October 13, 2006—The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on October 3 its quarterly list of organizations that purchase electricity generated from clean, renewable resources such as solar, wind, geothermal, biogas, biomass, and low-impact hydro.
Once again, the US Air Force leads the national green power top 25 list, purchasing more than 1 billion kWh annually for Air Force bases across the country.
Wells Fargo & Company appeared for the first time, ranked as number two overall and as the top corporation on the list. Over the next three years, Wells Fargo plans to purchase 550 million kWh of clean, renewable energy, an amount that totals nearly 40 percent of Wells Fargo’s electricity use. This purchase alone will prevent the emissions of more than 380,000 tons of carbon dioxide per year—the equivalent of carbon dioxide emissions from more than 75,000 cars, says EPA.
The complete list of Top 25 EPA Green Power Partners is as follows, listed in order of purchase size:
- US Air Force
- Wells Fargo & Company
- Whole Foods Market
- US Environmental Protection Agency
- Johnson & Johnson
- Starbucks
- DuPont Company
- US Department of Energy
- Vail Resorts, Inc.
- HSBC North America
- University of Pennsylvania
- The World Bank Group
- IBM Corporation
- Sprint Nextel
- Safeway Inc.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- The Tower Companies
- US General Services Administration / Region 2
- California State University System
- Staples
- City of Austin, TX
- City of San Diego, CA
- Natureworks LLC
- FedEx Kinko’s
- Duke University
EPA’s Green Power Partnership is comprised of a diverse array of organizations that voluntarily purchase green power as a way to reduce the environmental impacts associated with conventional electricity use. Information on EPA’s top 25 list of green power purchasers is available online.
