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Combined, these top 50 largest purchases amount to more than 15 billion kilowatt-hours annually, which represents nearly 70 percent of the green power commitments made by all EPA Green Power Partners.

As of January 5, 2012

National Top 50 icon.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 following Top Partner Rankings highlight the annual green power purchases of leading organizations within the United States and across individual industry sectors.

These green power purchases help reduce the environmental impacts of electricity use and support the development of new renewable generation capacity nationwide. Purchase amounts reflect U.S. operations only and are sourced from U.S.-based green power resources. Organizations can meet EPA purchase requirements using any combination of three different product options (1) Renewable Energy Certificates, (2) On-site generation, and (3) Utility green power products.

Purchase 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:

National Top 50 100% Purchasers
Top 20 Retail Fortune 500® Partners
Top 10 Federal Government Top 20 Local Government
Top 20 College & University Top 20 Printers
Top 20 On-site Generation Top 20 K-12 Schools

Annual Green Power Usage (kWh) GP % of Total Electricity Use* Organization Type Providers (listed in descending order by kWh supplied to Partner) Green Power Resources
1. Intel Corporation
2,502,052,000 88% Information Technology Sterling Planet°, PNM, On-site Generation Biomass, Geothermal, Small-hydro, Solar, Wind
2. Kohl's Department Stores
1,524,656,000 100% Retail 3Degrees°, Nexant°, Sterling Planet°, On-site Generation Solar, Wind
3. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. / California and Texas Facilities
872,382,088 28% Retail Noble Americas Energy Solutions, Duke Energy, NextEra Energy Resources, On-site Generation Biogas, Solar, Wind
4. Whole Foods Market
800,257,623 106% Retail 3Degrees°, On-site Generation Solar, Wind
5. Johnson & Johnson
553,565,521 52% Health Care GDF Suez Energy Resources NA°, 3Degrees°, NextEra Energy Resources°, Constellation NewEnergy, Sempra Energy°, Liberty Power°, On-site Generation, PNM Biomass, Solar, Wind
6. City of Houston, TX
438,000,000 35% Govt. (Local, Municipal) Reliant Energy Wind
7. Starbucks
421,921,000 52% Restaurants & Food Srvcs. 3Degrees°, Nexant° Wind
8. City of Austin, TX
406,000,000 100% Govt. (Local, Municipal) Austin Energy° Wind
9. Staples
341,509,408 52% Retail Sterling Planet°, Avista Utilities, Pacific Power°, Tennessee Valley Authority°, Portland General Electric, Constellation NewEnergy° Biogas, Solar, Wind
10. Hilton Worldwide
315,000,000 94% Travel & Leisure Renewable Choice Energy° Various
11. HSBC North America
300,000,000 112% Banking & Fin. Srvcs. NextEra Energy Resources° Wind
12. U.S. Department of Energy
295,974,615 6% Govt. (Federal) Various, On-site Generation Geothermal, Solar, Wind
13. City of Dallas, TX
295,883,744 40% Govt. (Local, Municipal) TXU Energy Wind
14. Lockheed Martin Corporation
274,907,487 15% Industrial Goods & Srvcs. Sterling Planet°, GDF Suez Energy Resources NA°, TXU Energy°, Pepco Energy Services°, Hess Energy Marketing°, Constellation NewEnergy°, Noble Americas Energy Solutions° Solar, Wind
15. Cisco Systems, Inc.
268,644,637 27% Information Technology Sterling Planet°, NextEra Energy Resources°, Austin Energy°, Ameren Missouri° Wind
16. U.S. Air Force
265,777,826 3% Govt. (Federal) J.P. Morgan Ventures Energy Corporation, Oklahoma Gas & Electric, On-site Generation, Champion Energy Services, Georgia Power, CHELCO, Western Farmers Electric Cooperative, Alliant Energy, Nodak Electric Cooperative, Rocky Mountain Power°, Sterling Planet°, Hess Energy Marketing, Rocky Mountain Generation Cooperative, Minnkota Power Cooperative, Xcel Energy Biogas, Biomass, Solar, Wind
17. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
262,100,000 100% Govt. (Federal) 3Degrees°, NextEra Energy Resources, Bonneville Environmental Foundation°, Pacific Power°, On-site Generation, Minnesota Power Biogas, Biomass, Solar, Wind
