Pacific Power awards more than $2M round of electric mobility grants to Oregon communities
In Oregon, 18 cities, towns, community colleges, and nonprofits recently received more than $2 million in electric mobility grants from Pacific Power for projects meant to connect more residents with electric vehicles and their affiliated benefits.
“Pacific Power is hard at work building a safe, reliable, affordable clean energy future. A critical part of that work is helping to ensure that Oregonians at all income levels, in all kinds of communities, have access to electric transportation and the economic growth and vitality it can bring,” Kate Hawley, electric transportation senior product manager for Pacific Power, said. “These Electric Mobility Grants are an important way that we can strengthen the communities we serve and help them thrive.”
The company has been dispersing electric mobility grants like this since 2020, providing more than $4.5 million in awards in that time. Previous rounds have aided the purchase of electric tractors, electric school buses, electric vehicles, and their chargers, as well as a traveling educational exhibit for rural parts of Oregon. These grants are funded through the sale of Clean Fuels Program credits.
This latest round of grants will be used for a variety of purchases and include recipients such as:
- Grass Valley Country Market: two or four DC fast chargers (dual port)
- 350 Deschutes: an equitable, first-of-its-kind EV charging and EV car share plan for Central Oregon involving underserved, rural, and urban decision-makers
- City of Bend: 110 vouchers for low-income residents to purchase e-bikes
- KOR Community Land Trust (Bend): provide 17 e-bikes and training for low-income home buyers in communities that the land trust is building
- Central Oregon Community College: public chargers and four used EVs for fleet and educational purposes at the Bend and Prineville campuses
- City of Prineville: one or two DC fast chargers near downtown
- Upper Deschutes Watershed Council (Bend): a Ford F-150 Lightning EV to deliver programs to underserved communities in central Oregon and for conservation education
- Blue Mountain Community College (Pendleton): two Level 2 EV chargers at the college’s main campus
- Multnomah County: a Class 5 EV box truck to replace a diesel-equivalent vehicle and transport circulating books and other items to multiple library locations in Portland
- Taking Ownership PDX (Portland): one Volkswagen ID.4 EV (for transporting supplies to work sites and awareness-raising events) and one Level 2 charger, which will be available at no cost to workers and the public.
- Verde (Portland): one Level 2 charger and one Ford E-Transit van for program delivery
- Chiloquin Visions in Progress (Klamath County): Level 2 charger and DC fast charger in downtown Chiloquin
- Oregon Environmental Council: four utility EVs to test and promote the viability of electric farm equipment among agricultural students and communities
- Genesis XXI LLC (Medford): four Level 2 chargers and one EV that residents may use via the GoForth CarShare platform
- Umpqua Community College (Roseburg): two Level 2 chargers on campus for students and staff
- City of Sweet Home: one or two DC fast charger stations downtown for public use
- First Alternative Cooperative (Corvallis: two DC fast chargers for public use at the co-op’s south Corvallis location
- Linn County: two Level 2 charging stations for public use in downtown Albany
