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Blue Sky customers and Pacific Power’s continued contribution to

renewable energy

Pacific Power service area

Pacific Power wind projects

Wind projects owned by others providing power to Pacific Power

Wind projects providing Blue Sky energy

Solar projects providing Blue Sky energy

Projects funded by Blue Sky Block customers

Geothermal

Hydro

Native fish habitat restoration in collaboration with Blue Sky Habitat Customers in Oregon

Biomass projects providing Blue Sky energy

City of AstoriaWind and HydroFeasibility Study

Port of PortlandDe-icing Center

June Key DeltaCommunity

Center

Legacy EmanuelMedical Center

Portland Public Schools Pioneer Columbia Roseway Heights Scott Elementary

Bend CentennialPlaza Parking

Deschutes County Fairground

RedmondMunicipal Airport

CohoCohousing

Mountain Laurel Lodge

City of AlbanyHydro Project

Linn CountyExpo Center

Oregon Institute of Technology

Geo-heat Center

Whitman College

WallowaCounty

Fairgrounds

Walla Walla Community College William A. Grant Environmental Center Auto Body Technology Building (two awards) Wind Turbine for Renewable Energy Park

Wild Horse

Marengo I

Combine Hills

Stateline

Hopkins Ridge

Nine Canyon

Condon

Klondike I and III

Leaning Juniper I

Leaning Juniper II

Goodnoe Hills

Marengo II

Big Horn

Ore. Dept. ofAdmin. Serv.Pendleton

Oregon StateUniversity Waveenergy research

Hartman Ranch

Lakeview 4H & FFA Farm and Solar

Learning Center

Lake County FairgroundsRenewable Energy

Demonstration Park

Crescent ElkMiddle School

Project

Del NorteTriplicate

Casa de Fuchsia Nursery

White OakFarm & Education

Center

Confederated Tribesof Warm SpringsMedia Center

Port of Hood RiverHalyard Building

Turtle IslandFoods

W.E. MillerElementary

School

Coos BayVisitor Center

South Coast FoodShare – Oregon Coast

Community Action

City of CorvallisFire Station #4

City of CorvallisFire Station #1

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CI

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Big TopOregon TrailPacific CanyonSand RanchWagon TrailWard Butte

Butter CreekFour CornersFourmile CanyonThreemile CanyonVansycle II

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Juniper CanyonTulomne

White Creek

Kittitas

Elkhorn Wind

Finley ButtesLandfill

Mt. ShastaHigh School

Sunset ContinuationHigh School

Josephine CountyFairgrounds – Floral Building

Myrtle PointFood Hub

Martha Young FamilyService Center

OSU WallaceEnergy Systems &Renewable WindResearch facility

City of Independence –

Civic Center

May StreetElementary School

City of PendletonBiomass

TamástskliktCultural Institute

WallowaCounty Biomass

Campus

City of RoseburgPublic Safety Center

Joyce MorganFood Bank

Jason Lee School –Portland Public Schools

Rogue Valley International Medford Airport Toll Booth Solar Canopy Airport Parking/Entrance Solar Awning

Yakima ValleyCommunity College

Blue Sky continues to make a difference after more than a decadeThe Blue Sky program allows Pacific Power customers to support renewable energy above what the company buys or generates on behalf of all customers.

•Blue Sky customers have supported more than 3.6 billion kilowatt-hours of renewable energy since 2000.

•At the end of 2012, more than 87,000 Blue Sky customers (Pacific Power and Rocky Mountain Power) were investing in renewable energy to the tune of more than 600 million kilowatt hours in 2012 alone. That’s the equivalent of:– 764,178,566 miles not driven;– 65,202 cars off the road for one year; or– 8,865,110 trees planted.*

• Since 2006, Blue Sky customers have provided funding to help make 156 local, community renewable energy projects possible across our six state service area. Community project funds have supported solar, wind, geothermal, wave, biomass and low impact hydro energy projects in more than 50 communities for organizations including local governments, schools and nonprofits.

To find out more, go to pacificpower.net/bluesky or call toll free at 1-800-769-3717.*Environmental benefits derived using US Environmental Protection Agency best practices, based on Emissions and Generation Integrated Database (eGRID) data as updated December 2010 (www.epa.gov/cleanenergy).

Pacific Power’s commitment to a sustainable energy supplyPacific Power is dedicated to providing safe and reliable electric service to our customers, and acquiring cost-effective resources to meet customers’ growing electricity needs.

Our pioneering commitment to renewable energy began in the early 1980s with a demonstration wind project along the Oregon Coast and construction of the nation’s first geothermal electric generating plant outside of California in 1984 – our Blundell facility near Milford, Utah.

Our acquisitions in recent years have included significant amounts of company-owned and contracted wind energy resources. PacifiCorp (Pacific Power’s parent company) is the second largest owner of wind-powered generation in the entire nation, according to the American Wind Energy Association report.

•PacifiCorp has more than 1,000 megawatts of owned wind generation capability. We also have long-term purchase agreements for more than 600 megawatts from wind projects owned by others. Since 2006, our owned and contracted wind-powered generation capability has increased by a total of more than 1,400 megawatts.

•Wind, hydro, geothermal and other non-carbon emitting resources currently make up about 21 percent of the generating capability of all PacifiCorp-owned resources, accounting for about 9.4 percent of our total energy output.

•PacifiCorp’s resource mix contains generation capability from wind-powered resources (owned and contracted) equivalent to the electricity used by more than 467,000 average residential customers annually. This represents approximately 25 percent of our customer base.

•Our planning and investment in cost-effective wind energy has provided valuable tax revenues, jobs and other benefits for our customers and the communities we serve. It also has positioned the company to meet renewable portfolio standards and/or carbon reduction initiatives enacted in four of the six states within our service area. Our wind-powered resources help address potential future federal policies as well.

The renewable projects identified on the map are connected either to the Blue Sky program portfolio from 2009-2012, Blue Sky project funding awards or with Pacific Power’s renewable energy portfolio.

Pacific Power Blue Sky customers have also supported renewable energy generation from wind farms in Wyoming, Idaho, Colorado, Montana and British Columbia.

Visit pacificpower.net/renewableprojects

Pacific Power supports renewable energy projects throughout the Western region; however, this map shows only the projects we have supported in the Pacific Northwest.

The map does not include company-owned hydro assets.

The program supported 68 different solar arrays in California in 2011. Of those, 36 are relatively small projects at less than 100 kW capacity, 26 have a capacity between 100 kW and 500 kW, and 6 are larger than 500 kW projects, like the array on top of Gunderson High School in San Jose, California.

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Blue Sky’s Habitat option: restoring and preserving streams throughout OregonThousands of Pacific Power customers participate in our Blue Sky Habitat option to restore and preserve native fish habitat and improve streams, while also supporting newly developed renewable energy generation in the region. The $2.50 donation paid by participating customers is passed through to The Freshwater Trust and used to restore habitat in Oregon. They coordinate the use of customer funds and match with grant dollars, making even more habitat projects happen in our communities.

Since 2002, Habitat customers have helped support 69 habitat restoration and preservation projects throughout Oregon. These projects have supported habitat areas equivalent to more than 140 river miles. Learn more about current projects at pacificpower.net/blueskyhabitat.

Some projects included in the map were completed in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy. The partnership with The Freshwater Trust began January 1, 2011. This partnership continues a popular habitat enhancement option that Oregon Pacific Power residential and small non-residential customers have had since 2002.

The Lewis and Clark River has runs of steelhead and Chinook and coho salmon.