Oregon

Key Oregon contacts

• Oregon Department of Energy
• Oregon Public Utility Commission
• Northwest Power and Conservation Council
• Bonneville Power Adminstration (BPA)

Utilities and Rates

Utilities and rates

Oregon has 41 retail utility providers:

• 19 cooperatives
• 18 publicly owned (PUD’s)
• 3 investor-owned (IOU’s)
• 1 federal (Bonneville Power Admin.)

Industrial cost range: 2.82 to 8.55 ¢/kWh

Commercial cost range: 3.42  – 13.04 ¢/kWh

24 utilities of 41 offers a “green” pricing program

CHP Policy and Incentives Development

CHP Policy & Incentives

Clean energy installations in Oregon

Sites with clean energy: 60

Total installed megawatts: 2544

Sample companies and facilities using clean energy:

Industrial:

• Rough and Ready Lumber
• Crown Pacific
• Kinzua Heppner sawmill
• Wah Chang
• Crater Lake Lumber Company
• Weyerhaeuser Company

Institutional:

• Oregon State University
• Corvallis Wastewater Plant
• Finley Buttes Regional Landfill
• Tri-City Service District
• Columbia Boulevard Wastewater Treatment
• Lewis and Clark College

Northwest CEAC contacts