Renewable Energy: Going All In

Beaverton becomes first Oregon city powered entirely by renewable energy

March 6, 2014 - The city of Beaverton has gone full-on renewable.

Beaverton officials revealed this week that the city now collects 100 percent of its energy from wind power sources. As such, it has become the only city in the state that procures all of its power, for civic operations, from from Portland General Electric Co.’s renewable energy program.

PGE, in turn, said Beaverton has attained the utility’s “Platinum Clean Wind” ranking, a coveted level. read more>>>