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October 31, 2011 By News Staff
Houston took the top rank this quarter in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s and Green Power Partnership’s top 20 list of local governments that purchase the most green power.
The rankings represent the largest purchasers among local government partners within the Green Power Partnership. According to the official website, the Green Power Partnership is a “voluntary program that supports the organizational procurement of green power by offering expert advice, technical support, tools and resources.” The organization works with both the private and public sectors.
While Houston topped the list with 438 million kilowatt-hours of annual green power usage generated from wind energy, Austin, Texas, was a close second with 406 million kilowatt-hours. Austin [http://www.govtech.com/technology/Austin-Texas-Switches-to-All-Renewable-Energy.html] recently moved to 100 percent clean and renewable energy as a product of wind farms.
According to Green Power Partnership, purchasing figures for the top 20 rankings are based on annualized partner contract amounts (in kilowatt-hours), and not calendar year totals. Rankings are also determined on a quarterly basis. The top 20 are as follows:
City — Annual Green Power Usage (kilowatt-hours)
1. Houston — 438,000,000
2. Austin, Texas — 406,000,000
3. Dallas — 302,880,000
4. District of Columbia — 244,267,000
5. Chicago — 215,000,000
6. Montgomery County, Md., Clean Energy Buyers Group — 134,599,000
7. Philadelphia — 127,300,000
8. Suffolk County, N.Y. — 117,000,000
9. Chicago Public Schools — 107,709,620
10. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport — 87,000,000
11. Austin, Texas, Independent School District — 65,640,000
12. Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission — 59,637,000
13. Forest County, Wis., Potawatomi Community — 54,677,205
14. Los Angeles World Airports — 35,827,829
15. San Jose, Calif. — 31,854,279
16. San Francisco — 31,593,977
17. Chicago Park District — 31,072,406
18. Montgomery County, Pa. — 29,391,000
19. Nassau County, N.Y. — 29,121,457
20. Santa Monica, Calif. — 28,000,000
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Austin is MUCH smaller than the other leading cities.
Shouldn't this list be something like killowat-hours per capita? or possible per square mile? Either of those would provide a more accurate picture.
Using 2010 population estimate: # 1 - Austin 513 kWh/person # 2 - DC 405 kWh/person # 3 - Dallas 252 kWh/person # 4 - Houston 208 kWh/person # 5 - Chicago 79 kWh/person