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Drive Electric Earth Month event
Join us at the FREE Electric Vehicle Test Drive and Information Expo hosted by the Oregon Electric Vehicles Association.
Pacific Power is sponsoring and participating in the Drive Electric Earth Month event that features indoor and outdoor rides in electric vehicles.
Stop by the Pacific Power booth to get all your EV questions answered. Meet our EV experts to learn more about electric vehicle ownership topics, such as EV adoption, charging, technology trends and rebates available for businesses and residential customers.
Now is the perfect time to go electric! Discover federal, state and local incentives available for electric vehicle adoption, learn about the growing charging infrastructure in our region, and check out the wide range of EVs available.
WHEN: | April 28, 2024, from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
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WHERE: | Daimler Truck North America HQ, Swan Island, 4085 N Anchor St
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WHO: | Pacific Power Officials Electric car dealers Members of the public |
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PORTLAND, OR (April 26, 2024) - PacifiCorp became the first entity in the Western United States to formally commit to a regional coordinated energy market by signing an implementation agreement this week with the California ISO for its Extended Day-Ahead Market (EDAM).
The EDAM is a voluntary day-ahead electricity market designed to deliver significant reliability, economic, and environmental benefits to balancing areas and utilities throughout the West. Tariff changes allowing the EDAM were approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in December 2023, and the market is on track to become operational in 2026.
PacifiCorp, a Portland-based grid operator that serves customers in California, Idaho, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming, was also the first to publicly announce its intent to join the EDAM in December 2022 to expand on benefits it currently realizes from participation in the ISO’s real-time Western Energy Imbalance Market (WEIM).
“We are excited to formalize our agreement to become a participant in the EDAM,” said Cindy Crane, chief executive officer for PacifiCorp. “A modern, coordinated day-ahead market in the West is vital to optimizing the region’s energy resources so we can continue to provide reliable and affordable power to our 2 million electricity customers across six states.”
“The momentum we are seeing for participation in the EDAM is very encouraging, and PacifiCorp’s formal commitment brings better definition to the vision of a regional day-ahead electricity market,” said Elliot Mainzer, president and CEO of the ISO. “This is a major piece of a truly collaborative effort to support reliability and affordability for electricity customers by leveraging resource diversity and transmission connectivity across the footprint of the Western grid. We now look forward to continue working with additional valued partners in the West to take the next steps in a fully integrated regional market.”
The WEIM is a real-time energy market that was established by PacifiCorp and the ISO in 2014. It has produced more than $5.6 billion in cumulative economic efficiencies and enhanced reliability by leveraging transmission connectivity and resource diversity across a broad geographical footprint covering 22 entities in 11 states. The market now represents 79 percent of the electricity load in the Western Interconnection.
WEIM participation has delivered more than $745 million in savings to PacifiCorp customers.
The WEIM optimizes the energy imbalances throughout the West by transferring energy between participants in 15-minute and 5-minute intervals throughout the day. The proposed EDAM builds on this real-time market by expanding to a high volume of resource commitments made a day in advance, unlocking far greater market efficiencies and value.
The PacifiCorp implementation agreement is a provision of the ISO tariff, and became effective upon signing of both parties on April 25. PacifiCorp is expected to begin participation in the EDAM in spring 2026.
Currently, four entities have informed the ISO of their interest in joining the EDAM: PacifiCorp, Balancing Authority of Northern California, Portland General Electric, Los Angeles Department of Water & Power. A fifth entity, Idaho Power has indicated it is leaning toward the EDAM as its preferred day-ahead market.
For more information, visit the newly launched EDAM webpage on the westerneim.com website.
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YREKA, CA (April 11, 2024) — Pacific Power customers in California can expect to see a credit of $174.25 on their April electricity bill as part of California's efforts to fight climate change. The twice-annual California Climate Credit provides ratepayers with their share of the benefits of California’s Cap-and-Trade Program, which requires large industries that emit greenhouse gases to buy carbon pollution permits.
The majority of these proceeds are split evenly across each residential household and qualifying small business. About 20% of the total proceeds are used for clean energy and energy efficiency programs, administrative and outreach expenses and California Industry Assistance to prevent leakage of emissions to other states.
The California Climate Credit is designed to help customers as the state transitions to a low-carbon future. Each year, the state issues a limited number of greenhouse gas emission allowances in line with California’s goal of reducing its overall emissions to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030.
A second credit in the same amount will appear on customers’ October bills.
Customers can call Pacific Power at 888-221-7070 for information about their bill and can learn more about the California Climate Credit at the CPUC website.
(Yreka, CA) - Please join us for an online discussion about the important steps Pacific Power has taken to prepare for wildfire season, protect its electrical grid and keep customers safe.
PacifiCorp (Pacific Power & Rocky Mountain Power) has a long history of planning for and defending against wildfires across the six western states we serve. Protecting our customers and communities while providing safe, reliable power is our highest priority. Join us for this webinar to learn about our comprehensive wildfire mitigation plan.
When: April 10, 2024
What: PacifiCorp representatives will share progress on wildfire mitigation work, including systems hardening, enhanced vegetation management and expanded situational awareness.
About Pacific Power
Pacific Power provides safe and reliable electric service to 800,000 customers in 243 communities across Oregon, Washington and California. Pacific Power is part of PacifiCorp, one of the lowest-cost electricity producers in the United States, serving two million customers in six western states as the largest regulated utility owner of wind power in the West. PacifiCorp's long-term resource plan results in a 70% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from 2005 levels by 2030 and a 100% reduction by 2050. For more information, visit pacificpower.net.