In this month's newsletter, ODOE announces grant recipients for the Community Renewable Energy Grant Program and the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program, publishes a new Oregon Energy Security Plan, plugs into a new Grounded podcast episode, and more.
Read MoreJust in time for National Preparedness Month to wrap up, the Oregon Department of Energy has published a new Oregon Energy Security Plan that outlines the state’s current energy infrastructure, quantifies threats and hazards that cause energy insecurity, and identifies potential measures the state and its partners can implement to manage risk and strengthen Oregon’s energy security.
Read MoreThe Oregon Department of Energy has selected 34 recipients to receive nearly $18 million in Community Renewable Energy Grant Program funds. The program supports planning and construction of renewable energy or energy resilience projects for Tribes, public bodies, and consumer-owned utilities.
Read MoreThe Oregon Department of Energy announced $1.2 million in grant awards to local governments across the state today. The funding was available thanks to the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program for energy efficiency, renewable energy, and transportation-related projects.
Read MoreThe Oregon Department of Energy is developing the Oregon Energy Strategy. We invite you to join an upcoming webinar for an update on Phase 1 of the project, as well as to learn about development of the Reference Scenario.
Read MoreThe next regularly scheduled meeting of Oregon’s Energy Facility Siting Council will be held on Thursday and Friday, September 19-20.
Read MoreGrounded host Bryan Hockaday meets OSU Assistant Professor Chad Higgins and takes listeners on a tour of a solar research farm outside of Wilsonville. On the farm, they’re fine tuning the practice of agrivoltaics and experimenting with what crops respond best to integrated solar electricity production.
Read MoreThe Oregon Climate Action Commission will meet on September 17, 2024. The public meeting will be held online from 1 to 4 p.m.
Read MoreIn this month's newsletter, ODOE shares an update on Oregon Energy Strategy development, listens in on a new Grounded podcast episode, adds new administrators for the Community Heat Pump Deployment Program, and more.
Read MoreThe Oregon Energy Strategy is closing in on its first major milestone – finalizing a Reference Scenario. Scenarios are used in an energy system model to show different pathways to meeting Oregon’s energy and climate goals. The Reference Scenario will become the core pathway built by the model to achieve Oregon’s “anchor” energy policy objectives.
Read MoreOn the latest episode of Grounded, host Bryan Hockaday catches up with Sarah Moehrke, ODOE’s Community Navigator. In her role, Sarah is often on the road and meeting with Oregonians all across the state. In just over this past year, Sarah has logged nearly 15,000 miles as she connects cities and counties with resources to help with community-scale sustainable improvement projects.
Read MoreIn this month’s newsletter, ODOE celebrates a new grant-supported community solar project, announces and then quickly reserves new funding for heat pumps in rental homes, joins partners in celebrating $197 million in federal funding for Oregon, and more.
Read MorePublic input is crucial in developing an inclusive, informed, and effective Energy Strategy. The July 31 Listening Sessions will help identify key questions to model and help evaluate the tradeoffs of different energy pathways to 2050.
Read MoreThe Oregon Department of Energy is thrilled to be part of the team selected by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to receive a $197 million federal Climate Pollution Reduction Grant.
Read MoreLast fall, ODOE welcomed RARE AmeriCorp member Alice Weston to the agency to serve as a liaison between ODOE and central and south-central Oregon communities to help better connect Oregonians with ODOE programs and opportunities. We’ve shared several stories from Alice and the Community Navigator team on our blog, and now we express our sincere thanks and bid Alice a fond farewell as she wraps up her RARE term. In her final blog post, Alice reflects back on her work and what she’s learned over the past year.
Read MoreThe Oregon Department of Energy will once again begin accepting incentive reservations through the agency’s Oregon Rental Home Heat Pump Program on Tuesday, July 23, 2024. Under this program, owners of rental homes and manufactured dwellings or recreational vehicles in a rented space may receive incentives for installing energy efficient heat pumps and related upgrades.
Read MoreOn July 29, the Oregon Department of Energy will host a virtual public meeting to provide energy resource suppliers and other interested parties with a summary of the department’s 2025-27 Agency Request Budget.
Read MoreAs Oregon makes progress on its clean energy goals – including a 100 percent clean electricity target by 2040 for the state’s largest utilities – the state will need new clean energy generation facilities like wind and solar to meet energy demand. But who decides where and how facilities are built in Oregon?
Read MoreA new community solar project in Ontario, OR is the first fully constructed project supported by the Oregon Department of Energy’s Community Renewable Energy Grant Program. The City of Ontario’s nearly 3-megawatt solar project was awarded $900,000 in ODOE’s first round of grants in 2022.
Read MoreThe next regularly scheduled meeting of Oregon’s Energy Facility Siting Council will be held virtually on Friday, July 19, 2024.
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