Energy Trust’s Board of Directors kicked off development of the 2025-2030 Strategic Plan at its Board Strategic Planning Retreat on January 24, 2024, and will continue strategic planning discussions during workshops from February through June. A draft 2025-2030 Strategic Plan will be available in August 2024, and Energy Trust will provide opportunities for stakeholders and the public to learn about and submit comments on the draft plan for consideration.
During all phases of strategic plan development, it’s critical to hear perspectives from stakeholders and advisors, including utilities, our advisory council members, the Oregon Public Utility Commission and community and customer representatives. Read on for opportunities to engage with our strategic planning process including attending public board engagements, accessing learning materials and summaries that are informing board discussions, and submitting a public comment. All board meetings and workshops are open to the public, and materials and minutes are available on our website.
Wednesday, January 10
Joint workshop with Energy Trust’s Conservation, Diversity and Renewable Energy advisory councils. Council members provided input on community and industry priorities and ways Energy Trust might support those from 2025-2030.
Wednesday, January 24
Energy Trust’s board kicked off its strategic planning process at a public workshop by hearing and discussing input gathered from a broad group of stakeholders including Oregon Public Utility Commission, utilities, advisory councils, NW Energy Coalition, Citizens Utility Board, local and national businesses and others.
Read summaries of interviews with stakeholders and customers that guided the board’s discussion.
Wednesday, February 21
Energy Trust’s board hears and discusses additional input from stakeholder groups to inform strategic plan elements.
Read summaries of interviews with stakeholders and customers that guided the board’s discussion.
Wednesday, March 13
Energy Trust’s board continues discussion to develop strategic plan elements.
Read summaries of interviews with stakeholders that guided the board’s discussion.
Read future scenarios for 2025-2030 developed by the board to help build the strategic plan.
Wednesday, April 17
Energy Trust’s board continues discussion to develop strategic plan elements.
The meeting is open to the public; view the agenda and packet.
Tuesday, May 7
Energy Trust holds a workshop with its full staff to collectively build a set of values to guide staff through the next strategic plan period.
Tuesday, May 14
Energy Trust’s board continues discussion to develop strategic plan elements.
The meeting is open to the public; view the agenda and packet.
This page will be updated with discussion materials shortly after the meeting.
Wednesday, June 12
Energy Trust’s board continues discussion to develop strategic plan elements.
The meeting is open to the public; view the agenda and packet.
This page will be updated with discussion materials shortly after the meeting.
Wednesday, August 14
Draft strategic plan available online; public comment period open through September 16.
Public comments are due to Energy Trust by 5 p.m. PST, September 16, 2024. Comments may be emailed to info@energytrust.org with the subject line: Strategic Plan Comment or mailed to:
Energy Trust of Oregon
421 SW Oak St.
Suite 300
Portland, Oregon 97204
Wednesday, August 14
Draft 2025-2030 strategic plan presented for board consideration and discussion.
The meeting is open to the public; view the agenda and packet.
August through September
Energy Trust will do outreach and engagement with stakeholder and community groups to gather additional input on the draft plan. Engagements include focus groups, meetings and written communications.
September 16
Public comment period closes.
Wednesday, October 9
Energy Trust board receives and discusses a summary of written comments and feedback received through the public comment period and engagement process.
The meeting is open to the public; view the agenda and packet.
October through November
Energy Trust staff revise the strategic plan based on public comment, engagement with stakeholder and community groups and board discussion.
Friday, December 13
Staff will present a final proposed strategic plan to the board of directors, who will vote on adopting it. Staff will post the final approved plan online by December 31, 2024.
The meeting is open to the public; view the agenda and packet.
Grounded in Listening and Learning
In winter 2023-2024, board members reviewed six briefing papers, presented by Energy Trust subject matter experts, exploring topics the board expressed interest in learning more about prior to starting the 2025-2030 Strategic Plan process. These topics were identified because of their potential to influence, impact or otherwise affect Energy Trust’s ability to achieve its vision of clean, affordable energy for everyone. The following briefing papers educate and inform the board, and are not policy proposals or recommendations:
- Capacity as a Growing Issue for Northwestern Utilities
- Decarbonizing the Energy System to Address the Climate Crisis
- Developing a Workforce to Meet Growing Demand for Clean Energy and Decarbonization
- Evolving Approaches to Evaluating the Costs and Benefits of Energy Efficiency
- Customers Energy Trust Has Historically Underserved
- Western Utility Coordination Efforts