Our Story

For several years, Portlanders have been quietly transitioning our homes to 100% renewable electricity to simultaneously experience the benefits of all-electric homes and fight climate change. The extreme heat of 2021 made climate change more personal and urgent than ever before, greatly increasing the number of people taking decisive action. We are modernizing our homes with electric appliances and cutting pipes that formerly supplied fossil fuel. Yet these critical improvements remain largely invisible from the street. Until now.

Our mission is to accelerate the transition to renewable, efficient electric in the Portland metro area’s residential sector, and our program is designed to educate and inspire Portlanders to power their homes with renewable electricity for comfort, ease, health, reduced utility bills, and climate resilience.

• Educate: We host events, deliver community presentations about the benefits of home electrification, and provide helpful resources such as an electrification-friendly contractor list, a low-income electrification resource directory, a monthly newsletter, and an active Facebook group. ElectrifyPDX is the host of the annual Electrify Portland! Home Electrification Fair, a free, festive, one-day event for homeowners and renters ready to start transitioning their homes from gas (or old electric) to efficient electric.

• Illuminate: ElectrifyPDX is also a non-profit home certification program that helps Portland homeowners and renters go electric and share their journey with neighbors through signage.  Here’s how it works: Sign up for a yard sign and helpful resources. As you clean up your electric supply and electrify each system in your home, apply badges to your sign. Get certified when your home is 100% powered with clean energy!
• Inspire: Updating home energy systems can be a daunting enterprise. People are more likely to take action when they’re part of a team. In addition to our Facebook group, ElectrifyPDX can connect you with others who are going electric in your area. Program participants are natural ambassadors for home electrification, inspiring their circles of friends. Enthusiastic participants have taken Rewiring America’s training course and have joined the Oregon cohort of home electrification coaches.