July 30, 2007
KOHL'S RANKS NO. 2 ON EPA'S TOP 10 RETAIL LIST AND NO. 8 ON NATIONAL TOP 25 LIST OF GREEN POWER PURCHASERS

Kohl's Department Stores Makes Significant Green Power Purchase

MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis., July 30, 2007 — Kohl's Department Stores announced today that it has moved up on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) National Top 25 List and Top 10 Retail List of the largest green power purchasers in EPA’s Green Power Partnership. Kohl's Department Stores is recognized for its voluntary purchase of more than 201 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of green power annually.

Today, the EPA updated its top partner lists, highlighting the largest purchasers in the Green Power Partnership. Kohl's is currently ranked No. 8 on EPA’s National Top 25 list — up from the No. 24 ranking in April 2007— as well as rising to No. 2 on EPA’s Top 10 Retail list— up from No. 5 in April 2007. These lists highlight EPA Green Power Partners that have completed the largest annual voluntary green power purchases through July 9, 2007.  The EPA updates its Top Partner lists quarterly, which are available at http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/partners/top25.htm.  

Kohl's is also participating in EPA’s Fortune 500 Green Power Challenge and currently ranks No. 6 among participating Fortune 500 partners. The goal of this campaign is roughly to double the existing green power purchases among Fortune 500 Green Power Partners to exceed 5 billion kWh of collective green power purchasing annually. Currently, there are nearly 50 Fortune 500 companies in EPA’s Green Power Partnership. The Challenge concludes at the end of 2007.

“We are honored to be recognized by EPA as a Top 10 Retail Partner, Top 25 Green Power Purchaser and a top Fortune 500 green power partner,” said Ken Bonning, Kohl’s executive vice president of logistics. “We have significantly increased our position on the EPA’s list since April climbing 16 spots, which further cements our dedication to the future of our environment.”

“Green power” is defined as electricity that is generated from environmentally preferable renewable resources, such as solar, wind, geothermal, biogas, biomass and low-impact hydro.  These resources generate electricity with zero anthropogenic (caused by humans) carbon dioxide emissions and offer a superior environmental profile to conventional power generation. In addition, buying green power helps support the development of new renewable energy capacity nationwide.

Based on national average utility subregion emissions rates, the EPA estimates Kohl's green power purchase of 201 million kWh is equivalent to avoiding the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of nearly 23,000 passenger cars each year, or is the equivalent amount of electricity needed to power more than 12,000 average American households annually.

About Kohl's
Based in Menomonee Falls, Wis., Kohl’s (NYSE: KSS) is a family-focused, value-oriented specialty department store offering moderately priced, exclusive and national brand apparel, shoes, accessories, beauty and home products in an exciting shopping environment. A company committed to the communities it serves, Kohl’s operates 834 stores in 46 states and has raised more than $85 million for children’s initiatives nationwide through its Kohl’s Cares for Kids® philanthropic program.  For a list of store locations and information, or for the added convenience of shopping online, visit www.kohls.com.

About EPA’s Green Power Partnership
EPA’s Green Power Partnership is a voluntary program that encourages organizations to purchase green power as a way to reduce the environmental impacts associated with conventional electricity use. The Partnership currently has hundreds of Partners voluntarily purchasing billions of kilowatt hours of green power annually. Partners include a wide variety of leading organizations such as Fortune 500 companies, small-and medium-sized businesses, local, state and federal governments, trade associations, as well as colleges and universities. For additional information, please visit http://www.epa.gov/greenpower.

To view a complete listing of EPA’s Green Power Partners and information about buying green power, visit http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/.

For more information on EPA’s Top Partner lists, visit http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/partners/top25.htm.

For more information on EPA’s Fortune 500 Challenge, visit http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/partners/fortune500.htm

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