In 2025 alone, UCI, CEP, and REACH have helped deliver more than $560,000 in home repair investments to homeowners in the N/NE Interstate Corridor Urban Renewal Area.

It’s been five years since the Portland Clean Energy Fund, or PCEF, gave out its first grants. The fund has grown much more than expected, and various interests have proposed using some of it for non-climate goals. Community Energy Project is among the local groups that helped create PCEF after voters passed the ballot measure in 2018.

Here's how residents can access cooling resources, energy assistance and weatherization programs as summer heat arrives in Portland.

On Wednesday, May 6, staff from across the City of Portland and community partners came together for the ‘Partners in Home Repair' event to join in conversation about how to better provide home repair, weatherization, and home retention services to Portlanders.

Shift away from these common mistakes for a more energy-efficient home.

Buzzing with energy, Charity Fain’s list of achievements reads like a superhero’s.

In the last three years, a noticeably higher number of community members have voiced their thoughts, questions, and concerns to energy decisionmakers. 

In 2025, Community Energy Project completed 170 retrofit projects at no cost for low-income Portland homeowners.

As cooler weather sets in, many Oregonians are bracing for higher energy bills. For families on limited incomes, those bills can become an overwhelming burden. 

That’s where Portland-based Community Energy Project (CEP) steps in — offering free or low-cost upgrades that make homes more efficient, comfortable, and safe.

The Residential Retrofits for Energy Equity (R2E2) initiative is announcing new partnerships with four communities to bring transformative energy efficiency upgrades to affordable housing in historically underserved communities.

The Community Energy Project gifted Dorry and Tom - who hadn't had heat or air conditioning for years - with a free electric air system.

When Ms. Fox reached out to the Community Energy Project (CEP), she was simply hoping for a little support. That’s when CEP, Catalyst, and Peak Performance Roofing joined forces. Together, they stepped in to ensure Ms. Fox and her family could live safely and with dignity. With the roof now fully replaced, CEP can move forward with the next phase of critical repairs.

PGE offers free weatherization assistance, including for renters, to low-income folks who qualify.

The Office of Sustainability and the Public Utility Commission and energy justice temporarily strengthened its rules preventing power shutoffs for when the National Weather Service issues heat alerts.

On May 7^th, staff from across the City of Portland and community partners came together for the ‘Partners in Home Repair’ event, held at the Portland Building.

The inaugural appointees to the Sustainability and Climate Commission (SCC) were confirmed by City Council earlier today, marking a significant step forward in advancing climate action, environmental justice, and sustainability throughout Portland. 

Celebrating all the climate action work and partnerships that are helping Gresham be healthy and resilient, on the one-year anniversary of Gresham's Climate Action Plan.

Do you have a leaky toilet? Is your water service line leaking? If the answer is yes, you may be able to get it fixed for free through the Portland Water Bureau's Home Water Leak Repair Program.

State lawmakers and environmental groups are looking to increase energy efficiency, reduce power costs and help people adapt to extreme weather by backing a slew of bills that are advancing in the Legislature.

State lawmakers are working on legislation that would give Oregon regulators broader discretion in setting power rates, with the aim of making energy bills more affordable, reducing the number of bill increases and making utility costs more transparent for customers.