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EPA's Blanket Green Power Contracts
For the first several years of its green power program, EPA procured renewable energy for its facilities through a patchwork of smaller contracts for individual facilities. With the growth of EPA’s green power purchases, beginning in September 2006, EPA transitioned its procurement strategy to the use of large contracts for renewable energy certificates (RECs) to help offset 100 percent of Agencywide estimated electricity use at its 175 facilities across the country, augmented by a few individual green power or REC contracts. The term "blanket" is used to describe these contracts because a single contract covers many facilities, unlike previous contracts which covered only a single facility. Blanket contracts reduce EPA’s associated administrative costs and help EPA obtain RECs at lower costs through higher volume purchases. Learn about EPA's current blanket contract below, or read about EPA's past blanket contracts.
Current Blanket Green Power Contracts
In August 2011, EPA signed three contracts for a total of 265 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of RECs from Element Markets
, 3Degrees Group, and Orion Renewable Energy Trading Group. Procured through Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Energy, these three contracts support renewable energy generation from wind, landfill gas, and biomass resources. Combined with five additional contracts for delivered green power and RECs, these contracts ensure that EPA continues offsetting 100 percent of Agencywide estimated electricity use through September 30, 2012.
These blanket contracts offset all of the estimated electricity consumption at the following EPA facilities through the end of fiscal year (FY) 2012 (as well as more than 100 smaller facilities):
- Ada, Oklahoma – Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Center
- Ann Arbor, Michigan – National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory
- Arlington, Virginia – Potomac Yard Headquarters Office
- Athens, Georgia – National Exposure Research Laboratory
- Athens, Georgia – Science and Ecosystem Support Division Laboratory
- Atlanta, Georgia – Region 4 Office
- Chelmsford, Massachusetts – New England Regional Laboratory
- Chicago, Illinois – Region 5 Laboratory
- Chicago, Illinois – Region 5 Office
- Cincinnati, Ohio – Andrew W. Breidenbach Environmental Research Center
- Cincinnati, Ohio – Laboratory Annex 2
- Cincinnati, Ohio – Child Development Center
- Cincinnati, Ohio – Center Hill Facility
- Cincinnati, Ohio – National Service Center for Environmental Publications Warehouse
- Cincinnati, Ohio – Testing and Evaluation Center
- Corvallis, Oregon – Willamette Research Station
- Dallas, Texas – Region 6 Office
- Denver, Colorado – National Enforcement Investigations Center
- Denver, Colorado – Region 8 Office
- Edison, New Jersey – Region 2 Laboratory
- Fort Meade, Maryland – Environmental Science Center
- Golden, Colorado – Region 8 Laboratory
- Grosse Ile, Michigan – Large Lakes Research Station
- Gulf Breeze, Florida – Gulf Ecology Division Laboratory
- Houston, Texas – Region 6 Laboratory
- Kansas City, Kansas – Region 7 Office
- Kansas City, Kansas – Science and Technology Center
- Las Vegas, Nevada – The National Exposure Research Laboratory and Radiation and Indoor Environments National Laboratory
- Montgomery, Alabama – National Air and Radiation Environmental Laboratory
- Narragansett, Rhode Island – Atlantic Ecology Division Laboratory
- Newport, Oregon – Pacific Coastal Ecology Branch Laboratory
- New York, New York – Region 2 Office
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Region 3 Office
- Research Triangle Park, North Carolina – Ambient Air Innovative Research Site (AIRS) Facility
- Research Triangle Park, North Carolina – Burden's Creek/Jenkins Road Facility
- Research Triangle Park, North Carolina – Chapel Hill Laboratory
- Research Triangle Park, North Carolina – Child Care Facility
- Research Triangle Park, North Carolina – Main Building
- Research Triangle Park, North Carolina – National Computer Center
- Research Triangle Park, North Carolina – National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory
- Research Triangle Park, North Carolina – Page Road Warehouse
- Richmond, California – Region 9 Laboratory
- San Francisco, California – Region 9 Office
- Seattle, Washington – Region 10 Office
- Washington, DC – 1310 L Street
- Washington, DC – Federal Triangle
- Washington, DC – Other Headquarters Facilities
These blanket contracts offset a portion of the electricity consumption at the following EPA facilities in FY 2012, each of which also has one or more additional contracts in place for green power or RECs:
- Boston, Massachusetts – Region 1 Office
- Corvallis, Oregon – Western Ecology Division Laboratory
- Duluth, Minnesota – Mid-Continent Ecology Division Laboratory
- Manchester, WA - Region 10 Laboratory
- San Juan, Puerto Rico - Caribbean Environmental Protection Division Office
EPA has used blanket green power contracts for several years. Learn about EPA's past blanket green power contracts.