Leading California Companies Announce Buyers’ Group for Renewable Power

With today’s announcement by fourteen of California’s most prominent energy buyers, green power becomes an even more integral part of doing business in California. The partnership is called the “Green Power Group – California Affiliates.”

Advanced Micro Devices, Apple Inc., BT Americas, Cisco Systems, eBay, Google Inc., Hewlett-Packard, Intel Corporation, Intuit, Levi Strauss & Co., News Corporation, Pactiv Corporation, Patagonia, and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc will be sharing best practices for purchasing and developing new sources of renewable energy. The partnership will help enable them to meet environmental goals, reduce exposure to volatile electricity prices, and support new clean technologies.

The Green Power Group – California Affiliates is the third commercial and industrial partnership convened by the World Resources Institute (WRI). The first two partnerships, the U.S. Green Power Market Development Group and the European Green Power Market Development Group, have facilitated the development of over 600 megawatts of renewable energy through on-site projects and green power purchases. The California Affiliates will build on this experience to bring corporate renewable energy purchasing to significant scale in California.

“The commercial and industrial sectors can play a critical role in supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies,” said Alexander Perera, director of WRI’s Green Power Market Development Group. “By working together, these companies hope to see improved green-power purchasing opportunities in the state.”