U.S. DOE grants $250M to Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, in partnership with PGE, for critical transmission upgrades
Summary
"Increasing the lines capacity will also improve reliability and help meet growing electrical demand from customers in PGEs service area, which contains about half of Oregons population and two thirds of the states commercial and industrial activity. Leveraging this grant, in addition to other federal funding opportunities, helps PGE manage customer costs while investing in resiliency and regional resource adequacy. "Expanding transmission capacity is essential to keeping power reliable and affordable during the transition to a clean energy future," said Maria Pope, PGE President and CEO. CTWS and PGE have been partners in this project, a certified low-impact hydro facility on the Deschutes River, since 2001, and look forward to continued collaboration.Receiving the DOE grant is an exciting first step in a lengthy process that includes environmental and scoping studies, design, permitting and construction. For more than 130 years, Portland General Electric (PGE) has powered the advancement of society, delivering safe, affordable, reliable and increasingly clean energy.