We are in EPA's Region 3 - MVCAC

15 Aug 2010


      SEVERAL REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS MAKE THE TOP 20 GREEN POWER PURCHASERS  LIST
On Aug. 2, EPA announced the green power organizations that made the Top 20 
 list of green power purchasers. 
Washington, D.C. clinched the No. 3 spot on EPA's Top 20 Local Government  
Green Power partnership purchasers list by switching from traditional 
sources of  electricity generation to greener, cleaner renewable energy 
alternatives and  purchasing enough green power annually to meet 50 percent of its 
electricity  use. Local governments in region 3 that made the Top 20 list are: 
No. 3. _District of Columbia _ 
(http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/partners/partners/districtofcolumbia.htm) , No. 5. _Montgomery County Clean Energy Buyers 
Group _ 
(http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/partners/partners/montgomerycountycleanenergyb...) ,  Rockville, Md., No. 8. _Washington (DC) Suburban 
Sanitary Commission _ 
(http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/partners/partners/washingtonsuburbansanitaryco...) , No. 15.  _Montgomery County, PA _ 
(http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/partners/partners/montgomerycountypa.htm) , and 
No. 17. _City of Philadelphia, PA _ 
(http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/partners/partners/cityofphiladelphiapa.htm) .   
A growing number of colleges and universities in Region 3 are joining the  
Green Power Partnership and reducing their environmental footprint by 
supporting  green power and increasing their purchases of renewable energy 
alternatives.  Five colleges/universities in Region 3 made the Top 20 Colleges and 
Universities  green power purchasers list. The Top 20 winners include:  No. 
1. _University of Pennsylvania _ 
(http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/partners/partners/universityofpennsylvania.htm) , No. 2. _Carnegie Mellon University _ 
(http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/partners/partners/carnegiemellonuniversity.htm)
 , No. 3. _Pennsylvania State University _ 
(http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/partners/partners/pennsylvaniastateuniversity....) , No. 6. _American 
University _ 
(http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/partners/partners/americanuniversity.htm) , and No. 20. _Dickinson College _ 
(http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/partners/partners/dickinsoncollege.htm) , Carlisle, PA. 
Five  K-12 schools in Region 3 made the Top 20 K-12 Green Power  
Partnership list of schools purchasing green energy. The combined green power  
purchasers among all K-12 school partners nationwide amounts to nearly 219  million 
kilowatt-hours of green power annually, or the equivalent amount of  
electricity needed to power more than 19,000 average American homes each  year.  
The five Top 20 winners in Region 3 include: No. 4. The _Bullis School _ 
(http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/partners/partners/bullisschool.htm) , D.C., 
No.11. _Sidwell Friends School_ 
(http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/partners/partners/sidwellfriendsschool.htm) , D.C., No. 12. _Norwood School _ 
(http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/partners/partners/norwoodschool.htm) , MD, No. 15. _Maret 
School _ (http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/partners/partners/maretschool.htm) , 
D.C., and No. 20. _Sheridan School _ 
(http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/partners/partners/sheridanschool.htm) , D.C.   
For more information on EPA’s Green Power Partnership, go to 
_http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/_ (http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/)