For the first time, a corporation leads EPA's national Top 25 list of green power purchasers. Wells Fargo claimed the top spot, purchasing 550 million kilowatt hours annually. Organizations that purchase electricity generated from clean, renewable resources such as solar, wind, geothermal, biogas, biomass and low-impact hydro make up the quarterly list. EPA's Top 25 green power purchasers are buying more than 4 billion kilowatt-hours of green power on an annual basis. This is equivalent to the energy needed to power more than 350,000 average American homes each year. The EPA Green Power Partnership encourages organizations to purchase green power as a way to reduce the environmental impacts associated with the use of electricity from fossil fuels and to diversify America's fuel supply. The partnership is comprised of a diverse set of organizations including Fortune 500 companies, small and medium businesses, government institutions as well as colleges and universities. EPA's Top 25 Green Power Partners is as follows, listed in order of purchase size: 1. Wells Fargo & Company 2. Whole Foods Market 3. U.S. Air Force 4. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 5. Johnson & Johnson 6. Starbucks 7. DuPont Company 8. U.S. Department of Energy 9. Vail Resorts Inc. 10. HSBC North America 11. Cisco Systems Inc. 12. Staples 13. New York University |