Our Environmental Commitment
Protecting and enhancing the environment is at the forefront of our business strategy. We believe in building an increasingly sustainable energy supply and delivery business.
Air Quality
We employ innovative air quality initiatives to reduce environmental impacts. With our primary focus on reducing or avoiding emissions altogether, we continuously develop and implement strategies to improve our emissions performance.
Habitat Protection
To reduce environmental impacts, we address wildlife protection, wetlands preservation, reducing hydroelectric facilities’ impact on fish, plant relicensing, and bird interactions with power lines and wind turbines. We also use land reclamation techniques to restore habitat after completing mining operations.
Recycling
Reuse, reduce, recycle. This slogan has been a part of American culture for decades, but it’s an everyday activity for us.
Renewable Energy
We have achieved national recognition for our strong commitment to renewable energy. According to the American Wind Energy Association, PacifiCorp (Pacific Power’s parent company) is the second-largest utility owner of wind resources in the nation, second only to sister utility MidAmerican Energy Company.
To support renewable energy, Pacific Power has:
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Made wind a key component of our Integrated Resource Plan – Pacific Power is taking the lead to meet our customers’ growing energy needs with safe, reliable service, while also protecting the environment and keeping prices low. Our most recent Integrated Resource Plan calls for having more than 2,000 megawatts of cost-effective renewable resources by 2013.
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Helped bring new wind farms on-line – As of the end of 2010, our portfolio includes more than 1,000 megawatts of owned wind generation capability. We also have long-term purchase agreements for more than 600 megawatts from wind projects owned by others. Since 2006, our owned and contracted wind-power generation capability has increased by a total of more than 1,400 megawatts.
Wind power fact sheet with map
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Grown our Blue Sky renewable energy program – Our voluntary Blue SkySM program is a way for customers to help bring even more renewable energy into the system and promote renewable energy development.
For the past several years, Blue Sky has ranked in the top five utility green pricing programs by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory, for the number of customers buying renewable power and for green power sales volume.
As a company, we have more than 76,000 customers participating in the Blue Sky program. Sign up for Blue Sky now.
Energy Efficiency
Energy efficiency is a critical component to creating a sustainable energy future. We are committed to finding sustainable and affordable options to meet our customers’ electricity needs. To encourage energy efficiency, Pacific Power provides customers with energy-saving information and programs. These measures help customers save money and help reduce their environmental footprint.
