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Choose renewable energy for your business
You can buy renewable energy for your business through our Blue Sky options. Oregon small business customers (on rate schedules 23 or 41) can choose from three options, and large businesses in Oregon (on rate schedules 28, 30, 41L or 48) can choose from two options. Participating in Blue Sky helps bring us closer to a more sustainable future.
Buying renewable energy is good for the environment and good for business. Our Blue Sky program offers you an easy way to
meet your organization's environmental goals and assert yourself as a leader in your community. Buying renewable power provides
environmental, social and economic benefits, and Blue Sky is an easy way to help make a difference.
- visibly demonstrate your commitment to environmental stewardship and the community
- minimize your business operations' impact on the environment; for every kilowatt-hour of wind energy purchased, you can offset
two pounds of carbon dioxide emissions (see our
online calculator to help you determine the environmental benefits of your purchase)
- enhance your public impact and visibility through regional and national recognition programs –
Pacific Power's business partnership program, EPA's Green Power Partner program or the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED system
- increase awareness about the benefits of renewable energy and help encourage more renewable energy development
Already, more than 17,000 Oregonians are purchasing electricity generated from cleaner, renewable sources — wind, biomass
and solar — preventing more than 20,000 tons of carbon dioxide (CO
2
) emissions each year.
Our Blue Sky options are also endorsed by regional environmental groups such as Renewable Northwest Project and are overseen by the Oregon Public Utility Commission.
You can sign up at any time. Since there is no enrollment term for any of the renewable options, you can switch back to Basic
Service whenever you’d like.
Learn about options for small businesses (on Rate Schedules 23 or 41).
Learn about options for large businesses (on Rate Schedules 28, 30, 41L and 48).
Choosing less-polluting electricity is easy
By paying a little extra each month, you can help create a more sustainable future.
Other information on renewable energy generation
Separate from Blue Sky, we also offer a "net metering" option. This is for customers interested in generating all or a portion of their electricity needs from small-scale solar,
wind or other renewable generating equipment. See more information on photovoltaics.
Pacific Power's commitment to renewable energy
As a company, we also generate and purchase renewable power for all our customers as part of our resource mix. Today, we generate
or purchase power from four renewable energy facilities in Wyoming, Oregon and Utah. Learn more about Pacific Power's environmental commitment.
Our future plans include adding even more renewable energy to the power system. Our Integrated Resource Plan calls for adding 1,400 megawatts of renewable energy to the power system in the next 10 years. This is enough energy to power
409,000 homes.
Blue Sky is a registered service mark of Pacific Power.
Calculations use an average of PacifiCorp's system generation resources and are current as of July 31, 2003. This average
may change as PacifiCorp acquires or changes system generation resources. PacifiCorp is the parent company of Pacific Power.
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