Green Future Solar Renewable Power

Green Future Solar launched in 2016 when PGE secured the exclusive rights to the renewable energy certificates from the Steel Bridge solar project in Willamina, Oregon through December 31, 2022. As that agreement came to an end, so did the program.

Although Green Future Solar is over, your positive impact isn't. Your participation automatically switched to our Green Future Block program on January 1, 2023. For every block of Green Future Solar you supported, you now support two blocks of Green Future Block. One block of Green Future Solar was $5 per month and supported about 100 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of renewable energy, while two blocks of Green Future Block costs $3.76 per month and supports 400 kWh.

Similar to Green Future Solar, you are supporting renewable energy for a fixed monthly cost through Green Future Block.

With Green Future Solar, you were purchasing the generation from a single kilowatt of a specific solar installation in Oregon. It is estimated that each block would ultimately generate ~1,200 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of energy each year. For context, the average customer uses a little less than 800 kWh of electricity each month.

With Green Future Block, you purchase a specific amount of kilowatt-hours of a mix of renewable resources from across the Western U.S. that can include wind, solar, biomass, geothermal and low impact hydro. At two blocks (400 kWh) per month, you will ultimately support four times the amount of renewable energy through Green Future Block for almost $15 less over the course of a year.

While the renewable energy that you support is a mix of resources from Oregon, the Pacific Northwest and the broader Western U.S., part of your participation still goes toward impactful local renewable energy projects through the Renewable Development Fund (RDF). The RDF awards grants for clean energy projects to organizations like schools and nonprofits in communities served by PGE.

You support a mix of wind, solar, biomass and low impact hydro power from Oregon and the Western U.S. See below for the mix that Green Future Block participants supported in 2022. You’ll support a similar renewable energy mix in 2023 and we’ll send you the updated mix information by April 1.

2022 Green Future Block prospective product content label

GENERATION LOCATION

Wind: AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA or WY

Solar: AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA or WY

Biomass: OR, WA or ID

Low impact hydro: OR, WA or ID

1. New renewables come from generation facilities that first began commercial operation within the past 15 years.

2. Averaged annually.

3. The Wheatridge Renewable Energy Facility, owned in part by PGE, is supplying a portion of the wind and solar RECs projected above. See portlandgeneral.com/wheatridge for info about this facility.

4. Eligible hydroelectric facilities are defined in the Green-e® Energy National Standard and include facilities certified by the Low Impact Hydropower Institute (LIHI) or EcoLogo as facilities comprised of a turbine in a pipeline or a turbine in an irrigation canal.

Each block of Green Future Solar you supported was $5 per month. You're now supporting two blocks of Green Future Block, which costs a total of $3.76 per month ($1.88 per block). Over the course of a year, you will ultimately support four times the amount of renewable energy for almost $15 less.

Your Green Future Block participation supports:

• Renewable energy: PGE purchases Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) on your behalf from facilities in Oregon and other Western states. The amount of RECs that PGE purchases depends on your participation level.

• Community grants: Green Future participants support the Renewable Development Fund, which provides grants to local organizations to build renewable energy projects.

• Outreach, education, and administration: Your participation enables us to keep offering this option to Oregonians throughout the state.

PGE does not make a profit from the Green Future program.

If you were already enrolled in Green Future Block, an additional two blocks were added to your current participation level as of January 1, 2023 for every block of Green Future Solar that you supported. This transition does not impact your participation in Green Future Choice. You can always change or adjust your participation at any time.

Great! You can sign up for our Green Future Choice program to cover 100% of your electricity usage with renewable energy.

No problem. Participation in any Green Future program is completely optional. If you do not want to participate in Green Future Block, please contact Customer Service at 503-228-6322 and our advisors would be happy to assist you.

Of course! As with all of our programs, your agreement is on a month-to-month basis and you can cancel at any time with no penalty or fee.

You will see the line item for Green Future Block on your first full PGE electric bill of 2023.