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In September 2007, the City of Dallas finalized purchase contracts for more than 333 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of green electricity for city facilities during 2008. The city has elected to continue its green power purchasing program through 2013. The purchase amounts to roughly 40% of total expected electricity consumption by municipal facilities for the year and will be supplied completely by wind generated electricity. It puts Dallas in the fourth spot on the EPA's [http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/toplists/top10localgov.htm Green Power Partner] listing of local government green energy purchases (as of January 2011). Prior to this, Dallas engaged in a separate purchase of roughly 30 million kWh of green energy for the street lighting component of city electricity consumption for 2007. The City of Dallas also has [http://www.dsireusa.org/library/includes/incentive2.cfm?Incentive_Code=TX18R&state=TX&CurrentPageID=1&RE=1&EE=1 green building requirements] for new municipal structures and adopted green building standards for private developments in April 2008 for new construction as of 2009.