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Council asks RFQ to welcome clean‑energy innovation, community solar and resilience measures

5843803 · September 20, 2025
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Summary

Councilors urged staff to include language in the Gateway RFQ encouraging resilience and clean‑energy measures such as community solar, battery storage and microgrids, and noted Energy Trust of Oregon incentives could support such features.

Several councilors urged the city to highlight sustainability and resilience goals in the Gateway RFQ and to make scoring favorable for proposals that use clean‑energy incentives.

Councilor Panemiro asked that the RFQ portray Talent as “open to innovation” and include potential for microgrids and resilient design that could “disconnect” from the larger grid…

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