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Blue Sky® environmental impact calculator

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Oregon - Residential

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How would you like to support renewable energy?

Choose an option below to calculate your estimated cost and environmental benefits.

Option 1: Calculate based on a fixed amount?

I have $

Option 1: Calculate by blocks?

If I buy .

Option 2: Calculate by percentage of electricity use?

I will green  of .

Option 2: Calculate by percentage of electricity use?

I will green  of .

Option 2: Calculate by monthly electric use?

Your costs will vary depending on actual energy use

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 ($2.50 per month)

Option 3: Calculate by Business Partner recognition level?

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Your purchase of 0 Blue Sky blocks per month for a year is equal to 0 kilowatt-hours.

You choose to spend $0 per month to purchase the equivalent of 0 blocks. This is equal to 0 kilowatt-hours per year.

Your purchase of 0 kWh is 0 blocks per month, or 0 kilowatt-hours per year.

Your purchase of 0 kWh is 0 blocks per month, or 0 kilowatt-hours per year.

Your purchase of 0 kWh per month for a year will match your electric use. This is estimated to about 0 kilowatt-hours per year.

To become a Business Partner, you need to purchase 0 blocks per month at a monthly cost of $0. This is equal to 0 kilowatt-hours per year.

This reduces your carbon footprint by 0 pounds of CO2

That's enough renewable energy to:

Power 0 LED lightbulbs for a year

OR

Travel 0 miles in an electric vehicle

Will my purchase protect and restore salmon habitat in Oregon?

Participating in Blue Sky at this level will cost $0 per month, in addition to your regular monthly bill.

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Customers on Oregon Rate Schedules 23 or 41 are considered small businesses.

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Blue Sky® Block allows you to support renewable energy equal to any portion of your energy use. A block represents a set amount of renewable energy – specifically, 100 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of renewable energy. Each block costs $1.95 per month. Charges for Blue Sky Block remain constant each month and do not fluctuate with your electricity usage. Blue Sky Block purchases support wind (50%) and solar (50%) energy from the western region and help develop community-based small-scale renewable energy projects. Also see pacificpower.net/blueskypcl.

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Your kilowatt-hour usage can be found on your bill or by logging into your online account.

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Blue Sky® Usage is ideal for customers who want to support renewable energy equal to 100% of their monthly energy use. Blue Sky Usage costs about a penny ($0.0105) more per kilowatt-hour. Blue Sky Usage supports a blend of renewable resources from Oregon and the western region. The resource mix is likely to include wind (44%) and solar (56%). Also see pacificpower.net/blueskypcl

For residential customers, the average home uses about 865 kilowatt-hours of electricity per month. Your kilowatt-hour usage can be found on your bill or by logging into your online account.

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Blue Sky® Block allows you to support renewable energy equal to any portion of your energy use. A block represents a set amount of renewable energy – specifically, 100 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of renewable energy. Each block costs $1.95 a month. Charges for Blue Sky Block remain constant each month and do not fluctuate with your electricity usage. Blue Sky Block purchases support wind (50%) and solar (50%) energy from the western region and help develop community-based small-scale renewable energy projects.

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Blue Sky business partner program partnership levels

Recognition category

Percentage/minimum requirement

 Maximum requirement*
Visionary

30% of load or 50 blocks, whichever is greater

 750 blocks/month
Champion

10% of load or 10 blocks, whichever is greater

 350 blocks/month
Supporter

Under 10,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh)
Over 10,000 kWh

 4 blocks/month
7 blocks/month

Luminary (Oregon small businesses only)

100% of usage via the Oregon Usage or Habitat option

 100%
*business can purchase more if they wish
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Blue Sky® Habitat is ideal for customers who want to support renewable energy equal to 100% of their monthly energy use AND who want to make a contribution of $2.50 a month to help restore and preserve native fish habitats in Oregon via the nonprofit organization The Freshwater Trust. Blue Sky Habitat costs about a penny ($0.0105) more per kilowatt-hour, PLUS an additional $2.50 each month. Blue Sky Habitat supports a blend of renewable resources from Oregon and the western region. The resource mix is likely to include wind (44%) and solar (56%). In addition, your fixed monthly $2.50 Blue Sky Habitat donation helps restore and preserve native habitat in Oregon through The Freshwater Trust. Also see pacificpower.net/blueskypcl.

The block size used in this calculator is 100 kilowatt-hours (kWh). 

Your participation in the Blue Sky® program helps to reduce the carbon footprint associated with your electricity use. Carbon footprint reduction based on the difference between the 2023 Blue Sky Block & Blue Sky Usage mixes and PacifiCorp fuel mix (PacifiCorp, 2022).

LED light bulbs electricity consumption based on methodology used in the EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator (EPA 2019). 

Electric vehicles use, on average, 32.18 kWh per 100 miles. (DOE Fuel Economy Guide [PDF], 2023)