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Blue Sky customers and Pacific Power’s continued contribution to
renewable energy
Pacific Power service area
Pacific Power wind projects
Wind projects owned by others providing power to Pacific Power
Wind projects providing Blue Sky energy
Solar projects providing Blue Sky energy
Projects funded by Blue Sky Block customers
Geothermal
Hydro
Native fish habitat restoration in collaboration with Blue Sky Habitat Customers in Oregon
Biomass projects providing Blue Sky energy
City of AstoriaWind and HydroFeasibility Study
Port of PortlandDe-icing Center
June Key DeltaCommunity
Center
Legacy EmanuelMedical Center
Portland Public Schools Pioneer Columbia Roseway Heights Scott Elementary
Bend CentennialPlaza Parking
Deschutes County Fairground
RedmondMunicipal Airport
CohoCohousing
Mountain Laurel Lodge
City of AlbanyHydro Project
Linn CountyExpo Center
Oregon Institute of Technology
Geo-heat Center
Whitman College
WallowaCounty
Fairgrounds
Walla Walla Community College William A. Grant Environmental Center Auto Body Technology Building (two awards) Wind Turbine for Renewable Energy Park
Wild Horse
Marengo I
Combine Hills
Stateline
Hopkins Ridge
Nine Canyon
Condon
Klondike I and III
Leaning Juniper I
Leaning Juniper II
Goodnoe Hills
Marengo II
Big Horn
Ore. Dept. ofAdmin. Serv.Pendleton
Oregon StateUniversity Waveenergy research
Hartman Ranch
Lakeview 4H & FFA Farm and Solar
Learning Center
Lake County FairgroundsRenewable Energy
Demonstration Park
Crescent ElkMiddle School
Project
Del NorteTriplicate
Casa de Fuchsia Nursery
White OakFarm & Education
Center
Confederated Tribesof Warm SpringsMedia Center
Port of Hood RiverHalyard Building
Turtle IslandFoods
W.E. MillerElementary
School
Coos BayVisitor Center
South Coast FoodShare – Oregon Coast
Community Action
City of CorvallisFire Station #4
City of CorvallisFire Station #1
PA
CI
FI
C
OC
EA
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Big TopOregon TrailPacific CanyonSand RanchWagon TrailWard Butte
Butter CreekFour CornersFourmile CanyonThreemile CanyonVansycle II
Pa Tu
Juniper CanyonTulomne
White Creek
Kittitas
Elkhorn Wind
Finley ButtesLandfill
Mt. ShastaHigh School
Sunset ContinuationHigh School
Josephine CountyFairgrounds – Floral Building
Myrtle PointFood Hub
Martha Young FamilyService Center
OSU WallaceEnergy Systems &Renewable WindResearch facility
City of Independence –
Civic Center
May StreetElementary School
City of PendletonBiomass
TamástskliktCultural Institute
WallowaCounty Biomass
Campus
City of RoseburgPublic Safety Center
Joyce MorganFood Bank
Jason Lee School –Portland Public Schools
Rogue Valley International Medford Airport Toll Booth Solar Canopy Airport Parking/Entrance Solar Awning
Yakima ValleyCommunity College
Blue Sky continues to make a difference after more than a decadeThe Blue Sky program allows Pacific Power customers to support renewable energy above what the company buys or generates on behalf of all customers.
•Blue Sky customers have supported more than 3.6 billion kilowatt-hours of renewable energy since 2000.
•At the end of 2012, more than 87,000 Blue Sky customers (Pacific Power and Rocky Mountain Power) were investing in renewable energy to the tune of more than 600 million kilowatt hours in 2012 alone. That’s the equivalent of:– 764,178,566 miles not driven;– 65,202 cars off the road for one year; or– 8,865,110 trees planted.*
• Since 2006, Blue Sky customers have provided funding to help make 156 local, community renewable energy projects possible across our six state service area. Community project funds have supported solar, wind, geothermal, wave, biomass and low impact hydro energy projects in more than 50 communities for organizations including local governments, schools and nonprofits.
To find out more, go to pacificpower.net/bluesky or call toll free at 1-800-769-3717.*Environmental benefits derived using US Environmental Protection Agency best practices, based on Emissions and Generation Integrated Database (eGRID) data as updated December 2010 (www.epa.gov/cleanenergy).
Pacific Power’s commitment to a sustainable energy supplyPacific Power is dedicated to providing safe and reliable electric service to our customers, and acquiring cost-effective resources to meet customers’ growing electricity needs.
Our pioneering commitment to renewable energy began in the early 1980s with a demonstration wind project along the Oregon Coast and construction of the nation’s first geothermal electric generating plant outside of California in 1984 – our Blundell facility near Milford, Utah.
Our acquisitions in recent years have included significant amounts of company-owned and contracted wind energy resources. PacifiCorp (Pacific Power’s parent company) is the second largest owner of wind-powered generation in the entire nation, according to the American Wind Energy Association report.
•PacifiCorp has 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-powered generation capability has increased by a total of more than 1,400 megawatts.
•Wind, hydro, geothermal and other non-carbon emitting resources currently make up about 21 percent of the generating capability of all PacifiCorp-owned resources, accounting for about 9.4 percent of our total energy output.
•PacifiCorp’s resource mix contains generation capability from wind-powered resources (owned and contracted) equivalent to the electricity used by more than 467,000 average residential customers annually. This represents approximately 25 percent of our customer base.
•Our planning and investment in cost-effective wind energy has provided valuable tax revenues, jobs and other benefits for our customers and the communities we serve. It also has positioned the company to meet renewable portfolio standards and/or carbon reduction initiatives enacted in four of the six states within our service area. Our wind-powered resources help address potential future federal policies as well.
The renewable projects identified on the map are connected either to the Blue Sky program portfolio from 2009-2012, Blue Sky project funding awards or with Pacific Power’s renewable energy portfolio.
Pacific Power Blue Sky customers have also supported renewable energy generation from wind farms in Wyoming, Idaho, Colorado, Montana and British Columbia.
Visit pacificpower.net/renewableprojects
Pacific Power supports renewable energy projects throughout the Western region; however, this map shows only the projects we have supported in the Pacific Northwest.
The map does not include company-owned hydro assets.
The program supported 68 different solar arrays in California in 2011. Of those, 36 are relatively small projects at less than 100 kW capacity, 26 have a capacity between 100 kW and 500 kW, and 6 are larger than 500 kW projects, like the array on top of Gunderson High School in San Jose, California.
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Blue Sky’s Habitat option: restoring and preserving streams throughout OregonThousands of Pacific Power customers participate in our Blue Sky Habitat option to restore and preserve native fish habitat and improve streams, while also supporting newly developed renewable energy generation in the region. The $2.50 donation paid by participating customers is passed through to The Freshwater Trust and used to restore habitat in Oregon. They coordinate the use of customer funds and match with grant dollars, making even more habitat projects happen in our communities.
Since 2002, Habitat customers have helped support 69 habitat restoration and preservation projects throughout Oregon. These projects have supported habitat areas equivalent to more than 140 river miles. Learn more about current projects at pacificpower.net/blueskyhabitat.
Some projects included in the map were completed in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy. The partnership with The Freshwater Trust began January 1, 2011. This partnership continues a popular habitat enhancement option that Oregon Pacific Power residential and small non-residential customers have had since 2002.
The Lewis and Clark River has runs of steelhead and Chinook and coho salmon.