Blue Sky Options
You can choose to support renewable energy.
Blue Sky is a voluntary program that provides customers the opportunity to support newly developed renewable energy now and help build a larger market for renewable energy.
Explore your options with our options calculator
Sign up now or get more specific information for your state below:
California
For homes and businesses
Customers in California can support wind energy in 100-kilowatt hour increments, called blocks, for just $1.95 more per month than basic service. Pacific Power buys renewable energy certificates on your behalf equal to your Blue Sky purchase and helps develop community based renewable energy projects in the communities we serve.
Blue Sky QS for businesses
This is a program for businesses that want to make large wind purchases at a reduced rate. With Blue Sky QS, you get "Quantity Savings" for buying at least 101 blocks of Blue Sky per month for a period of one year (or more). The cost starts at $1.94 per 100 kilowatt-hours and is based on a sliding scale. The more you buy, the less the per unit (block) cost.
Oregon
Blue Sky options for homes and small businesses (Rate Schedules 23 or 41)
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Description
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Environmental Benefit
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Extra cost
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Blue Sky Block
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Support renewable energy in fixed price, 100 kilowatt-hour “blocks” of 100% western region wind energy and help fund new, community-based renewable energy projects in your state.
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It's like not driving a car more than 1,518 miles when you buy one block per month for a year
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$1.95 per 100 kwh block per month
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Blue Sky Usage (Oregon only)
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Support a blend of 100% Pacific Northwest renewable resources from Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.** The resource mix is likely to include wind (70%) and biomass (30%).
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It's like not driving a car for each year you are enrolled
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Costs $0.0105 more per kwh, about $8 extra per month*
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Blue Sky Habitat (Oregon only)
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Same as Blue Sky Usage and also helps restore and preserve native fish habitats in Oregon via the non-profit organization The Freshwater Trust.
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It's like not driving a car for each year you are enrolled
Plus habitat restoration and preservation
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Costs $0.0105 more per kwh, and a $2.50 monthly donation
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* Based on usage levels of a typical Blue Sky customer and average Oregon residential household.
**A minority of resources from the greater Western Region may be purchased if needed to maintain price stability.
Product content/price terms and conditions label – Usage & Habitat
Options for large businesses (Rate Schedules 28, 30, 41L and 48)
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Description
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Customer Segment
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Extra cost
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Blue Sky Block
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Sold in 100-kilowatt-hour blocks of 100% wind from the Western region. Support of this program may help develop community-based small-scale renewable energy projects.
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Available to all customer segments
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$1.95 per 100 kwh block per month
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Blue Sky Quantity Savings (QS)
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Purchase of more than 101 Blue Sky blocks per month for 12 months (1,212 blocks minimum purchase)
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Available to large Oregon business (schedules 28, 30, 41L or 48)
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Varies: $1.94 to $0.70 per block. The cost is based on a sliding scale, depending upon volume of purchase.
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Rate schedule appears on customer bill.
Washington
For homes and businesses
You buy wind energy in 100 kilowatt-hour (kwh) increments, called blocks, for just $1.95 more per block per month. Pacific Power buys renewable energy certificates on your behalf equal to your Blue Sky purchase and helps develop small-scale renewable projects in the communities we serve.
Blue Sky QS for businesses
This is a program for businesses that want to make large wind energy purchases at a reduced cost. With Blue Sky QS, you get a "Quantity Savings" for buying at least 101 blocks of Blue Sky per month. The cost starts at $1.94 per 100 kilowatt-hours and is based on a sliding scale. The more you buy, the less the per unit (block) cost.
