PGE And Community Organizations Are Powering A Clean Future Through Local Renewable Energy Projects -05/05/25

2025 Green Future Renewable Development Fund applications period now open

 

Portland General Electric is now accepting applications for its 2025 Green Future Renewable Development Fund. The fund supports innovative and impactful small-scale renewable energy projects, including solar, micro-hydropower and battery storage to provide reliable, clean, and low-cost energy to local communities.

 

PGE’s Green Future Renewable Development Fund is made possible by more than 225,000 Green Future participants. These customers opt to pay a little more on their energy bill in support of renewable energy resource projects for local municipalities and organizations.

 

“PGE’s Green Future program is a reflection of how much our customers care about the health of their communities and environments,” said PGE director of community impact, Kregg Arntson. “We appreciate the support of Green Future participants as we work together with local organizations to build a more resilient energy system.”

 

Results from PGE’s Green Future Renewable Development Fund can be seen across its service area. Since its inception in 1999, the fund has awarded 119 projects, totaling more than $20 million while creating more than 17.1 MW of renewable power generation. PGE holds the No. 1 ranking from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory for the largest participation of customers in a renewable energy program among U.S. electric utilities.

 

Former recipient Northwest Housing Alternatives began construction on a new affordable senior housing development located next to Kaiser’s North Interstate medical campus and TriMet’s Overlook Park MAX Station in Portland. The M Carter Commons building will be equipped with renewable solar energy and battery storage devices with funding from PGE’s Green Future Renewable Development Fund.

 

"We are thrilled to include a solar array and battery back-up storage into M Carter Commons, which will allow the community room to become a resilience hub for residents. During prolonged power outages, seniors living in this building will be able to power their phones and medical devices, store medicines, and stay comfortable," said Trell Anderson, Northwest Housing Alternatives Executive Director. “Funding from the PGE Green Future Renewable Development Fund made it possible for us to develop a resilient building that can protect this vulnerable community from the impacts of climate change and natural disasters."

 

Construction for the M Carter Commons building is expected to be completed in late Spring 2026.

 

The Green Future Renewable Development Fund application period ends June 30, 2025. PGE will host an applicant webinar on May 22, 2025. For an invitation, contact renewabledevfund@pgn.com.

 

To learn more about 2025 Green Future Renewable Development Fund and how to apply, click here.

 

2024 Green Future Renewable Development Fund awardees include:

• City of Tualatin - Micro-hydropower
• College Housing Northwest, Portland - Solar panels + battery storage
• Eloheh Eagle’s Wings, Yamhill - Solar panels + battery storage
• Just Compassion of East Washington County, Tigard - Solar panels + battery storage
• Parrott Creek Child and Family Services, Oregon City - Solar panels + battery storage

About Portland General Electric Company

Portland General Electric (NYSE: POR) is an integrated energy company that generates, transmits and distributes electricity to nearly 950,000 customers serving an area of 1.9 million Oregonians. Since 1889, Portland General Electric (PGE) has been powering social progress, delivering safe, affordable, reliable and increasingly clean electricity while working to transform energy systems to meet evolving customer needs. PGE customers have set the standard for prioritizing clean energy with the No. 1 voluntary renewable energy program in the country. PGE was ranked the No. 1 utility in the 2024 Forrester U.S. Customer Experience Index and is committed to reducing emissions from its retail power supply by 80% by 2030 and 100% by 2040. In 2024, PGE employees, retirees and the PGE Foundation donated $5.5 million and volunteered nearly 23,000 hours to more than 480 nonprofit organizations. For more information visit www.PortlandGeneral.com/news