Community Benefits & Impacts Advisory Group

About the Community Benefits and Impacts Advisory Group

To strengthen our commitment to creating a cleaner and more equitable future in Oregon, PGE has convened its Community Benefits and Impacts Advisory Group (CBIAG), in accordance with Oregon House Bill 2021. In partnership with our third-party facilitator, Espousal Strategies LLC, we aim to build understanding of our clean energy goals and engage with community members as collaborators in developing more equitable strategies. A biennial report filed with the Public Utility Commission will also be developed in consultation with the CBIAG, to assess the community benefits and impacts of PGE. The CBIAG is convened monthly and creates an inclusive forum that prioritizes feedback from members within our service area, including low-income and other environmental justice communities.

PGE’s CBIAG meetings will cover the following topics:

• Energy burden and disconnections for residential and small commercial customers

• Opportunities to increase contracting with businesses owned by women, veterans or Black, Indigenous, or People of Color

• Actions within environmental justice communities within PGE’s service area intended to improve resilience during adverse conditions

• Distribution of infrastructure or grid investments and upgrades in environmental justice communities in the electric company’s service territory, including infrastructure or grid investments

• Social, economic or environmental justice benefits that result from PGE’s investments, contracts or internal practices

• Customer experience and actions to encourage customer engagement

• Other items as determined by PGE and the CBIAG