Green Power Leadership Awards > Awards Details > Purchasers

Description
EPA's Green Power Leadership Awards recognize exceptional achievement among EPA Green Power Partners. EPA recognizes eligible Partner organizations in the following four award categories:

• Green Power Partner of the Year: Recognizes Partners who distinguish themselves through their purchase, leadership, overall strategy, and impact on the green power market.
• Green Power Community of the Year: EPA Green Power Communities that distinguish themselves through their green power usage, leadership, citizen engagement, renewable energy strategy, and impact on the green power market.
• On-site Generation: Recognizes Partners who distinguish themselves using on-site renewable energy applications including, but not limited to, solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind energy projects.
• Green Power Purchase: Recognizes Partners who distinguish themselves through purchases of green power from a utility green-pricing program, a competitive green marketer, or a renewable energy certificate (REC) supplier.

Self-nominations or nominations on behalf of another party are accepted. There is no limit to the number of nominations that can be submitted per party or under any award category.

Visit the EPA 2011 Green Power Purchase Award Nomination website

Purchaser Award Eligibility

• The nominee must be accepted as an EPA Green Power Partner by the time that the nomination materials are submitted. Review the Partnership Requirements and Agreement.
• The nominee must complete its green power purchase before June 21, 2011. A green power purchase is considered complete when the electrons are flowing under contract. EPA will follow up to confirm each nominee's green power usage.
• The nominator must consider a 12-consecutive-month period when submitting green power purchase size, baseload electricity use, percentages, and other quantifiable information.

Purchaser Evaluation Criteria

1. Purchase Information:
   • Total size of the purchase
   • Size and type of renewable energy installation
   • Scope of your purchase (facility, organization-wide)
   • EPA purchase level (percent requirement)
   • Annual electricity use based on purchase scope
   • Green power purchase as a percent of baseload electricity use
   • Percent of purchase that is from "new" renewable sources
   • Geographic location of renewable energy generation
2. Communications efforts to promote your purchase both internally and externally
3. Organizational strategy for investing in green power (past, present, future)
4. Leadership in purchasing within a region or business sector
5. Additional information:
   • Project budget, including a short description of any project financing innovations
   • Challenges and innovations of the purchasing process—this could include market interruptions, internal hurdles, and/or buying a new technology
   • Nominator and nominee contact information

Judging Process
An EPA evaluation panel will review and evaluate the nominations received for Purchasers. Nominations must be accurate and complete. EPA will notify award winners and nominees.

Questions?
To learn more about the awards and the conference, visit the EPA Green Power Leadership Awards Web page. Please email Robyn Liska at robyn.liska@erg.com or call 617-357-4630 with any questions.