PDX Community Solar is a more than 2,200-panel project in Northeast Portland, aimed at helping lower energy bills for qualified low-income Cully neighborhood residents. The PDX project is funded through a grant of more than $4 million awarded to Verde from the Portland Clean Energy Fund. Once completed, the solar project could power up to 150 homes. Photo taken on August 22, 2024.
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The voter-passed Portland Clean Energy Fund, or PCEF, has been awarding grants for about five years. The tax on large retailers who do business in the city has raised far more money than expected. Now Eugene voters will decide whether to pass their own clean energy fund, called ECEF. It’s modeled after PCEF, but it differs.
We’re joined by representatives from both sides of the campaign: Co-Chief Petitioner Aya Cockram and Laura Sedwick, with the no campaign.
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