PGE Renewable Development Fund

2023 application window: May 31 - July 31.

Portland General Electric Company (PGE) offers its customers a voluntary renewable power option. A portion of the customer payments for renewable power are used to seed the Renewable Development Fund, which provides financial support for local renewable power projects.

The Renewable Development Fund supports new renewable energy projects less than 10 MW in capacity that are directly interconnected to PGE's grid or delivered to PGE through a Power Purchase Agreement. The Fund also supports certain research and development projects and educational components associated with renewable energy projects previously funded by the PGE

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Local Option - Property-Assessed Clean Energy Financing

In 2010, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), which has authority over mortgage underwriters Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, directed these enterprises against purchasing mortgages of homes with a PACE lien due to its senior status above a mortgage. Most residential PACE activities subsided following this directive; however, some residential PACE programs are now operating with loan loss reserve funds, appropriate disclosures, or other protections meant to address FHFA's concerns. Commercial PACE programs were not directly affected by FHFA’s actions, as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac do not underwrite commercial mortgages. Visit PACENation.org for more information about PACE financing and

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Utility Scale Solar Incentive Program

HB 4037 of 2016 created the Solar Incentive Program for utility-scale solar development. The bill directs Oregon's Business Development Department (the Department) to establish and administer a program to provide a production incentive to solar developers, and establishes the Solar Incentivization Fund to provide the incentives.

Solar photovoltaic systems located in Oregon with a capacity between 2 and 10 MW are eligible for a $0.005 per kilowatt hour (kWh) incentive. The systems must become operational after January 1, 2016 but within a year of enrollment in the program. The incentives are paid monthly and will continue for a period of

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Pacific Power - Blue Sky Community Project Funds

Note: This program has an annual window during which time it will accept applications. See website above for information about its most recent funding round.  

Pacific Power's Blue Sky program is a voluntary program for customers to support renewable energy. A portion of the voluntary payments through the program is used to fund new community-based renewable energy projects within Pacific Power's service territory.

Eligible renewable energy resources include wind, solar PV, geothermal, low-impact hydropower, pipeline or irrigation canal hydropower, wave or tidal energy, and low-emissions biomass. Projects must be grid connected, less than 10 MW, locally owned, and non-residential. 

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Pacific Power - Blue Sky Community Project Funds

Pacific Power's Blue Sky program is a voluntary program for customers to support renewable energy. A portion of the voluntary payments through the program is used to fund new community-based renewable energy projects within Pacific Power's service territory.

Eligible renewable energy resources include wind, solar PV, geothermal, low-impact hydropower, pipeline or irrigation canal hydropower, wave or tidal energy, and low-emissions biomass. Projects must be grid connected, less than 10 MW, locally owned, and non-residential. 

Funding awards are made annually. Projects are evaluated based on project feasibility, costs, financing, community benefit, and recognition of the Blue Sky program. Total funding

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Pacific Power - Blue Sky Community Project Funds

Note: Applications for 2024 funding will be made available on December 1, 2023. 

Pacific Power's Blue Sky program is a voluntary program for customers to support renewable energy. A portion of the voluntary payments through the program is used to fund new community-based renewable energy projects within Pacific Power's service territory.

Eligible renewable energy resources include wind, solar PV, geothermal, low-impact hydropower, pipeline or irrigation canal hydropower, wave or tidal energy, and low-emissions biomass. Projects must be grid connected, less than 10 MW, locally owned, and non-residential. 

Funding awards are made annually. Projects are evaluated based on project feasibility

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Ameren Missouri (Electric) - Residential Heating and Cooling Energy Efficiency Rebate Program

Ameren Missouri offers rebates to its residential electric customers for the installation of new energy-efficient heating and cooling equipment. Rebates are available for single-family residences, multifamily residences with four units or fewer, and row houses (single family residences that share vertical walls only with other single-family residences). This program provides rebates for installations made on or after March 7, 2016; all rebate applications under this program must be made before February 15, 2019. Installations must be performed by a participating contractor. Incentive amounts vary by the efficiency rating of the new equipment and the type of old equipment which the

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Clean Energy Fund (CEF)

On January 2016, the New York Public Service Commission (PUC) approved $5 billion Clean Energy Fund (CEF) as a successor to the New York’s Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (EEPS) and Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) fund, which both expired at the end of 2015. The Clean Energy Fund emerged from the regulatory proceedings of the Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) initiative*. The ratepayer funded clean energy programs in New York are administered by the New York State Energy Research and Development’s (NYSERDA). NYSERDA will administer the CEF to fund all the state sponsored clean energy activities in the state. The

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EWEB - Net Metering

The Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB) offers net metering for customers with renewable energy generation systems with an installed capacity of 25 kW or less. Eligible systems use solar power, wind power, fuel cells, hydroelectric power, landfill gas, digester gas, waste, dedicated energy crops, or certain biomass to generate electricity. Systems should be sized to primarily offset the customer's energy usage at the site. 

Excess generation is compensated monthly at a rate of $0.0693/kWh and does not roll over to subsequent months.

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Garland Power & Light - EnergySaver Solar Rebate Program

A utility bill credit is available to encourage Garland Power and Light (GP&L) residential customers to install solar photovoltaic panels that meet the minimum requirements of the program. Please check the GP&L website to make sure the program is still available before purchasing equipment. Application to GP&L must be submitted and accepted prior to installation of solar panels.

Credit will be applied to GP&L (must be GP&L customer) customer utility bill once system is installed and approved as "Produced Energy Credit". Credit amounts are calculated based on the electric energy produced and delivered to the City by the Customer's Power

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