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/)