Austin Energy will procure up to 2 MW of solar modules over a 3-year period, at a cost of .85/watt, and plans to install solar at buildings in its service territory. The panels are expected to generate 2.7 million kWh annually.

Becker Underwood purchased 7.9 million kWh of wind RECs, equivalent to 100 percent of its electricity use. The Green-e certified RECs were supplied by Renewable Choice Energy.

Marin Energy Authority is purchasing more than 42 million kWh annually, enough to meet 25 percent of electricity use for its communities in Marin County. The purchase is of biogas, biomass, and wind through Shell Energy North America.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's Zuckerman Research Center purchased 31.5 million kWh of wind RECs, equivalent to 100 percent of the building's annual electricity use, through Green Mountain Energy.

The Western Climate Initiative released a comprehensive program design, which includes recommendations regarding voluntary purchases and the role of RECs. WCI has a goal to reduce 2005 GHG emissions by 15 percent by 2020. The WCI program design recommends that RECs have no compliance role in the WCI cap-and-trade program.

The City of Dallas signed a contact with TXU to purchase 2.2 billion kWh of power over three years, of which 40% will be from wind power generated in Texas.

EPA Green Power Partnership has released its latest list of top green power purchasers. Retaining their places at the top of the list were Intel, Kohl's, Whole Foods Market, City of Houston, and Dell.

Google has purchased the total output of NextEra Energy Resources's 114-megawatt Story County II facility in Iowa through a 20 year power purchase agreement for .8 million.

Viridian Energy announced its Pure Green, a locally sourced 100% renewable electricity option available in Viridian's service territory, including PA, CT, NJ and MD, and will initially be offered at a discount to the local utility's generation rates.

The city of Santa Clara has secured the top spot in the EPA Green Power Communities rankings with more than 163 million kWh of the community's electricity usage coming from voluntary purchases of green power.

The Fairmont Washington, D.C. hotel has purchased 9.5 million kWh of RECs, representing 100% of the hotel's electricity use. The wind RECs are being supplied by Renewable Choice Energy.

Constellation Energy is now offering CleanEnergy, a 100% wind product, to residential customers in central Maryland. Customers can add the wind option for an additional 1-cent/kWh. The product is sourced from Green-e certified RECs.