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 Municipal
• 3 Investor-owned (IOU’s)
• 1 Federal
• 7 Political Subdivisions (Public Utility Districts)

Industrial cost range: 3.89 to 9.44 cents/kWh

Commercial cost range: 3.79 to 18.04 cents/kWh

16 utilities offer green pricing programs (The Green Power Network).

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 TAP contacts