GE to Help Portland Become Sustainable City

The city of Portland and General Electric signed an agreement  aimed at helping to build a sustainable economy for the city by focusing on energy efficiency, distributed power generation and job creation by local businesses.

The MOU lays out specific collaborative projects, along with a schedule of management meetings to track and measure project progress.

"Our work together will serve as a model for future public-private partnerships in other cities across the country looking to boost local job creation."

"The signing of today’s MoU is a milestone in our efforts to move forward aggressively on our city’s economic development strategy and our climate action plan," said Mayor Adams. 

GE will partner with Portland to:

• Engage with local companies to help them develop and expand into new markets via global product licensing;
• Implement residential and commercial energy efficiency retrofits, develop EcoDistricts throughout the city, and work toward the completion of the world-
  leading Oregon Sustainability Center;
• Explore city finance needs via municipal, state and GE resources.