Hydropower
Total Capacity in Oregon (2019): 8,303 MW
Facilities in Oregon (0.03 to 2,160 MW): 94 *includes 7 facilities cross state borders
Total Generation (2018): 35,442,773 MWh
Total Consumption (2018): 22,125,769 MWh
Total Exports (2018): 13,317,004 MWh
Biomass
Total Capacity in Oregon: 288 MW
Facilities in Oregon (1.5 to 51.5 MW): 16
Total Generation (2018): 738,296 MWh
Total Consumption (2018): 700,841 MWh
Total Exports (2018): 37,454 MWh
Conduit Hydropower
Total Capacity in Oregon: 4,140 MW
Facilities in Oregon (6.5 to 689 MW): 18
Total Generation (2018): 17,922,777 MWh
Total Consumption (2018): 10,876,934 MWh
Total Exports (2018): 7,045,842 MWh
Solar Energy
Total Capacity in Oregon (2019): 592 MW
Facilities in Oregon (2019): 18,000+ Residential/Commercial
(1 kW to 56 MW) and 77 Utility-Scale
Total Generation (2018): 776,000 MWh
In-State Consumption (2018): 680,499 MWh
Total Exports: (2018): 95,501 MWh
Natural Gas
Total Capacity in Oregon: 4,140 MW
Facilities in Oregon (6.5 to 689 MW): 18
Total Generation (2018): 17,922,777 MWh
Total Consumption (2018): 10,876,934 MWh
Total Exports (2018): 7,045,842 MWh
Wind Power
Total MW Capacity in Oregon: 3,415 MW
Facilities in Oregon (1.65 to 290 MW): 46 (3 under construction)
Total Generation (2018): 7,447,442 MWh
Total Consumption (2018): 2,396,878 MWh
Total Exports (2018): 5,050,564 MWh
Onshore Wind Potential
A 2012 NREL study indicates Oregon has technical potential for 27 GW of onshore wind power. Much of this technical potential along the Cascades and in Southeastern Oregon is undeveloped due to challenges finding sites for projects and transmission corridors that meet the requirements to limit environmental effects from wind projects on sensitive environments and communities, as well as costs.
Coal
Total Capacity in Oregon: 0 MW *Boardman Coal Plant closed 10/2020
Facilities in Oregon: 0 *Boardman Coal Plant closed 10/2020
Total Generation (2018): 1,476,244 MWh
Total Consumption (2018): 12,681,244 MWh
Total Imports (2018): 11,204,853 MWh
Geothermal Energy
Total Capacity in Oregon: 26.9 MW
Facilities in Oregon (1.75 to 22 MW): 3
Total Generation (2018): 176,235 MWh
Total Consumption (2018): 59,389 MWh
Total Imports (2018): 116,846 MWh
Biogas and Renewable Natural Gas
Total MW Capacity in Oregon: 52.6 MW
Facilities in Oregon (0.07 MW – 6.4 MW): 25
Total Generation (2018): 299,000 MWh
Total Consumption (2018): 55,589 MWh
Total Exports (2018): 243,411 MWh
Nuclear
Oregon Total Capacity and Facilities: 0
Oregon Consumption (2018): 1,390,000 MWh
The United States is the world’s largest producer of nuclear power, which supplies around 20 percent of the nation’s electricity.
Small Modular Nuclear Reactors
Total Capacity and Facilities in Oregon: 0
Range of Potential Sizes: 60 – 250 MW per module
Oregon-based NuScale developed the first modular reactor to receive design approval by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Petroleum
Fossil fuel extracted from beneath the earth’s crust that includes gasoline, diesel, heating oil, lubricants, and other fuels we use for space heating, industrial equipment and transportation. Oregon imports the petroleum that it uses
Residential Energy Storage
Peak Power Capacity in Oregon: 670 kW
Facilities in Oregon: 291
Maximum Stored Energy in Oregon: 1,440 kWh
Range of Sizes: 2.4 to 46 kWh
Utility-Scale Storage
Peak Power Capacity in Oregon (2019): 5 MW
Facilities in Oregon (2019): 1 (5 MW)
Total Capacity of Storage Under Construction: 430 MW
Maximum Stored Energy in Oregon (2019): 1.25 MWh
Total Energy Discharged (2018): 545 MWh
Demand Response
The Northwest Power and Conservation Council’s Seventh Power Plan identified demand response as the least-cost solution for providing new peaking capacity.
Portland General Electric’s Smart Grid Test Bed is a nationally recognized project looking to deploy demand response at-scale across three selected geographic areas.
Advanced Meter Infrastructure or “Smart Meters”
By the end of 2018, electric utilities had deployed smart meters to approximately 128 million customers across the United States, with the majority of those installations for residential customers. In Oregon over the same period, utilities have deployed nearly 1.8 million AMR and AMI meters, with more than 48 percent penetration among commercial and industrial customers, and 87 percent penetration among residential customers.
Electric Vehicle Chargers
Public Electric Vehicle Charge Points in Oregon: 1,796
Public EV Charging Locations or Stations: 656
Level 2 Chargers: 1,361
DC Fast Chargers (Level 3): 384
Electric Vehicles
Number of electric vehicles registered in Oregon: 31,9771
Number of battery electric vehicles in Oregon: 20,2512
Number of plug-in hybrid EVs in Oregon: 11,7263
Number of public EV chargers in Oregon: 1,7964
Hydrogen Cars
Fuel cell vehicles registered in Oregon: 1
Fueling facilities in Oregon: 0
Fun fact: FCEVs emit only water from their tailpipes
Combined Heat and Power
Installed Capacity in Oregon: ~1,700 MW
Sites in Oregon: 30+
Sites range in size from a few hundred kilowatts to several hundred megawatts, and are located at a variety of industrial facilities like pulp and paper mills, lumber mills, wastewater treatment plants, and universities.
Resilient Microgrids
Microgrids in Oregon are employed in a wide range of situations today and most often rely on diesel or propane generators to provide emergency back-up power in case of a grid outage. These types of systems are especially common with certain types of commercial and industrial customers. Meanwhile, rapid declines in the cost for solar and battery storage systems have led to an emerging interest in the deployment of microgrid systems based on these technologies, particularly at facilities that provide critical lifeline services to communities.
Marine Hydrokinetic Energy
Total MW Capacity in Oregon: 0
Facilities in Oregon: 2 test sites
Marine energy is an emerging technology resource. There is one gridconnected facility in the United States.
Carbon Capture and Storage
There are currently no large-scale projects (capturing more than one metric ton of carbon dioxide per year) in Oregon. There are currently six operating and five planned projects in the United States. Worldwide, there are another 13 operating projects and two planned projects.
Power-to-Gas
Established technology in Europe; emerging in the U.S.
NW Natural and Eugene Water & Electric Board and Bonneville Environmental Foundation are evaluating an 8.5 MW project opportunity in Oregon.
Douglas County PUD in Washington is planning a 5 MW facility
