Eugene Clean Energy Fund Officially Qualifies for the November 2026 Ballot

Eugene, Oregon voters will decide this November on a measure called the Eugene Clean Energy Fund. The measure has officially qualified for the ballot after organizers gathered enough signatures earlier this year.

The fund would work by placing a 2% fee on large corporations, such as Amazon and Walmart, that earn more than $1 billion in profits nationally and over $500,000 in profits within Eugene. It would not tax individual homeowners directly. Instead, the money collected, projected at $15 million a year, would go into local projects chosen through a community-led process. These could include renewable energy, home energy efficiency programs, clean energy job training, green infrastructure, and support for contractors, with priority given to low-income and historically underserved neighborhoods.

The idea is modeled on a similar 2018 measure in Portland, which passed and has since put more than $1.7 billion into climate and clean energy projects there. If Eugene voters approve this measure, a resident committee would decide how the money gets spent locally.

For homeowners in Eugene, this is a ballot question to watch rather than something to act on now. If it passes, it could eventually fund local rebates, weatherization help, or other energy upgrade programs, though the article does not specify which projects would be funded first or when money might become available to residents.