Green Power Partnership
Partner Profile
| City of Houston, TX | |
| Location | Houston, TX |
| Organization Type | Govt. (Local, Municipal) |
| Percentage Green Power | 35.3% |
| Purchasing Third-Party Certified Green Power Product? | No |
| Organization-wide Purchase | Yes |
| Awards/Recognition | Green Power Leadership Award 2008 |
Environmental Web Page  | |
| Partner Profile The City of Houston purchases 50 Megawatts, or 35 percent of the City's total electricity load, of wind energy to power Houston's city facilities. The City expects to use as much as 1.7 billion kilowatt-hours of renewable wind energy through 2013, equivalent to the amount of kilowatt-hours needed to power 26,000 homes each year. It also helps reduce the need to build more expensive power plants for the region's rising energy needs. Additionally, the City is looking to increase the amount of renewable energy purchased. In January 2012, the City of Houston was designated as the number one municipal purchaser of green power and the sixth largest overall purchaser in the nation, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). "Houston is already known as the energy capital of the world, but we are committed to becoming the alternative energy capital of the world as well," said Mayor Annise Parker. "This ranking confirms we are taking the right steps in the right direction, and it's going to benefit everyone." | |