What's New

June 2010

• Now

  Please sign our online Petition to our Senators to remove federal barriers to setting up Feed-In Tariff program. To sign the petition click here.

 

• Wednesday, June 16, 2010

OREP members are invited to attend an event sponsored by Future of Energy PDX entitled "Sustainability and Finance Solutions". Guest Speakers – Aaron Berg, Principal and Founder, Blue Tree Strategies Inc, and Brian Alfano, VP, Business Relationship Manager, Umqua Bank - will discuss Clean Energy Works: Portland and GreenStreet Lending. Questions regarding financing under Oregon's new FIT can be raised.

WHEN: Wednesday, June 16th @ 5:30 to 7:00 PM

WHERE: Umpqua Bank Innovation Lab at South Waterfront, 3606 SW Bond Ave. Portland, OR. For info visit: click here or call 503-288-5661

 

 

• Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

 

At its June 22nd meeting in Salem, Oregon's PUC will take the final step leading to the launch of Oregon's new Solar Incentives Program (Oregon's first step toward a Feed-In Tariff) when it reviews the plans for operating the program soon to be filed by PGE, PacifiCorp and Idaho Power. The meeting is open to the public.

 

WHEN: 9:30 a.m. June 22nd

WHERE: Main Hearing Room, 550 Capitol St. NE, Salem, Oregon

To request the Telephone Dial-In Number visit click here

 

• Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

 

OREP members are invited to join Oregon Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Task Force at a critical PUC Hearing on the Boardman Coal Plant. On May 19th Sierra Club won a victory when Oregon's DEQ announced it would reject PGE's request to be exempt from pollution controls at the Boardman plant in exchange for closing in 2020, and that it would consider options for an earlier closing date. This summer the PUC will decide whether to invest over half a billion dollars in the aging coal plant and keep Boardman open until 2040. Oregon's clean energy future can only happen if we act to end Oregon's addiction to coal. This hearing is an opportunity to let the PUC know we want to move Beyond Coal!  By attending you can help ensure Oregon goes coal-free and invests in a clean energy future. Come early for a special pre-hearing briefing.

 

WHAT: Public Hearing to Decide Coal's Fate in Oregon

WHEN: Wednesday, June 23rd, 6:30 - 8:30 pm

WHERE: The Portland Building 1120 SW 5th Ave Portland OR (map)

FOR INFO or to let Sierra Club know you're coming, contact Robin Everett click here/ 503-238-0442 X307

 

• Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
  

OREP testimony at PUC Hearing on PGE's proposal to close the Boardman coal plant by 2020 (vs. 2040 or 2014); click here for text.

 

• Monday, June 28th, 2010

OREP testimony at PUC Special Hearing on Utility Advice Filings for Oregon's Solar Pilot Programs which launch July 1st; click here for text

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Stay tuned! OREP will post new developments in this space.

Click here for older archived updates:

• May 2010
• April 2010
• February 2010
• January 2010

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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