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Join the movement and take action for democratizing energy in the Pacific Northwest. Together, we can make community solar accessible to more Oregon residents.
Sign the Petition
Join the movement and take action for democratizing energy in the Pacific Northwest. Together, we can make community solar accessible to more Oregon residents.
Sign the PetitionThree core principles that drive us for a cleaner, affordable energy future in Oregon.
Expanding the Community Solar Program gives Oregon residents individual agency and liberty to choose their energy source which supports grid diversity.
Ensuring community solar participants receive greater savings on their electricity bills that increase compared to standard utility rates.
Allowing renewable energy credits produced at solar farms to be shared on the market to enhance local investment opportunities so more individuals and businesses can participate in community renewables.
The numbers tell a compelling story about why community solar is essential for Oregon's future.
of Oregon households cannot install rooftop solar due to renting,
shading, or structural limitations.
(Based on data from Third Act Oregon)
estimated positive economic impact to Oregon from existing community solar through local economic activity.
(Based on data from CCSA)
Pounds of coal offset through community solar by 2030, and it could be more with Program expansion!
(Based on data from EPA.Gov)
Read our petition to the Oregon Public Utility Commission and add your signature to support community solar.
Petition Letter
Oregon Public Utility Commission
Attn: OPUC Commissioners Tawney,
Perkins, and Power and OPUC Staff
201 High Street SE, Ste 100
Salem,
OR 97301-3398
RE: Value of the Oregon Community Solar Program
Dear Commissioners Tawney, Perkins, and Power and OPUC Staff,
As customers interested in saving on utility costs and playing a direct role in Oregon's transition to a clean energy future, we submit our signatures in support of growing the Oregon Community Solar Program and improving value to participants by increasing the bill credit rates.
2026 marks the sixth year in a row of utility rate increases. Utility rates have increased at more than twice the rate of inflation and are 50% higher than in 2020. With this backdrop, the Program is vital to ensuring customers have options to save on electricity costs and dampen impacts from rising utility rates.
The Program also gives customers individual agency and liberty in the energy marketplace to choose options that support grid diversity and economic development in our communities. In this way the Program democratizes the transition to clean energy and resource diversification of the grid with green energy technology that is now mainstream. Community solar brings this mainstream green energy technology to customers for less, as opposed to legacy green energy programs that cost customers a premium.
We therefore respectfully request the OPUC to expand program capacity and increase the bill credit rates so that customer savings are not further eroded by utility rate increases. With Program bill credit rates rising slower than utility rates, customer savings and value in the Program are diminished each time utility rates increase at a faster rate.
Respectfully, the undersigned (signature sheet below).
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