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OIT Gets Approval To Provide Its Own Power (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

For the first time in its history the Oregon Public Utility Commission has granted a request to waive a net metering limit. A 2 megawatt cap was approved this week for Oregon Institute of Technology’s developing solar and geothermal plant.

“The waiver will allow Oregon Tech to proceed with its goal to become the first Net Zero campus in the nation, without incurring an estimated $2 million in additional expenses,” Maples said in a written statement.

The net metering waiver will allow OIT to offset the school’s electricity costs with energy generated through the campus plant utilizing Pacific Power’s grid.

Maples said without the waiver, the university would have had to rewire the campus and delay operations of the solar and geothermal plant for four years, costing at least $2 million.

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