Driving Private Sector Leadership Beyond Compliance
Create a Standardized Framework
Each program starts by developing a framework that has widespread industry consensus. The framework must be transparent, rigorous, and agreeable to all stakeholders—effectively mimicking a competitive marketplace.
ENERGY STAR Inspires Manufacturers to Accelerate Advances in Product Efficiency
Provide Actionable Information
Motivate Market Leaders with Recognition
Green Power Partners Vie for the Spotlight
Every quarter, EPA’s Green Power Partnership program ranks its partners according to their green power use (above and beyond what’s required by renewable portfolio standards). Earning a spot on this list confers brand-enhancing bona fides to organizations as diverse as Google and the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District. While renewable portfolio standards were responsible for 189 billion kWh of new, non-hydro renewable electricity demand in 2019, EPA’s highly competitive Green Power partners generated an additional 61 billion kWh.
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