| EPA becomes
3rd-largest green energy purchaser in U.S. March 23 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has become the third-largest renewable energy consumer in the nation. The EPA is using green energy for 100 percent of the power consumption at its Washington headquarters. The agency also uses renewable energy at the majority of its more than 31 regional offices and laboratories. In total, the EPA has contracted to purchase 260 million kilowatt-hours of green power. Only the U.S. Air Force and Whole Foods Markets LP, a grocery chain, buy more green energy than the EPA, agency Administrator Stephen Johnson said. Whole Foods Markets is purchasing 458,000 megawatt-hours of renewable energy credits from wind farms.
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