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We believe in Greenpower, a voluntary program that allows you to support clean, sustainable energy and encourage renewable energy projects in our local community.

By supporting Greenpower, you will:

  • Protect the environment. Greenpower helps reduce regional air pollution through clean generation or by reducing/offsetting our community's carbon footprint.
  • Support local solar energy projects. Greenpower funds incentives for our customers who install solar panels on their homes and businesses.
  • Invest in the local economy. Greenpower supports local jobs by promoting the installation of new sources of clean energy. 
  • Support research, education and projects that advance renewable energy. Greenpower funds grants to local nonprofit organizations for these purposes.
  • If we receive five or more Greenpower Grant applications, our Greenpower customers vote to determine which local projects receive Greenpower grants for up $50,000 each.
How much does Greenpower cost?

Our Greenpower program provides an easy and affordable way for you to help the environment. Each month, your support of EWEB Greenpower will be listed on your electricity bill as a separate item.

Whether you are a residential or business customer, you have several options for supporting Greenpower:

  • You can assign 100 percent of your electricity use to Greenpower with an extra one cent per kilowatt-hour premium. The average household uses 1,600 kilowatt-hours of electricity in a month and so would pay an additional $16 a month. The premium applies only to the energy charge on your bill (not the delivery or demand charge). With this option, your Greenpower amount will vary from month to month depending on how much energy you use.

  • Or you can choose to pay for blocks of Greenpower. We have two block sizes: 1,000-kilowatt-hour blocks cost $10 each (the average household uses about one block this size per month, but business use varies widely), or 100 kilowatt-hour blocks cost $1.50 each. Just pick the size of the block, and then select the number of blocks you'd like based on your electricity usage. With this option, the Greenpower amount is constant from month to month.

We place these Greenpower funds in a reserve account that supports research, education and projects that advance renewable energy. Those projects include incentives for our customers who install local solar energy projects.

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Our Greenpower Grant program

Since 2007, thousands of our customers have voluntarily chosen to support clean renewable energy and the environment through participation in the Greenpower program. We reinvest Greenpower funds in the local community through our Greenpower Grant program.

This grant program funds high-impact projects and programs that drive advancements in renewable energy for local customers, with emphasis on EWEB products, resources and priorities. If we receive five or more applications, our registered Greenpower customers vote to determine which nonprofit organizations' high-impact projects will receive grants worth up to $50,000 each.

Grants are open to:

  • Tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organizations
  • Academic institutions
  • Government and other public agencies

The 2018 Greenpower Grants were awarded to Friends of Trees, St. Vincent de Paul of Lane County* and the Eugene Science Center.

*On Aug. 8, 2018, St. Vincent de Paul of Lane County announced it would not build the youth house for homeless boys in west Eugene on land owned by the Bethel School District as originally proposed. The agency is seeking alternate locations for the home. On behalf of our Greenpower customers, EWEB is in communication with St. Vincent de Paul regarding next steps.

We had five eligible finalists for the 2018 grants. Read the project summaries here.

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School children gathered around solar panels in celebration of their elementary school winning a Greenpower Grant.
Our Greenpower business partners

Our Greenpower business partners voluntarily support clean, sustainable energy and encourage renewable energy projects in the local community.

We know many community members share this commitment to protect the environment. If "green" business practices are an important factor in your buying decisions, consider choosing one of our Greenpower businesses next time you're shopping.

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Mark and Alan Agerter standing in their store, Eugene Toy & Hobby.
Renewable energy credits

A renewable energy certificate (REC) represents the environmental attributes or benefits of renewable generation such as wind, solar and geothermal power.

On behalf of Greenpower customers, we retire the corresponding quantity of RECs associated with Greenpower megawatt-hour "sales" on an annual basis through the Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System (WREGIS).

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