October 26th, 2008

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.

3Degrees works closely with corporate customers to engage their diverse stakeholders, including employees, end-use customers and companies in the supply chain. 3Degrees utilizes a wide range of unique customer support tactics, including a comprehensive online toolkit for customers, providing them with a variety of templates for communications and educational materials.

3Degrees’ partnerships with utility green pricing programs deploy a “wrap around the community” approach, which involves community-based awareness building, as well as direct enrollment tactics and community outreach. This approach yielded an average 7.5 percent participation rate across all of 3Degrees’ diverse set of partnerships, more than 4 times the national average for green pricing programs. By implementing community challenges in conjunction with its utility partners, 3Degrees has increased residential participation in several utility programs by an average of 50 percent.

3Degrees’ efforts in building the market for renewable energy have resulted in the company currently supporting over 1.1 Gigawatts of new renewable energy capacity.