Publication Date
8-21-2018
Document Type
Report
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/41208
Recommended Citation
City Club of Portland (Portland, Or.), "A City Club Report on the Portland Clean Energy Fund Surcharge on Retailers to Fund Clean Energy and Job Training" (2018). City Club of Portland. 587.
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/41208
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Notes
Published in the City Club of Portland Bulletin, Vol. 101, No. 1, Aug. 21, 2018
This ballot measure, herein called the Portland Clean Energy Fund (PCEF), would impose a new 1% surcharge on revenue for retail corporations that make over $1 billion in annual national sales and $500,000 in annual Portland sales. (Groceries, medicine, and medical services would be exempt.) As a result, the fee would only affect the largest corporate retail chains in the country while generating revenues for in-city renewable energy and job creation. It is estimated that approximately 120 firms would be affected, though exact numbers are unavailable.