One of the largest Pacific Northwest utilities, Pacific Power, is looking to encourage renewable energy. The solar pilot program begins in Oregon this month.
Pacific Power customers are encouraged to fill out an online form at www.pacificpower.net/oregonsolar to participate. Selected customers will receive 0.55 cents per kilowatt hour, minus retail rate and metering fees, for residential solar power generated.
The purpose for the solar pilot program is to encourage more small-scale, distributed generation solar energy systems.
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