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Phillies, Montgomery County, Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, PPL, Rushforth Solar, Principals for Change, Sisters of St. Francis, Dickinson College, Brubaker Farms, Millcreek Township School District Lead Recipients of Green Power Awards

Tuesday, September 16, 2008 from 12 noon - 2 pm
The Hilton Inn at Penn, 3600 Sansom Street in Philadelphia

Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future (PennFuture) will hold its ninth annual Green Power Awards on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 from 12 noon - 2 pm at The Hilton Inn at Penn, 3600 Sansom Street, in Philadelphia. Twenty-six individuals, private industries, government agencies and public interest organizations that are building Pennsylvania's thriving renewable energy market will be honored at the luncheon.

Green Power Purchasers - Large Businesses
- Philadelphia Phillies, for purchasing 20 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of green energy to power 100 percent of the electricity needs of Citizens Bank Park, becoming the largest green power purchaser in major league baseball.
- Dickinson College (Carlisle) , for purchasing 50 percent of the electricity used on campus from wind power and for installing a 60 kilowatt solar array.
- University of Pennsylvania, for purchasing 200,000 megawatt-hours per year of its electricity from wind energy.
- Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, for purchasing 100 percent of its electricity from green energy sources, including wind and hydro power.
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) , for leadership in pursuing environmentally sustainable practices within the health care industry and for purchasing 10 percent of its electricity from green energy sources.
Green Power Purchasers - Small Businesses
- Dansko (West Grove, Chester County) , for purchasing 100 percent of its electricity from wind power and for its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) New Construction Gold Certified office and retail complex in West Grove.
- Montgomery County, for purchasing 100 percent of all county electrical accounts from wind energy, becoming the first 100 percent wind-powered county in the nation.
- The Philadelphia Print Shop, Ltd. , for purchasing 100 percent of its electricity from wind power.
Green Power Generators
- AE Polysilicon (Fairless Hills, Bucks County) , for choosing Pennsylvania for the location of its new polysilicon manufacturing facility and for its commitment to creating Great Green Jobs in the state.
- Brubaker Farms (Mount Joy, Lancaster County) , for its manure digester project that supplies clean energy back to the grid and helps to reduce carbon emissions by approximately 47,300 pounds per day.
- EverPower Renewables (Krayn, Cambria County) , for its continued leadership in the development of wind energy in Pennsylvania, including the completion of the Highland Wind Project, the first project to use 2.5 megawatt Nordex turbines.
- Exelon Corporation and Epuron LLC, for their continued leadership in the development of solar energy in Pennsylvania, including the construction of the Exelon-Epuron Solar Center at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia.
- Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia (Aston, Delaware County) , for the installation of a 9.89-kilowatt solar photovoltaic system to help produce vegetables for 115 families.
Leadership
- Sam Enfield (Arlington, Virginia) , for his continued commitment to the sustainable development of wind in Pennsylvania, particularly his work on wind and bat interactions.
- Mike Freeman (Philadelphia) , for his work in the development of the Exelon-Epuron Solar Center in Bucks County and the Navy Yard.
- Lance Simmens (Harrisburg) , for his work to develop the wind energy model ordinance, solar working group, and for 67 presentations on Climate Change, as developed by Al Gore.
- Bill Cagney (Pittsburgh) , of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 95, for his enthusiasm and leadership in providing training to fill the great green jobs of the future, and for sharing his expertise with other unions, government, the private sector and public interest organizations throughout the state.
- Sister Janice McGrane (Flourtown, Montgomery County) , for her continued efforts to promote green energy including her extensive volunteer work for the Great Green Jobs Campaign.
- Mike Mckinley (Philadelphia) , for his continued efforts to promote green energy through his support for the Great Green Jobs Campaign and the Energy Independence Strategy legislation.
Pioneers
- Jon Costanza (Collegeville, Montgomery County) , for his continued efforts to grow the solar energy industry in Pennsylvania and participation in the Great Green Jobs Campaign.
- Rushforth Solar (Bryn Mawr, Montgomery, County) , for its continued commitment to the development of renewable energy in Pennsylvania, particularly solar thermal, and for participation in the Great Green Jobs Campaign.
Green Jobs
- Sally Silver (Exton, Chester County) , for her work in the development of the Smart Energy Initiative of Southeastern Pennsylvania, its training programs, and network of over 300 companies.
Energy Efficiency and Demand Side Management
- PPL Electric Utilities (Allentown) , for the development and expansion of the residential time-of-use rate pilot program, the Energy Analyzer website, and installation of advanced meters for all customers.
- Millcreek Township School District (Erie) , for the installation of a green roof at the Asbury Woods Nature Center.
The Citizens' Choice Green Power Hero Award (based on recommendations by PennFuture's members and supporters)
- Lewis Kindja and Aaron Steinly (Armagh, Indiana County), executive directors of principalsforchange.org; principal of United Junior/Senior High School, and assistant principal for United High School, respectively, for their leadership in Principals for Change and the 210 mile walking trip from Meyersdale, PA to Washington, D.C. to raise awareness about the need for alternative energy.

For more information, contact PennFuture at 1-800-321-7775 or online at http://www.pennfuture.org .

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