Solar & Battery Regulation & Incentive Programs

City of Houston - Green Power Purchasing

Program Overview

Category:: Regulatory Policy
Program Type:: Green Power Purchasing
Implementing Sector:: Local
State:: Texas
Eligible Storage Technologies:: Wind (All)
Website:: http://www.greenhoustontx.gov/renewables.html
Renewables % or Amount:: 50%
Source:: Wind
Applicable Sectors:: Local Government
Last Updated:: 04/27/2015

Summary

The City of Houston has signed an agreement with Reliant Energy to purchase 50% of total annual expected electricity consumption (623,000,000 kilowatt-hours) from renewable power for 2013-2015. This purchase puts Houston as the largest municipal purchaser of renewable power in the nation, and in the top 10 overall in the nation, according to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates.