Green Power Partnership
An Effective Practice
Description
The Green Power Partnership is a voluntary program that encourages organizations to buy green power as a way to reduce the environmental impacts associated with purchased electricity use. The Partnership currently has hundreds of Partner organizations voluntarily purchasing billions of kilowatt-hours of green power annually. Partners include a wide variety of leading organizations such as Fortune 500 companies, small and medium sized businesses, local, state, and federal governments, and colleges and universities.
Goal / Mission
The goal of the Green Power Partnership is to promote the use of green power in the United States.
Results / Accomplishments
The more than 1,200 Green Power Partners are collectively using more than 16 billion kWh of green power annually, equivalent to the annual carbon dioxide emissions from electricity use of more than 1.4 million average American homes.
About this Promising Practice
Organization(s)
US Environmental Protection Agency
Primary Contact
Allison Dennis
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
MC: 6202J
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20460
(202) 343-9526
dennis.allison@epamail.epa.gov
http://www.epa.gov/greenpower
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
MC: 6202J
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20460
(202) 343-9526
dennis.allison@epamail.epa.gov
http://www.epa.gov/greenpower
Topics
Environmental Health / Energy & Sustainability
Organization(s)
US Environmental Protection Agency
Date of publication
2010
Location
USA
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