Green Power Leadership

EPA Green Power Community

The Green Power Community (GPC) challenge is a voluntary national campaign launched by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that encourages cities, towns and municipalities and their local government, businesses and residents to use green power products, such as wind power, to reduce the environmental impacts associated with conventional electricity use.

As a leader in clean energy solutions, Washington Gas Energy Services, Inc. (WGES) is committed to supporting communities reach their green power goals through the purchase of WGES CleanSteps® WindPower. We offer competitive pricing options with valuable benefits unique to WGES customers. Currently we are assisting Philadephia, PA, Washington, D.C. and Rockville, MD with their community challenge.

What is an EPA Green Power Community?

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All across the country communities are pledging to reduce their carbon footprint by joining the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Green Power Community Challenge (GPC). The Green Power Community Challenge is a national, year-long campaign that encourages communities to use renewable energy. Communities will compete to see which one can achieve the highest green power percentage of total electricity used and which one can use more green power overall.

Rockville's Challenge

WGES is your partner in meeting your community's green power challenge goals.

On February 28, 2011 the Rockville mayor and City Council agreed unanimously to partner with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to become an EPA Green Power Community and has issued a challenge to all residents and businesses to switch to green power. Rockville is challenging its businesses and residents to purchase 65.8 million kWh from green sources, or 3% of the community's total electricity use. This is the equivalent of taking 8,500 cars off the road for one year!

WGES is helping Rockville's residents and businesses do their part to meet their green power goals. Click here to learn how you can go green with WGES CleanSteps® WindPower!

To learn how your large commercial business can purchase green power, call 703.793.7578.

* Unsure if you qualify as a small business? Click here.

D.C.'s Challenge

The Nation's #1 Green Power Community!

WGES is your partner in meeting your community's green power challenge goals.

Washington, D.C. joined the EPA Green Power Community Challenge in March 2011 and as of September 2012, they maintain their ranking as the #1 Green Power Community. District Government, businesses, institutions and residents collectively purchase nearly 756 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of green power annually, or 8% of the District's total electricity usage. This is the equivalent of taking 102,000 cars off the road for one year!

WGES is helping D.C.'s residents and businesses do their part to meet their green power goals. Click here to learn how you can go green with WGES CleanSteps® WindPower!

To learn how your large commercial business can purchase green power, call 703.793.7578.

* Unsure if you qualify as a small business? Click here.

Philadelphia's Challenge

In June 2012, Philadelphia joined 33 other communities across the nation competing to see which one can achieve the most use of green power. Philadelphia entered the race as the #3 ranked Green Power Community. To support Philadelphia's goal of becoming the Nation's #1 Green Power Community, visit www.greenpowerphilly.com

About LEED

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Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is an internationally recognized green building certification program by the non‐profit U.S. Green Building Council. LEED is a national framework used for certifying high performance, sustainable buildings. There are currently four levels of LEED certifications: Certified, Silver, Gold and Platinum. The number of points a project can receive for their purchase of Renewable Energy Credits varies based on the project type.

As a WGES CleanSteps® WindPower customer, you can use your purchase of Green‐e Energy certified Renewable Energy Credits to earn LEED certification points. To learn more about LEED, visit www.usbgc.org or contact your Account Manager.