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Department of Energy Recognizes 3Degrees
2007 National Green Power Supplier Award Winners
Department of Energy Recognizes Six Leading Organizations for Helping the U.S. ‘Go Green’
October 22, 2007
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will recognize six leading organizations at the Seventh Annual Green Power Leadership Awards tonight in Philadelphia for advancing the development and use of “green power”. These organizations are furthering the Bush Administration’s efforts to reduce our Nation’s dependence on foreign oil by increasing the use of clean, renewable energy. The DOE Green Power Supplier Awards are competitive, and recognize exceptional achievements in supporting increased market deployment of renewable energy technologies through green power programs.
DOE’s 2007 Green Power Supplier Award winners are: Constellation NewEnergy (Baltimore, MD); 3Degrees (San Francisco, CA); Sterling Planet (Norcross, GA); SunEdison (Beltsville, MD); Pacific Power and Rocky Mountain Power (Portland, OR) and; Silicon Valley Power (Santa Clara, CA). DOE co-sponsors the Green Power Leadership Awards with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Center for Resource Solutions. Each organization recognized has helped advance the development of the Nation’s “green power markets” through the creation of successful green power programs. The goal of green power programs is to provide market-based choices for electricity consumers to purchase power from environmentally preferred sources. The combined green power supplied by these organizations amounts to over five billion kilowatt-hours of green power annually, equivalent to the amount of electricity needed to power nearly 465,000 American households annually.
Megan Barnett, (202) 586-4940