By Tom Kessler

The Philadelphia Phillies are still trying to close out the World Series, but the team has already been declared winners off the field. The National League Chanmipions were among the winners cited in the Environmenal Protection Agency’s 2008 Green Power Leadership Awards. The announcement was made at the the National Renewable Energy Marketing Conference in Denver, Colo.

EPA’s Green Power Partnership is a voluntary program helping to increase the use of green power among leading U.S. organizations. The program encourages organizations to purchase green power as a way to reduce the environmental impacts associated with conventional electricity use. The EPA says the program has hundreds of partner organizations buying billions of kilowatt-hours of green power annually.

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From the Environmental Protection Agency

The 2008 Green Power Leadership Awards were presented in conjunction with the National Renewable Energy Marketing Conference, held October 26-29 in Denver, Colorado.

Green Power Pilot Award — Honorable Mention

After conducting primary research in both the Rio Grande Valley and Houston, Texas markets, Green Mountain Energy Company found that the Hispanic population in these areas was highly interested in clean electricity and Green Mountain’s product offering. In early April 2008, Green Mountain launched its first integrated advertising and PR campaign targeting the Hispanic market in Texas. A media plan that included a combination of both English and Spanish language advertising, and a comprehensive media mix of TV, radio, print and outdoor, was designed for maximum effectiveness.

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From the Environmental Protection Agency

The 2008 Green Power Leadership Awards were presented in conjunction with the National Renewable Energy Marketing Conference, held October 26-29 in Denver, Colorado.

Green Power Beacon Award – Honorable Mention

To help promote enrollments in its fledgling renewable energy program, GreenCurrents, Detroit Edison entered into a partnership with a landmark music venue in Ann Arbor, Michigan known as The Ark. The Ark attracts up-and-coming music acts and well-known artists from around the country who enjoy playing to audiences in its intimate atmosphere.

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From the Environmental Protection Agency

The 2008 Green Power Leadership Awards were presented in conjunction with the National Renewable Energy Marketing Conference, held October 26-29 in Denver, Colorado.

Green Power Beacon Award

In an innovative effort to bring business and residential renewable power customers together, Portland General Electric (PGE) created an online “green community” through the launch of their GreenPowerOregon.com web site.

The site is available to all PGE customers, with special content available only to renewable power customers. Several hundred customers are registered on the site, with more than 10,000 unique visitors to the site in the first couple of months after launch.

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From the Environmental Protection Agency

The 2008 Green Power Leadership Awards were presented in conjunction with the National Renewable Energy Marketing Conference, held October 26-29 in Denver, Colorado.

Large Commercial/Institutional Green Power Program or Supplier of the Year

Sterling Planet delivers renewable energy, energy-efficiency products and carbon solutions to multinational businesses, universities, government agencies, utilities and individual consumers. Since 2000, Sterling Planet has offered certified RECs from wind, solar and a broad range of other renewable energy resources.

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From the Environmental Protection Agency

The 2008 Green Power Leadership Awards were presented in conjunction with the National Renewable Energy Marketing Conference, held October 26-29 in Denver, Colorado.

Large Commercial/Institutional Green Power Program or Supplier of the Year

3Degrees continues to support a large, high-quality portfolio of renewable energy projects in 23 states from wind, solar, landfill gas and biomass sources, including many with ten-year Renewable Energy Certificate offtake arrangements. 3Degrees serves more than 200 U.S. and international business customers, as well as five utilities in three states (California, Oregon and Missouri) for its highly successful turnkey utility green pricing partnerships. The company’s annual sales recently reached 4 billion kilowatt hours, and it serves 6 of the top 15 corporate purchases nationally.

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From the Environmental Protection Agency

The 2008 Green Power Leadership Awards were presented in conjunction with the National Renewable Energy Marketing Conference, held October 26-29 in Denver, Colorado.

Small Residential/Commercial Green Power Program or Supplier of the Year

PaloAltoGreen (PAG) draws renewable energy from 100 percent new, local and regional wind and solar resources, all from projects that have come on-line since 2005. Just five years since the program’s launch, total sales are 59 million kilowatt hours annually and the customer participation rate is 20.4 percent, the highest rate in the nation.

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From the Environmental Protection Agency

The 2008 Green Power Leadership Awards were presented in conjunction with the National Renewable Energy Marketing Conference, held October 26-29 in Denver, Colorado.

New Green Power Program or Company

AmerenUE’s Pure Power program is the largest green pricing program offered in the Midwest to date. The program utilizes resources from Bluegrass Ridge, a Missouri Wind Farm, and Noble Hill, a Missouri landfill gas project. The Pure Power program was launched in October 2007 with a special celebration featuring a 131-foot wind turbine blade, an appearance by St. Louis Mayor and several Pure Power “early adopters.”

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