Portland councilors explore clean energy fund tax increase to stave off potential cuts to
April 3, 2025
Three members of the Portland City Council are exploring a potential increase of a tax on large retailers that currently bankrolls the city’s lucrative clean energy program in order to plug an estimated $93 million budget gap in the city’s general fund.
Councilor Steve Novick told The Oregonian/OregonLive on Thursday that he and Councilors Angelita Morillo and Jamie Dunphy want to raise the current 1% surcharge to 1.33% and divert the surplus revenue to core city services.
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