Rooftop Solar

Solar can be installed on the rooftop of a home or business—or on your property—and connected directly to your electric panel so the solar power you are making is used to decrease your monthly energy bills. In addition to helping you control your energy costs, rooftop solar can also increase your property value. When rooftop solar is paired with battery storage it can provide energy resilience. A solar + storage system makes it possible for you to have electricity for important loads – even when the power goes out.

Find out how you can join the more than 15,000 homes and businesses that have rooftop solar in Oregon.

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Oregon Community Solar Program

Community solar projects give customers an opportunity to subscribe to a portion of a solar system and receive a credit on their monthly utility bill for the electricity generated from that portion of the system. Community solar projects can be located on buildings—like businesses, government buildings, schools or churches—or free-standing in an undeveloped area.

The Oregon Community Solar Program gives customers of Portland General Electric, Pacific Power and Idaho Power an opportunity to subscribe to a portion of a community solar project that is shared with many other customers. Community solar can be a great option for renters, people who live in multifamily buildings, homeowners or businesses that can’t serve their full energy needs with rooftop solar, and other customers who want to use clean energy but may not have a sunny roof of their own or the means to invest in a rooftop system.

Learn more about the Oregon Community Solar Program >

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Community Solar Development Assistance

The Oregon Community Solar program provides opportunity for community-driven projects that will serve local communities. Because only a select few organizations have developed community solar projects before, Energy Trust has developed an incentive to help local community organizations navigate the financial and technical hurdles of a typical community solar project.

Public or nonprofit organizations interested in developing a community solar project of any size are eligible for this incentive. Additionally, private developers working on a small community solar project—up to 360 kW-AC in size—are eligible to receive the incentive.

Eligibility criteria, requirements, incentive details and process for applying are described on the application forms:

First complete the Project Enrollment Application (Form 210CS) >

Once your Project Enrollment is approved, submit the Request for Funding (Form 230RF) >

Small-Scale Community Solar Installation Incentives

Energy Trust is now accepting applications for custom incentive requests to support small-scale Community Solar projects (<360kW_AC) benefitting underserved customers. Project Managers registered with the Oregon Community Solar Program should submit applications for eligible projects by July 16, 2021, at 5:00 pm (PT) July 26, 2021, at 5:00 pm (PT).

When the application window closes, solar program staff will conduct an eligibility and above-market cost screening for each project. Applications for projects that are deemed eligible will be ranked based on total incentive request from lowest to highest request. Energy Trust intends to select as many projects as can be funded, until the total available funding shown for that utility is exhausted, starting with the lowest request. Project Managers will be notified of the results in August 2021.

Download the Small-Scale Community Solar Incentive Application (Form 290CS) >