Thank you to all the project teams who applied for funding during OR-MEP Open Enrollment 2025 Round 2 (2025-R2).

OR-MEP received 37 applications for funding in 2025-R2 Open Enrollment that closed on September 2. With over $1.2 million in funding available this round, we selected 11 projects from 10 organizations for OR-MEP funding based on our competitive scoring process. OR-MEP allocated funding between four categories as follows: 

Project Type/Utility Pacific Power Service Area Portland General Electric Service Area Total
New Construction $302,000 $293,000 $595,000
Existing Building $273,000 $411,000 $684,000
Total $575,000 $704,000 $1,279,000

There are more projects seeking OR-MEP funding than the program’s budget will be able to serve. In July 2023, OR-MEP launched a competitive Open Enrollment process in collaboration with the OR-MEP Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Coalition.

Open Enrollment intends to distribute funds more equitably to benefit residents who are navigating low income, people of color, those who are disproportionately impacted by high energy burden, those for whom English is not their first language, and those living in rural communities.

The 2025-R2 application period closed with a record number of submissions from Low–Cost Apartments, reflecting growing interest in unregulated properties remaining affordable. Despite receiving more high-quality applications than ever before with notably higher average scores, our limited incentive budget for this round meant we were unable to select as many projects as in previous cycles. Encouragingly, over half of the selected projects are located in rural communities, helping us make meaningful progress toward addressing historic gaps in program access. Selected projects in 2025-R2 include: 

  • 9 projects partnering with or owned by BIPOC Culturally Specific Organizations (82% of selected projects)
  • 6 projects in communities with a high priority area index score of 3 or higher, indicating very high energy burden (55% of selected projects) 
  • 6 projects in rural communities (55% of selected projects)
  • 3 projects are Low-Cost Apartments (27% of selected projects) 
  • 2 projects serving residents navigating very low incomes (18% of selected projects)
  • 7 projects are non-profits or housing authorities (64% of selected projects) 

Note, some selected projects have more than one of the above characteristics.

The following four charts detail the projects selected in 2025-R2 within each set aside category.

Pacific Power – Existing Building (4 Selected Projects)

Project Name Applicant Organization Location Number of Units
Coddington Place Apartments Umpqua Community Development Corporation Coos Bay 10
EM&M Ductless Heat Pump Upgrade Working Homes, LLC Enterprise 27
Emerson Plaza DHPs Sabin CDC Portland 16
Golden Rain MJ Housing Preservation Initiative Grants Pass 38

Pacific Power – New Construction (2 Selected Projects)

Project Name Applicant Organization Location Number of Units
Fernwood Village Cornerstone Community Housing Lincoln City 84
Quarterdeck Apartments Polk Community Development Corporation Dallas 34

Portland General Electric – Existing Building (3 Selected Projects)

Project Name Applicant Organization Location Number of Units
Carrington Square Stark Firs Portland 54
Deborah Court Apartments Chrisman Development  Newberg 40
Parkside Manor Stark Firs Portland 43

Portland General Electric – New Construction (2 Selected Projects)

Project Name Applicant Organization Location Number of Units
Alyssa Daye Gardens Mental Health and Addiction Association of Oregon Portland 31
Meadowlark Senior Housing Community Partners for Affordable Housing Beaverton 104

The selected projects are located throughout Pacific Power and Portland General Electric territory, as shown in the maps below. 

The chart below shows the average application scores by utility territory and project type (i.e., existing building or new construction). The average score for all selected projects in 2025-R2 was 21.1 out of a total possible 37 points.

The following charts show average scores for selected projects in each of the prioritization criteria categories.

OR-MEP Open Enrollment 2025-R2 Selected Projects Average Scores

Prioritization Criteria Pacific Power Existing Buildings Pacific Power
New Construction		 Portland General Electric Existing Buildings Portland General Electric New Construction
Project is in a BIPOC community 3.0 2.0 5.0 4.0
Project is primarily serving BIPOC residents 2.8 3.0 2.0 3.0
Project’s High Priority Index Score (Energy Burden) 3.5 3.0 5.0 5.0
Project location relative to available resources 7.8 10.0 4.0 2.0
Project is a Low-Cost Apartment (LCA) 1.3 0.0 3.3 0.0
Project is serving households with very low incomes 3.3 2.0 3.0 4.0
Non-profit or housing authority 1.5 2.0 0.0 2.0
Total Average Score 23.2 22.0 22.3 20.0