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New England Companies 

 Named to EPA's Green Power 

 Top 25 List 



Five companies based in New 

 England or with significant business 

 operations in New England were 

 named to EPA's 2006 "Green Power 

 Top 25 List". The list includes 

 companies, organizations and 

 government institutions that have 

 voluntarily bought the most renewable 

 energy and are part of EPA's Green 

 Power Partnership. 



Last year, EPA's Green Power Partners 

 bought more than 4 million megawatt 

 hours of renewable energy, which 

 is nearly double the amount they 

 purchased by the end of 2004. These 

 purchasers are buying enough energy 

 to power more than 300,000 homes a 

 year, or the equivalent of removing the 

 emissions of nearly 400,000 cars from 

 the road annually. More than half of 

 EPA's Top 25 green power purchasers 

 are comprised of U.S. corporations, 

 a number that continues to increase 

 every year. 



Businesses on the list that have major 

 presences in New England include: 

 Staples, Whole Foods Market, 

 Starbucks, Johnson & Johnson, and 

 Fedex Kinkos, Inc. 



"These EPA partners help diversify this 

 country's energy supply by promoting 

 alternative and renewable energy 

 sources," said Robert W. Varney, 

 regional administrator of EPA's New 

 England office. "These companies 



voluntarily use green power - helping 

 reduce dependence on foreign 

 sources of power." 



The Green Power Partnership 

 is a voluntary EPA Program 

 that seeks to increase the 

 use of green power among 

 leading U.S. organizations. 

 Partners in the program switch 

 to green power for a portion 

 of their electricity needs 

 in return for EPA technical 

 assistance and recognition. 

 EPA's Green Power Partnership 

 currently has more than 600 

 Partners, including Fortune 

 500 companies, states, federal 

 agencies, trade associations, 

 and universities. 



Staples, a Framingham, Mass 

 company exceeded its original 

 commitment to buy 2 percent 

 of its total energy load or 

 9,494 MWh green power. The 

 company uses 48,283 MWh 

 of green power which includes the 

 largest renewable energy certificate 

 deal in the U.S. The company is 

 committed to buying 10 percent of 

 its energy from green power sources. 

 With stores nationwide. Staples buys 

 landfill gas, biomass, solar, and wind 

 power from five providers that supply 

 the company with green power 

 through delivered energy products as 

 well as renewable energy certificates. 



FedEx Kinko's Inc., of Dallas Texas 

 was a 2002 Green Power Partner of 



the Year, and has been a 2001 and 

 2003 Green Power Leadership Award 

 winner. FedEx Kinko's is reducing it 

 environmental footprint through 



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efforts that include buying renewable 

 energy, reducing energy use, offering 

 recycled and alternative papers, and 

 minimizing waste. FedEx Kinko's Inc. 

 buys renewable energy at more than 

 400 branches in 18 states, for an 

 approximate 40 million kWFH per year. 

 FedEx Kinko's receives it power from 

 a wide variety of sources, including 

 wind, geothermal, landfill gas, solar, 

 and small hydro. 



Credit: Sheryl Rosner US EPA - New England 2/13/06 



April/May 2006 



