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April 2010

Thursday, April 8, 2010:

Two new Paul Gipe email newsletters:

"Solar PV in Los Angeles: The Emperor Has No Clothes, Says UCLA" A blockbuster report "DESIGNING AN EFFECTIVE FEED-IN TARIFF FOR GREATER LOS ANGELES"

"Ontario Awards Feed-in Tariff Contracts for $9 Billion in Private Investment" Ontario, Canada is SERIOUS about replacing coal with renewable energy.

Friday, April 9, 2010:

Opening Comments due in re-opened rulemaking for UM1452 - to discuss installed cost data used to calculate Oregon's Feed-In Tariff rate and any impact of HB3690, which was passed in February session and updates HB3039. View comments after 4-12 at: http://apps.puc.state.or.us/edockets/docket.asp?DocketID=15820

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Another email newsletter from Paul Gipe :

SIERRA CLUB CALIFORNIA URGES INCREASING SOLAR PV 30 TIMES WITH FITS Feed-in tariffs, says Sierra Club California, "have demonstrated that they successfully bring renewables on-line quickly, in volume, and at a lower-cost" than other procurement policies.

Saturday, April 17

10 AM, First Unitarian Church, SW 12th and Salmon

OREP will table at this event:

Cap and Trade/ Cap and Dividend/Cap and Tax with Kristen Sheeran, environmental economist

Sponsored by the Alliance for Democracy and Community for Earth of the 1st UU Church

The received wisdom says that the market needs to be involved in the solution to Global Crisis (aka Global Warming). That market involvement is cap and trade. But cap and trade can come in a number of forms. Instead of giving the credits to pollutors, they can be sold with the money generated coming back to the citizens. Are financials offsets necessary or a roadblock to effective carbon reduction? What are the differences between Waxman/Markey cap and trade bill and Cantwell-Collins bill of Cap and Dividend?

Kristen Sheeran is the Executive Director of Economics for Equity and the Environment Network at EcoTrust as well as co-author of Saving Kyoto

Doors open at 9:30 AM. Free but donations accepted.

More info: David Delk 503.232.5495

Monday, April 19, 2010

Closing Comments due in re-opened rulemaking for UM1452 - to discuss installed cost data used to calculate Oregon's Feed-In Tariff rate and any impact of HB3690, which was passed in February session and updates HB3039. View comments after 4-20 at: http://apps.puc.state.or.us/edockets/docket.asp?DocketID=15820

Saturday, April 24

10 AM to 7 PM, Washington High School, SE 12th and Stark

OREP will table at this event:

Earth Day 2010, Reseeding the World

Earth Day 2010 will be engaging all of Portland, especially the Buckman Neighborhood, in the annual Celebration of Localization. Earth Day is a project of City Repair and is proud to organize this event for the eleventh year in a row! This year's theme, Re-Seeding The World will focus on how we all can positively contribute to creating the world we want. A world with an infrastructure that is sustainable, community focused, empowering to its citizens, respectful of the natural world and provides places for people to gather. Be part of this sea change; volunteer, sponsor, get a booth or just come to Earth Day 2010, which will feature booths of sustainable local businesses and delicious eateries in Portland, music, speakers, interactive activities such as parades, and the Kids Village.

More info: http://cityrepair.org

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OREP's New Vision for a sustainable energy future:

Solar panels on neighborhood homes, small businesses, churches, and schools

Average Oregonians producing solar energy and earning a return ontheir investment

Local lenders financing solar projects in rural and urban Oregon, tokeep money circulating locally

A stable and flourishing solar industry with living wage jobs

Widespread support among voters for a solar subsidy plan they participate in and benefit from directly