Pennsylvania - Green Power Purchasing

Summary

Pennsylvania's state government is purchasing annually 500,000 megawatt-hours (MWh) of electricity -- 50% of the state government's total electricity use -- from various renewable energy resources (click here for the press release). Pennsylvania originally committed to purchasing green power to supply 5% of its electricity use annually, beginning in 2000. In October 2004, Governor Ed Rendell doubled the state government's original green power purchase commitment from 5% to 10%. The commitment was doubled again, to 20%, in August 2006. In October 2007, the contract was modified with an additional purchase that brought the total green power purchase to 28% of the state government's annual electricity consumption. For Fiscal Year (FY) 2010, the state bumped their purchase once again to 40% of state government electricity needs.