September 11, 2006—Vail Resorts recently moved into the number two position for corporate buyers of green power by purchasing 152,000 megawatt-hours of wind power. The purchase will offset all the electricity used by the company.
Vail operates four ski resorts in Colorado, one ski resort in California, 125 retail locations (operated through Specialty Sports Venture), 10 resorts through its RockResorts subsidiary, three lodges in the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, plus the nearby Jackson Hole Golf & Tennis Club, as well as its new corporate headquarters in Broomfield, Colorado.
The company is buying all of its wind power in the form of renewable energy credits, purchased from Renewable Choice Energy. The purchase will reportedly avoid the emission of 211 million pounds of carbon dioxide each year, and places Vail in the number six spot overall for green power purchasers, just behind the Department of Energy (DOE) and ahead of Starbucks.
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