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<br />section3 <br /> <br />Gwcn Power 'Best PractiCf)S' <br />contll1l1(J(/ <br /> <br />best practices & resources <br /> <br />expense of the wind power purchase by instituting employee energy efficiency programs <br />such as turning off lights. computers. and office equipment when not is use. <br /> <br />District Energy Saint Paul Wood.fired Cogeneration <br />District Energy Saint Paullne.'s new $52 million combined heat and power plam uses <br />275.000 tons of clean wood waste fuel each year. Under a 20-year agreement with Xccl <br />Energy, the plant generates 25 megawatts of electricity. enough to power 20.000 homes. <br />The plant significantly reduces air pollutIon by displacing 110.000 tons of coal. redUCing <br />S02 emiSSions by 600 tons per year and fossil fuel derived CO2 emissions by 283,000 tons <br />per year. plus an additional 50.000 tons from efficiencies compared to on-Site systems. <br />District Energy IleatsJcools twice the bUIlding area vs, on-Site systems wIth the same fuel <br />input: serves 80 percent of downtown building space. including the State Capitol complex <br />and 300 residences; is the largest hot water district heating and chilled water cooling <br />system in North America. <br /> <br />Portland's 100 % Renewable Goal <br />Portland Oregon' local Action Plan on Global Warming sets aggressive goals for renewable <br />resources. instructing the City to acquire 100 percent of Its energy needs from renewable <br />sources by 2010 with an interim target of 10 percent by 2003. Actual renewable energy <br />purchased currently stands at around 1 1 percent. To meet the long term goal. the City has <br />Invested in hydroelectric turbines in its drinking water reservoir system and a fuel cell <br />powered by waste methane. Most significantly. in June 2003. the CIty purchased green <br />energy certificates representing nearly 44 million kilo watt hours of wind power - enough <br />to supply nearly 4.000 homes for a year. <br /> <br />Seattle City light's Net Zero Emissions Policy <br />In 2000. the Mayor and City Council mandated Seattle City light to meet all new electrical <br />demand WIth cost-effective conservation and renewable energy resources and achieve zero <br />net emissions of global warming pollutants. As of 2005. Seattle CIty light is reaching both <br />these goals. Seattlc has a low baseline of global warming pollution because clean <br />hydropower produces most of the city's electriCIty, But even with this green power, the <br />Lltility still produces some emissions from Its fleet and building operations. among other <br />examples. To reach zero net global warming pollutant emissions. thc utility mitigates for all <br />emissions by purchasing offsets; in 2004 and 2005, City light paid less than $2 per year <br />per City light rate payer for offscts tllrough a varlcty of projects. such as supporting <br />biodlesclln Scattle area fleets and contracting WIth DuPont Fluorochemicals to install a <br />technology that substantially cut global warming pollution. Maintaining these policies <br />avoids 200.000 metric tons of global warming pollutants being added to tile atmosphere. <br /> <br />e Resources <br /> <br />EPA's Guide to Green Power Purchasing - The Guide includes information about different <br />types of green power products. the benefits of green powcr purchasing. and how to <br />capture tile benefits of green power purchaSIng. <br />1111 p :ffw.w.J r.oa, nav!clrecnrJOwcr il)uY(lf CC'llOowcr foulcle. 11tln <br /> <br />Green Power Partnership - A program that promotes the purchasc of green power in the <br />private and public sector. I ltto ,lIv....'NW ('l)illJov/orr~!~1100Wrr <br />