Our Blue Sky Habitat renewable energy option provides residential and small business customers the choice to not only purchase and support pollution-free renewable energy but also help restore fish habitat in Oregon through an automatic $2.50 monthly donation.

As with our other Blue Sky options, customers who participate in this voluntary program are reducing reliance on fossil fuels, encouraging more renewable energy generation and tying 100% of their usage to renewable energy resources generated in the Northwest.

With this plan 61% of the renewable energy purchased comes from new wind sources, 38% from biomass and 1% from solar. 
 

What makes the Blue Sky Habitat option unique is it provides customers the opportunity to help restore native fish habitat, improving streams throughout Oregon. The $2.50 donation paid by participating customers is passed through to The Nature Conservancy and used to restore habitat in Pacific Power’s service area. They coordinate the use of customer funds and match with grant dollars, making even more habitat projects happen in our communities.

If you choose to participate in the Habitat option you pay less than a penny ($0.0078) more per kilowatt-hour above Basic Service rates to support 100% renewable energy and a $2.50 flat monthly rate. The typical Oregon household using 1,000 kilowatt-hours monthly will pay $10.30 more each month to participate in this voluntary program. The total additional amount paid each month will fluctuate depending on your monthly usage, but the $2.50 donation to promote healthy fish habitat remains the same.

We guarantee to buy additional renewable energy from newly developed projects in the region on behalf of our Blue Sky customers, which is in addition to our on-going investment in renewable energy. Blue Sky customer participation helps support even more renewable energy on the power system and encourages more development. All the habitat restoration funds received from customers are forwarded to The Nature Conservancy to make projects happen in Oregon.   
 

To find out more about how The Nature Conservancy was selected to manage Habitat funds, go to our frequently asked questions page.   

For a list of projects benefiting from Blue Sky Habitat customers, go to Habitat Restoration Projects.