What renewable resource investments are eligible?
You can use the renewable resources portion of your charge to buy power from new renewable resources, including green tags, or to build and operate a renewable resource generation facility at your site. New renewable resources are generation facilities that began operation after July 23, 1999, the date Oregon´s restructuring bill became law. Resources may include wind, solar, geothermal, landfill and digester gas, low-emission nontoxic biomass based on solid organic fuels from wood, forest and field residues, and hydroelectric facilities located outside protected areas as defined by federal law in effect on July 23, 1999. Only the above-market costs are eligible. Pacific Power offers their Blue Sky product to large business customers in Oregon, providing the option to buy fixed 100 kilowatt-hour increments (block) of 100percent new wind power at an above-market cost of $2.95 per block. The entire cost you pay for green tags is the above-market cost. For renewable power contracts, the a
