Green Power
The City of Wilsonville is an EPA “Green Power Community” that supports the development and deployment of “clean energy” technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Both Wilsonville municipal government and the residential/business community have elected to participate as a Green Power Partner.
The Green Power Partnership (GPP) is a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) program established in 2001 to protect human health and the environment. The program increases organizations’ voluntary use of “green power” to advance the American market for green power and the development of those renewable electricity sources.
Wilsonville became a “Green Power Community” in 2015, and began to participate in Portland General Electric’s Clean Wind℠ program at the “Gold” level. By 2017, Green Power comprised 9 percent of the community’s electricity consumption.
Wilsonville is currently one of more than 90 municipalities – and more than 1,700 partner organizations nationwide – voluntarily using billions of kilowatt-hours (kWh) of green power annually. These partners represent nearly 40 percent of the U.S. voluntary green power market.
In return for technical assistance and recognition, GPP Partners commit to use green power for all, or a portion, of their annual electricity consumption. The program provides a framework that includes credible usage benchmarks, market information, technical assistance, and public recognition to companies and other organizations that use green power.
The Green Power Partnership helps to achieve Clean Air Act requirements by reducing the pollution and the corresponding negative health and environmental impacts associated with conventional electricity use.
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