edward Air Force Base already tops the Green Power Partnership’s Top 25 list of green power purchasers, with a commitment to purchase 138,000 MWh. Both Edwards Air Force Base (in 2004) and Dyess Air Force Base (in 2003) have won Green Power Leadership Awards in recognition of their outstanding purchases. In addition to the two award winning bases, seven other U.S. Air Force bases have purchased green power and joined the Partnership, including Cannon, Ellsworth, Fairchild, Goodfellow, Laughlin, Minot, and Sheppard.

EPA Now 70 Percent Green-Powered

EPA recently completed green power procurements for its Washington, DC, facilities, including the purchase of renewable energy certificates for the Agency’s offices at 1310 L Street in downtown Washington. Over the past five years, EPA has been steadily increasing its green power purchases, now involving 20 EPA laboratory and office buildings nationwide. EPA currently procures over 200,000 MWh of green power annually, representing 70 percent of EPA’s total national electricity requirements.

Additional information about EPA green power purchases

New Partner Pages Launched on Partnership Web Site

Green Power Partners can now personalize their organization's listing on the Partnership Web site. The listing of Partners can be sorted by state and organization type, and each Partner has its own Web page. Partners wishing to submit updated information about their green power purchases should scroll to the bottom of their Partner page and select "Update My Info." The Partner pages can include the following information: Partner's location, organization type, awards/recognition, Web site, and environmental Web page.

Partner pages

Moab, Utah, Honored as First Green Power Community

EPA recognized Utah's Greater Moab Community on November 6, as the nation's first Green Power Community. The Greater Moab Community includes the towns of Moab, Castle Valley, Pack Creek Ranch, and Spanish Valley. Collectively, these towns became the first community in the nation to meet and exceed the EPA Green Power Partnership's minimum benchmark for green power usage with voluntary purchases on a community-wide basis. Green Power Communities is a new pilot program of the Green Power Partnership, and is intended to motivate the collective action of both businesses and residents to help communities meet the Partnership’s minimum purchasing levels.

Through the combined effort of business, residents, and local governments, the Moab area has offset more than 4 percent of the entire community's electricity purchase by purchasing green power. "We are honored and excited to be 'first in the nation' as a green power community," commented Moab Mayor David Sakrison. "This designation clearly symbolizes our community's commitment to both the development of renewable energy technologies and protecting our environment." The City of Moab was a Green Power Leadership Award winner in 2003.

EPA’s Press Release About Moab

Partnership Welcomes New Staff

Two new EPA staff have recently joined the Green Power Partnership team. Blaine Collison, (202) 343-9139, joins the Partnership with a background in renewable energy, energy efficiency, and corporate social responsibility. Megan Moreau, (202) 343-9606, joins the Partnership as one of her rotations through the EPA intern program.

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