Energy Trust helps customers and communities benefit from low-cost energy and clean, renewable power. Along the way, the benefits multiply to include bill savings, job creation and business investment.

Since 2002, we have:

• Saved and generated 956 average megawatts of electricity and 79 million annual therms of natural gas—enough energy to power all of the homes in Multnomah County and heat all Lane County homes

• Saved enough energy equal to the output of a power plant and reduced reliance on fossil fuels

• Invested $2.2 billion to save customers more than $8.9 billion on their energy bills over time

• Added $9.5 billion to the local economy, including $3 billion in wages, $503 million in small business income and employment equal to 7,600 full-time jobs lasting a decade

• Cut carbon emissions by 36.2 million tons, equal to removing 7 million cars from the roads for a year (See our methodology)

Energy efficiency remains among the least expensive energy resource Oregonians can buy. This affordable energy supply helps utilities avoid investment in new and more expensive energy resources.

2002-2020

Performance based

Setting a high bar for performance is a key driver for our programs and services. Over time, we have accelerated energy savings to meet increasingly aggressive goals and we continue to support new, renewable energy system installations while keeping internal costs low.

We consistently meet or exceed our performance measures set by the Oregon Public Utility Commission for electric and natural gas energy savings, renewable resource development, financial integrity, program delivery efficiency, customer satisfaction, and benefit and cost ratios. In annual budgets approved by our board of directors, we set annual efficiency goals for each program, sector and utility and are accountable to each utility for meeting these goals.