{"id":32776,"date":"2017-06-26T14:06:22","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T21:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/laneelectric.com\/?page_id=32776"},"modified":"2023-04-20T15:05:32","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T22:05:32","slug":"renewable-energy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/laneelectric.com\/programs-services\/energy-efficiency\/renewable-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Renewable Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><em>*On January 1st 2023, Lane Electric ended the incentive offering for the installation of solar and renewable energy systems. Net metering remains available for pre-approved installations.<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>What is Renewable or \u201cGreen Power?\u201d<\/h2>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-32778\" src=\"https:\/\/laneelectric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Green-Power.jpg\" alt=\"Green glass world globe in hands\" width=\"264\" height=\"160\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>Renewable or \u201cgreen\u201d power is a term used for the electricity or power that is produced by a renewable or \u201cgreen\u201d generation facility. Facilities that minimize or eliminate contributions to green-house gasses and climate change. Facilities that do not add noxious or harmful emissions into the atmosphere. Examples of \u201cgreen\u201d or renewable systems are hydro, solar, photovoltaic, wind, methane production through land gassification and wave or tidal systems.<\/p>\n<p>Lane Electric is one of a group of Oregon electric co-ops who have joined forces to offer \u201cgreen\u201d or renewable electrity to their members. Annual contributions to the Bonneville Environmental Fund (BEF) have been made by Lane Electric for the research and development of new renewable or \u201cgreen\u201d resources for many years. Lane Electric is involved with some of the new \u201cgreen\u201d projects that have been developed recently.<\/p>\n<h2>Activity in Lane Electric\u2019s Service Area<\/h2>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32779 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/laneelectric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/KE-11.jpg\" alt=\"King Estate Winery and solar panels\" width=\"264\" height=\"176\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>Today,\u00a0141\u00a0net-metering, photovoltaic (PV) projects have been installed in our service area with a capacity of\u00a0899,181\u00a0Watts (899 kW).\u00a0These projects\u00a0have been connected to Lane Electric\u2019s distribution system and have the capacity to generate over\u00a01,003,279\u00a0kilowatt-hours annually \u2013 enough electricity to power\u00a055\u00a0homes for a year.\u00a0 As well, Lane Electric, in partnership with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kingestate.com\/\">King Estate Winery<\/a>\u00a0and SolarCity, boast one of the largest (1 megawatt) winery-based solar arrays in the United States, generating approximately 1,000,000 kilowatt hours annually.\u00a0 You can also enjoy a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n-aKCgcub5o\">high-speed construction video of the array on YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lane Electric is always interested in looking at and evaluating new and exciting \u201cgreen\u201d opportunities \u2013 among them, wave energy, geo-thermal generation, wind production and, solar generation. Make no mistake, while renewable energy is a good idea, the cost of generating this \u201cgreen\u201d or renewable energy is higher than the energy generated by the dams on the Columbia and Snake Rivers. In fact, on a blended basis, green power can cost as much as three times more.<\/p>\n<h2>How can I participate?<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32780 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/laneelectric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/MemberChoice-Logo2.jpg\" alt=\"Member Choice Green Power Program logo of windmills on a hillside\" width=\"202\" height=\"205\" \/>When you subscribe to our MemberChoice Program, you may purchase \u201cblocks\u201d of \u201cgreen\u201d kilowatt-hours:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Each \u201cblock\u201d represents 100 kWh that have been generated or produced from a qualified green or renewable resource, i.e., solar, wind, PV, hydro, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Each \u201cblock\u201d purchased adds an additional <strong>$2 on your electric bill<\/strong>. In addition to your regular monthly electric bill, you will also see a line item charge for \u201cMemberChoice\u201d on your bill.<\/li>\n<li>Your monthly bill from Lane Electric will clearly reflect your support of renewable energy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How many \u201cblocks\u201d can I buy?<\/h3>\n<p>If you are interested, you may sign up to purchase as little as 1 block of \u201cgreen power\u201d or you may buy green power blocks (100 kWh each) equal to what your monthly average electrical usage is. If, for example, your average monthly electrical use is 1500 kWh, you are eligible to buy up to 15 blocks of green power. Remember, each block of green power costs $2 so using this example, an additional $30 would be added to your electric bill for green power.<\/p>\n<p>You may subscribe to as many blocks as you like by completing the Member Choice Request Form.<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Green-Power-Brochure-2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Green Power Brochure 2017 (PDF)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To sign up for the Member Choice program, you can return the completed form with your electric bill or call 484-1151 and speak to one of our Customer Service Representatives about signing up.<\/p>\n<h2>Community Solar Garden<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-32786\" src=\"https:\/\/laneelectric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nice-Completed-Array-2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Completed array of solar panels on the ground\" width=\"264\" height=\"198\" \/>Energized on December 28, 2015, Lane Electric Co-op has \u201cflipped the switch\u201d on Oregon\u2019s first electric\u00a0cooperative Community Solar Project.\u00a0 The co-op based community solar project is projected to generate approximately 31,000 kilowatt-hours annually which is equivalent to the energy use of two average households in Lane Electric\u2019s service area.\u00a0 Subscription costs for the output from a half-panel is $600 and $1200 for the output from a full-panel. Below are links with additional information regarding the project.<\/p>\n<p>Please give us a call at 541-484-1151 if you are interested in signing up.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/laneelectric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Solar-Fact-Sheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Solar Garden Fact Sheet (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/laneelectric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Solar-Garden-QA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Solar Question &amp; Answer (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*On January 1st 2023, Lane Electric ended the incentive offering for the installation of solar and renewable energy systems. Net metering remains available for pre-approved installations. &nbsp; What is Renewable or \u201cGreen Power?\u201d Renewable or \u201cgreen\u201d power is a term used for the electricity or power that is produced by a renewable or \u201cgreen\u201d generation [&hellip;]\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"parent":33201,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/laneelectric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32776"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/laneelectric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/laneelectric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laneelectric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laneelectric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32776"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/laneelectric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37847,"href":"https:\/\/laneelectric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32776\/revisions\/37847"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laneelectric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/laneelectric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}