City, state and federal leaders will join in an Earth Day celebration Saturday, April 21 to announce that Bellingham is the first city in Washington state and the most successful Green Power Community in the country to be designated a Green Power Community by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Bellingham qualified for this recognition by purchasing 76 million kilowatt hours of green power, which accounts for more than 11 percent of the community’s total electricity load. That’s enough electricity to light more than 6,300 homes. Nearly 2,000 households and 110 businesses have enrolled in the Bellingham Green Power Community Challenge.
"Bellingham is proud to be a leader in Green Power purchasing," Douglas said. “We’re proving that locally-engineered solutions to global warming are effective, achievable, and good for business. Our Green Power Community Challenge is a success because the business community, city residents and local government have teamed up in an unprecedented partnership."
Bellingham’s power purchasing achievement is even more remarkable considering that it’s actually double that of the six other “Green Power Communities” across the country.
Bellingham will be officially recognized by EPA at noon Saturday, April 21 during the city’s Earth Day Celebration at the Farmer’s Market. Neighborhoods participating in the Green Power Community Challenge also will be recognized during the event.
Posted: Apr 20, 2007
