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households, the proportion of ACT households taking part in GreenPower is 7.8%.

b. The proportion of total electricity that GreenPower contributes to household consumption in the ACT is unavailable to the ACT Government.

c. There are a total of 167 commercial customers using GreenPower in the ACT.

d. The proportion of total electricity that GreenPower contributes to ACT business consumption is unavailable to the ACT Government.

e/f. The ACT Government currently purchases 23% of its electricity from accredited GreenPower. In 2005/06 this was a lower proportion of 19.2%, it was increased to 23% on 1 July 2006.

g. Based on the GreenPower website (www.greenpower.gov.au) the following Commonwealth agencies purchase GreenPower in the ACT; CSIRO – Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation and the National Museum Australia.

h. The proportion of total Commonwealth agency electricity supplied by GreenPower in the ACT is unavailable to the ACT Government.

i. The proportion of total customers who purchase 100% GreenPower in the ACT is unavailable to the ACT Government.

2. The Greenchoice program that ActewAGL delivers is independently assessed by the National Green Power Accreditation Program to guarantee that the green energy sourced comes from government-approved renewable energy sources. The ACT Government is a foundation member of the National GreenPower Accreditation Steering Group.

3. We are not able to calculate the proportion of GreenPower used in other Australian States.

GreenPower data for the United Kingdom and the United States was unable to be sourced and is not kept by the National GreenPower Accreditation Steering Group.

4. The ACT target set out in the ACT Climate Change Strategy – Weathering the Change is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 60% of 2000 levels by 2050. With a milestone to measure our progress of limiting 2025 emissions to 2000 levels.

5. As a foundation member of the National GreenPower Accreditation Steering Group, the ACT has participated in collaborative action to encourage the Australian community to take up GreenPower. GreenPower is a market driven scheme and relies on the market increasing the amount of electricity from renewable sources to increase as the demand from consumers increases.

6. In 2007, ActewAGL sourced GreenPower from the following accredited generators:

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