18. District of Columbia
244,267,000 50% Govt. (Local, Municipal) Washington Gas Energy Services° Wind
19. TD Bank, N.A.
240,351,395 106% Banking & Fin. Srvcs. Renewable Choice Energy°, 3Degrees Wind
20. BNY Mellon
225,000,000 75% Banking & Fin. Srvcs. NextEra Energy Resources° Wind
21. City of Chicago, IL
215,000,000 20% Govt. (Local, Municipal) Renewable Choice Energy° Wind
22. University of Pennsylvania
200,194,600 48% Education (Higher) Community Energy°, On-site Generation Solar, Wind
23. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
200,000,000 6% Govt. (Federal) Renewable Choice Energy Biogas
24. BD
198,726,120 38% Health Care NextEra Energy Resources°, Rocky Mountain Power°, Constellation NewEnergy° Wind
25. Kimberly-Clark Corporation
196,647,000 8% Consumer Products On-site Generation, Constellation NewEnergy° Biomass, Wind
26. Sprint
176,000,000 5% Telecommunications 3Degrees°, Renewable Choice Energy° Solar, Wind
27. State of Illinois
175,750,000 33% Govt. (State) Integrys Energy°, City Water, Light & Power° Wind
28. State Street Corporation
175,406,000 94% Banking & Fin. Srvcs. Element Markets° Biomass, Solar, Wind
29. Deutsche Bank
170,000,000 123% Banking & Fin. Srvcs. Sterling Planet° Wind
30. Ahold USA
149,260,000 7% Retail 3Degrees°, On-site Generation Solar
31. Lowe's
148,660,000 3% Retail Nexant°, On-site Generation Biomass, Solar
32. Bloomberg LP
142,926,646 82% Media & Publishing Hess Energy Marketing°, Constellation NewEnergy°, Element Markets°, ConEdison Solutions°, BlueStar Energy° Biomass, Wind
33. Pearson, Inc.
142,250,000 100% Consulting Srvcs. Renewable Choice Energy° Various
34. Montgomery County Clean Energy Buyers Group
134,599,000 25% Govt. (Local, Municipal) Renewable Choice Energy° Wind
35. Boeing / South Carolina
129,645,810 100% Industrial Goods & Srvcs. South Carolina Electric & Gas°, On-site Generation Biomass, Solar
36. NYSE Euronext
127,322,263 100% Banking & Fin. Srvcs. 3Degrees°, Constellation NewEnergy° Wind
37. City of Philadelphia, PA
127,300,000 20% Govt. (Local, Municipal) PPL EnergyPlus°, On-site Generation Solar, Wind
38. Suffolk County, NY
123,000,000 90% Govt. (Local, Municipal) 3Degrees° Wind
39. Carnegie Mellon University
119,515,000 103% Education (Higher) Nexant°, On-site Generation Solar, Wind
40. Best Buy
118,865,000 11% Retail 3Degrees° Biogas, Wind
41. Safeway Inc.
116,690,000 3% Retail 3Degrees°, NextEra Energy Resources°, On-site Generation Biogas, Solar, Wind
42. The World Bank Group
115,325,000 100% Non-Profit (NGO) WindCurrent° Wind
43. Dell Inc.
114,536,440 28% Information Technology TXU Energy°, Austin Energy°, Oklahoma Gas & Electric, On-site Generation Biogas, Solar, Wind
44. Chicago Public Schools
107,709,620 20% Education (K-12) Element Markets°, On-site Generation Solar
45. State of Connecticut
107,618,005 17% Govt. (State) Hess Energy Marketing°, Direct Energy° Various
46. Mohawk Fine Papers Inc.
104,000,000 102% Ag. & Nat. Resources 3Degrees°, Sterling Planet°, NextEra Energy Resources°, Community Energy° Wind
47. Google Inc.
103,403,137 5% Information Technology NextEra Energy Resources°, On-site Generation, Puget Sound Energy°, Renewable Choice Energy° Biogas, Biomass, Small-hydro, Solar, Wind
48. Citi
102,000,000 10% Banking & Fin. Srvcs. NextEra Energy Resources°, Constellation NewEnergy° Wind
49. University of Utah
98,255,850 36% Education (Higher) 3Degrees°, Rocky Mountain Power°, On-site Generation Solar, Wind
50. The Dannon Company, Inc.
96,626,000 100% Food & Beverage 3Degrees° Wind

*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 Partners lists are available here for you to view and print:

January 2012 list (PDF) (6 pp., 56K, About PDF)
2011 lists (PDF) (23 pp., 175K)
2010 lists (PDF) (16 pp, 1.2M)
2009 lists (PDF) (16 pp, 1.2M)
2008 lists (PDF) (10 pp, 209K)
2007 lists (PDF) (12 pp, 397K)
2006 lists (PDF) (10 pp, 511K)
2005 lists (PDF) (8 pp, 226K)
2004 list (PDF) (2 pp, 151K)

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.

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