Clean Energy Planning
The right mix of energy resources in the right locations can lower energy costs for the community as a whole
About the Clean Energy Plan (CEP)
Historically, we have ensured our  customers have universal access to the clean, safe, reliable, and affordable electric power they need through our Integrated Resource Planning. To make it happen, we engage in a complex IRP process guided by the Oregon Public Utility Commission  with generous input from the public. You can learn more about our IRP public meetings.
Today, our IRP evolves through our Clean Energy Plan, foundational to House Bill 2021’s decarbonization framework. The OPUC Staff launched an investigation into the CEPs required under Oregon House Bill 2021 
, passed during the 2021 regular legislative session. The OPUC Staff have identified Commission guidance for the CEPs as a near-term focus area for HB 2021 implementation through Docket No. UM 2225 Investigation into Clean Energy Plans .
House Bill 2021 Overview
House Bill 2021 establishes an ambitious emissions-based clean energy framework for electricity providers in Oregon. The bill requires the state’s large investor-owned utilities (IOUs) and electricity service suppliers (ESSs) to decarbonize their retail electricity sales by 2040 and to provide direct benefits to local communities to the extent practicable.
Greenhouse gas reduction targets for large IOUs and ESSs:
By 2030, 80 percent below baseline emissions level
By 2035, 90 percent below baseline emissions level
By 2040 and beyond, 100 percent emissions-free
A bill summary developed by the OPUC executive office can be found here 
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OPUC Staff’s Gantt Chart of anticipated HB 2021 activities can be found here .
Get involved
We host two meetings monthly, a technical and a non-technical.
The IRP Roundtable is our technical public venue where we socialize with partners the inputs, assumptions, and identified constraints to the models we use to construct PGE's preferred portfolio recommendation.
The CEP Community Learning Lab is our non-technical venue where we share PGE’s internal processes for resource planning, socialize concepts related to CEP, request feedback, and report on partners' feedback used to inform our planning processes.
Join our next CEP Community Learning Lab
This venue was created for our non-technical partners: community service organizations, community-based organizations, municipalities, cities, OPUC Staff, Energy Trust of Oregon and interested members of the public.
Where: Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 822 8141 6387 | Passcode: 707384 | Dial by phone: +1 253 215 8782
Upcoming CEP Meeting:
Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023
Time: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Learn more and connect with us
Email us at cep@pgn.com to be added to PGE's CEP Learning Lab Workshops mailing list.
Please share your feedback on our CEP process via this form:
Previous CEP meetings
Here you will find all information we’ve shared during the CEP proceedings – past meeting presentations, video recordings, supplemental materials and our final Clean Energy Plan report.
2023 CEP Community Learning Labs
Jan. 19, 2023 CEP Learning Lab 23-1Â
Agenda (full video, ppt)Â
Previous Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) December Roundtable Recap (video, ppt)
Learning Lab # 5 SurveyÂ
2022 CEP Community Learning Labs
Dec. 14, 2022 CEP Learning Lab 22-4
Agenda (full video 1 & video 2, ppt)
Previous Clean Energy Plan (CEP) Learning Lab # 3 Recap (video, ppt)
PGE’s Approach to Community Benefit Indicators (CBIs) (video, ppt)
Community Benefits Indicators (CBIs), iCBI, rCBI, pCBI in the IRP Modeling (video, ppt)
Resilience Update & Potential Resilience Products (video, ppt)
Previous Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) November Roundtable Recap(video, ppt)
Learning Lab # 4 SurveyÂ
Nov. 17, 2022 CEP Learning Lab 22-3
Previous Clean Energy Plan (CEP) Learning Lab Recap (video, ppt)
Community Based Resources (CBREs) & Community Benefits Indicators (CBIs) (video, ppt)
Previous Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) Roundtable Recap (video, ppt)
Learning Lab # 3 SurveyÂ
Oct. 27, 2022 CEP Learning Lab 22-2
DSP Lessons Learned, Partner Comments, PGE actions (video, ppt)
Learning Lab # 2 SurveyÂ