Environmental Initiatives at PGE: Renewable Energy

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Environmental Initiatives at PGE Our Environmental Principles Electric Vehicles Energy Efficiency Renewable Energy 25 by 25 Renewable Standard Wind Farm at Biglow Canyon Renewable Customer News Biogas Solar Power Initiatives Renewable Energy Options How We Generate Energy Climate Change & PGE Improving Air Emissions Protecting Birds Protecting Fish Sustainability Alliance Community Involvement Parks & Campgrounds PGE Park Corporate Information News & Issues	25 by 25 Renewable Standard Our Integrated Resource Plan will help us reach the goal of 25 percent renewable energy by 2025. Wind Farm at Biglow Canyon The first two phases of our Biglow Canyon Wind Farm are now online. When all three phases are complete in 2010, Biglow will be able to serve 125,000 homes, making it among the region’s largest wind power projects. Renewable Customer News Learn the latest on how projects funded by PGE renewable power customers are making a difference. Biogas We’re turning cow waste into watts at a Salem dairy farm. Solar Power Initiatives PGE is creating partnerships to implement solar electric installations. Renewable Energy Options Thanks to PGE customer support, we have one of the most successful green power programs in the country. How We Generate Energy PGE is committed to creating a sustainable, diverse, affordable energy future for Oregon. GreenPowerOregon.com Our award-winning special website brings together business and residential renewable power customers in an online green community.		PGE No. 1 in green power sales For the fourth year in a row, PGE sold more renewable power to residential customers than any other utility in the nation. That’s according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the government agency that annually ranks utility green-pricing programs. PGE residential customers purchased 530 million kilowatt-hours of renewable energy in 2008, 18 percent more than in 2007. Also in 2008, the total number of PGE renewable power customers neared 70,000 for the first time, a one-year increase of more than 12 percent since 2007. This includes residential and commercial customers.