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Nomination Process
EPA’s Green Power Leadership Awards for Purchasers recognize exceptional achievement among EPA Green Power Partners. EPA recognizes eligible Partner organizations in the following three award categories:
- Green Power Partner of the Year: Recognizes Partners who distinguish themselves through their purchase, leadership, overall strategy, and impact on the green power market.
- On-site Generation: Recognizes Partners who distinguish themselves using on-site renewable energy applications, including, but not limited to, solar photovoltaic (PV) or wind energy projects.
- Green Power Purchase: Recognizes Partners who distinguish themselves through purchases of green power from a utility green-pricing program, a competitive green marketer, or a renewable energy certificate (REC) supplier.
Self-nominations or nominations on behalf of another party are accepted. There is no limit to the number of nominations that can be submitted per party or under any award category. Nominations are accepted in the spring of each year. The 2008 Green Power Leadership Awards nomination period will open in May. Please check back for further details.
Additional award information for EPA’s Purchaser, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Supplier, and the Center for Resource Solutions’ (CRS’) Market Development Awards can be found on the National Renewable Energy Marketing Conference award page. 
Purchaser Award Eligibility
- Nominees must qualify as an EPA Green Power Partner and meet or exceed EPA purchase requirements. A qualification date to receive Partner data will be established each award year.
- The nominee’s green power purchase must go into effect before the Partner qualification date deadline.
- When submitting green power purchase size, baseload electricity use, percentages, or other quantifiable information, a 12 consecutive-month period must be used.
- International projects and facilities are not eligible.
- Purchasers are eligible for an award only if the Partner retires or retains ownership of the RECs associated with their purchase or on-site generation system.
- Previous winners and nominees are eligible for awards in future years but will be judged based on activities since the last award cycle.
Purchaser Award Criteria
- Purchase Information:
- Total size of the purchase
- Size and type of renewable energy installation
- Scope of your purchase (facility, organization-wide)
- EPA purchase level (percent requirement)
- Annual electricity use based on purchase scope
- Green power purchase as a percent of baseload electricity use
- Percent of purchase that is from “new” renewable sources
- Geographic location of renewable energy generation
- Communications efforts to promote your purchase both internally and externally
- Organizational strategy for investing in green power (past, present, future)
- Leadership in purchasing within a region or business sector
- Additional information:
- Project budget, including a short description of any project financing innovations
- Challenges and innovations of the purchasing process—this could include market interruptions, internal hurdles, and/or buying a new technology
- Nominator and nominee contact information