The Oregon Community Solar Program gives Idaho Power’s Oregon customers the option to subscribe to a local community solar project – the Verde Light Power Project – and receive utility bill credits for the electricity generated.

The program and subscriptions are not managed by Idaho Power. Fleet Development manages the subscriptions, and a third-party administrator manages the program, including how the solar energy is allocated and charged based on subscription information provided by Fleet Development. The third-party administrator sends the subscription billing data to Idaho Power. Idaho Power uses the received data to apply subscription charges and credits to your Idaho Power bill and ensures your subscription payments are remitted on your behalf. For more information about the program or to sign up for a subscription, visit the official program website Oregon Community Solar Program.

Subscriptions are sized according to your typical energy use, and result in a bill credit and a subscription fee added to your monthly Idaho Power bill. The subscription fee and credit are typically on a per kilowatt-hour (kWh) basis.  Subscription prices are set below the bill credit, resulting in annual savings on your electricity bill. The estimated savings will vary per subscription, but generally for non-low-income participants, there is about a 5% annual savings. Low-income subscribers have higher savings built in, and generally see anywhere from 10-25% annual savings. In the winter months when the solar project is generating less electricity, your credits may be lower than in the summer. For more details, please contact Fleet Development.

To view income guidelines, please visit the Low Income Participants page on the Program’s website.

If you would like to enroll within the low-income portion of the program and meet the income guidelines, you can schedule an intake appointment on the program website or call the low-income facilitator at 971-544-8718.

Community solar credits and fees are added to the existing charges on your electric bill, so your bill will fluctuate monthly.

Visit Verde Light Power Project to see if this project is accepting new subscribers. Please review the program details and contact Fleet Development directly to subscribe or ask questions.

Fleet Development, Subscription Manager for the Verde Light project

Email: fleethq@fleetdevelopment.org

Phone: 541-263-1180

For questions about your community solar subscription, including modifying or ending your subscription, please contact Fleet Development.

For help understanding your bill, you can contact Idaho Power at 1-800-488-6151.

However, if you believe your community solar charges and credits are incorrect or have other concerns about your subscription, please contact Fleet Development. Fleet Development is responsible for ensuring up-to-date subscription information is available, so that charges and credits are accurately reflected on subscribers’ monthly Idaho Power bills.

For help understanding your bill, you can contact Idaho Power at 1-800-488-6151.

However, if you believe your community solar charges and credits are incorrect or have other concerns about your subscription, please contact Fleet Development. Fleet Development is responsible for ensuring up-to-date subscription information is available, so that charges and credits are accurately reflected on subscribers’ monthly Idaho Power bills.

This occurs if the bill credits from your portion of the solar project’s energy production exceed your electricity consumption on an annual basis. If so, you will be required to pay back the excess bill credits that you received above your annual consumption. You may want to contact Fleet Development to reduce the size of your subscription in future years. If you are enrolled as a low-income subscriber, your fees will rollover to future months until eventually your bill credits pay for the overallocated subscription fees. Low-income participants will never have additional charges on their bill due to community solar.

If you are a low-income participant of community solar, your subscription will not be impacted. If you are not a low-income participant and make a partial payment, any part of your bill that is not paid will be added to your next month’s bill. Please contact Fleet Development to alert them of an upcoming partial payment. Fleet Development may cancel your subscription due to outstanding payments per the terms of your contract.

Temporary utility shut offs will not automatically affect your enrollment in the community solar program. You will continue to receive community solar credits and fees when your account is re-instated. Please contact Fleet Development to alert them of a shut off.

If you move out of Idaho Power’s Oregon service area prior to the end of your subscription term and request to end service within the middle of your billing cycle, your final bill may not include the last month’s subscription credits and charges. Please contact Fleet Development to let them know you are leaving as soon as possible so they can close out your subscription and settle any remaining charges.

Also, you may transfer your subscription to another customer if you move. Please ensure that Fleet Development has the most up to date information on the new customer and the Idaho Power account information on file.

Your enrollment status in community solar is not affected if you have a temporary gap in electric service. Please contact Fleet Development with your new utility account details at the new location as soon as possible so that your subscription can transfer to your new location.

You may only have one subscription per location; therefore, you must contact Fleet Development to let them know which property address you would like the subscription to pertain to and the effective month of the desired transfer.

The Oregon Community Solar Program was established by Oregon Senate Bill 1547 in 2016, which directed the Oregon Public Utility Commission to establish a community solar program. The Program is funded by Oregon customers of PGE, Pacific Power, and Idaho Power and by subscribers in the community solar program. Idaho Power does not directly fund the program; however, we assist in the billing process by adding subscription charges and credits to subscribers’ monthly power bills.