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EPA’s Green Power Products Program Partners in Progress Federal Environmental Symposium Washington, DC May 4, 2006 Bucky Green, EPA Sustainable Facilities Practices Branch
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EPA Green Power Purchasing – Started in 1999 First 100 percent green power purchase for a federal facility Sacramento Municipal Utility District FEMP, EPA Green Power Partnership EPA Facilities California deregulation
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FY 2005 Activity Added eight new locations in FY 2005 Regional offices: San Francisco, Denver, Chicago, and Kansas City, Kansas Laboratories: Narragansett, Rhode Island; Ada, Oklahoma; Fort Meade, Maryland; and Kansas City, Kansas Renewed six expiring contracts
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Procurements Currently Underway Procurement due mid-May 2006 This purchase will bring EPA to 100 percent green power!
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Why Green Power? Market development Advocacy and education Emissions reductions Technology development Economic development Executive Order 13123 and EPAct 2005 goals 2.5 percent by FY 2005, 7.5 percent by FY 2013 Agencies can deduct green power purchases from annual reported energy use under E.O. 13123 (under discussion for EPAct 2005 implementation) Reduce GHG emissions 30 percent by FY 2010
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Results—EPA Facilities Receiving Green Power
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Results—EPA Green Power Receipts Over Time
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Results EPA’s contracted green power purchases at the close of April 2006 totaled more than 259 million kWh EPA’s CO 2 emissions reduced by 243,113 metric tons per year, based on an FY 1999 baseline Equivalent to removing 46,728 cars from the road for a year Equivalent to planting approximately 1.2 million trees
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Delivered Product vs. Green Tags Green tags EPA buys most of its green power through renewable energy certificates Electricity Legal/delegation authority issues
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How Do We Buy Green Power? General Services Administration Defense Energy Support Center Western Area Power Administration Federal Energy Management Program National Renewable Energy Laboratory State-regulated programs
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EPA-SFPB Preferences Third-party certification Regional/local production New production Diversity of renewable types Green tags
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Prices Getting better Before: 1 cent to 2.5 cents per kWh Now: 0.1 cent to 1.3 cents per kWh
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EPA’s Green Power Partnership Voluntary public-private partnership www.epa.gov/greenpower Blaine Collison, (202) 343-9139
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Future Plans Hedged products?? Indian power?? Longer-term cost savings contracts?? EPA will move to larger, regional aggregated purchases
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