Portlanders have seen several iterations of the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund (PCEF) since they voted to approve the fund to kickstart more climate-friendly initiatives in 2018. PCEF— which is funded by a 1 percent surcharge on local sales at large retailers— has consistently outperformed expectations, requiring leaders to reevaluate the fund’s purpose and strategy. Now, an unanticipated surge of cash has prompted yet another paradigm shift for PCEF. This week, leaders in Portland’s.
The Peterbilt 520 EV emerged onto the streets of outer Northeast Portland recently, becoming the city’s second-largest EV, behind the Fire Bureau’s electric fire engine. The truck cost $675,000, nearly double a diesel-powered one.
The truck drove like a hulking ghost in the near-darkness. Gone was the roar of an internal combustion engine, the quintessential booming that signals to every neighborhood when it’s garbage …
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