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Goldendale is Ripe for Wind Energy Expansion
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PORTLAND — The last of Portland General Electric’s Biglow Canyon Wind Farm phase one project’s 76 turbines went on line today. The 125-megawatt installation has the installed capacity to produce enough electricity to power 34,000 homes. The site is located about 140 miles east of Portland in Sherman County.

“Biglow beautifully manifests Energy Trust’s mission to drive change in how Oregonians produce and use energy,” said Peter West, renewable energy director. “It shows how collaboration can drive our renewable energy future farther and faster.”

“Our customers are counting on us to provide more renewable energy,” said Kelley Marold, Biglow Canyon project manager, PGE. “The support from the Energy Trust on Biglow Canyon Wind Farm helps take our commitment to our customers and to providing renewable energy resources to a new level.” Biglow is the second utility-scale wind development using Energy Trust funds to go on line. The 41-megawatt Combine Hills wind project outside Milton-Freewater has generated power for Pacific Power customers since 2003. The 94-megawatt Goodnoe Hills project outside Goldendale, WA, is underway in collaboration with Pacific Power and is expected to complete in April 2008.

Energy Trust also collaborated with PGE in selecting a developer for the 75-megawatt Klondike II wind farm near Wasco, Oregon, that came on line at the end of 2005.

PGE plans two additional phases of construction at Biglow Canyon in 2009 and 2010, bringing total generating capacity at the facility to between 400 and 450 megawatts.

Since its beginnings in 2002, the nonprofit Energy Trust has helped over 750,000 Oregonians save energy or use renewable energy in their homes and businesses.

Energy Trust of Oregon, Inc., is a nonprofit organization dedicated to changing how Oregonians use energy by promoting energy efficiency and clean renewable energy for Oregon customers of Portland General Electric, Pacific Power, NW Natural and Cascade Natural Gas. For more information, visit the Energy Trust website, www.energytrust.org, or call 1-866- 368-7878.

Portland General Electric Company, headquartered in Portland, Ore., is a fully integrated electric utility that serves approximately 804,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers in Oregon. Visit the PGE Web site at PortlandGeneral.com