美國環境保護署綠色電力使用前25名排行榜首度由一家企業奪得第一。提供金融及商業服務的富國銀行（Wells Fargo），在2006年度採購了5億5千萬度的電量，領先排行榜上的其他組織。
所有購買以乾淨、可回收資源產生電力的組織企業，都刊載在季報上，乾淨、可回收資源包括太陽能、風力、地熱、沼氣、生物質，以及對環境低度衝擊的水力使用等。
美國環保署空氣暨放射線處執行副主任威倫（Bill Wehrum）指出：「這些企業組織是環保與商業利益運作可以並行的例證。採用這些綠色電力對環境有益，同時也可協助我國以可替代或再生的能源發電，以及分散能源供應鏈的努力。』
排名在富國銀行之後的是第二名的全食市場（Whole Foods Market），以及第三名的美國空軍。美國環保署位居第四，嬌生公司則是第五名。
每年採用超過400萬度綠色電力，才能進入環保署這項綠色電力使用排名前25名。相當於35萬個美國一般家庭平均一年所需的電量。美環保署綠色電力夥伴計畫鼓勵企業組織採用綠色電力，以降低使用石化燃料對環境的衝擊，並且分散美國能源供應來源。
綠色電力夥伴計畫成員包括許多單位，有財星五百大企業、中小企業、政府組織以及學院及大學等。
For the first time, a corporation heads U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's national Top 25 list of green power purchasers. The banking and financial services company Wells Fargo reached the top spot, purchasing 550 million kilowatt hours annually.
Organizations that purchase electricity generated from clean, renewable resources such as solar, wind, geothermal, biogas, biomass and low-impact hydro make up the quarterly list.
"These organizations are demonstrating that environmental stewardship and profitable business operations can go hand in hand," said Bill Wehrum, acting assistant administrator for EPA's Office of Air and Radiation. "Purchasing green power is good for the environment and supports our nation's efforts to increase the diversity in our energy supplies with alternative and renewable energy sources."
After Wells Fargo & Company, Whole Foods Market ranks second and the U.S. Air Force ranks third. The U.S. EPA itself ranks fourth, with Johnson & Johnson rounding out the top five.
EPA's Top 25 green power purchasers are buying more than four billion kilowatt-hours of green power on an annual basis. This is equivalent to the energy needed to power more than 350,000 average American homes each year. The EPA Green Power Partnership encourages organizations to purchase green power as a way to reduce the environmental impacts associated with the use of electricity from fossil fuels and to diversify America's fuel supply.
The partnership includes a variety of organizations - Fortune 500 companies, small and medium businesses, government institutions as well as colleges and universities.
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