Energy Planning

NW Natural's Integrated Resource Plan

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Energy Planning - Integrated Resource Plan

At NW Natural, we have a responsibility to meet our customers' current and future energy needs, reliably and affordably. Every few years, the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) team develops a plan that best meets our customers' forecasted long-term energy requirements with the goal of minimizing the combination of costs and risks for NW Natural customers. This robust planning process evaluates many factors including but not limited to the following:
  • Environmental policies 
  • Customer growth
  • Consumption trends
  • Demand-side resources such as energy efficiency and demand response
  • Supply-side resources such as storage options
  • Compliance resources such as renewable natural gas and allowances
Our IRP is developed through a process open to the public and informed by feedback from interested parties. The culmination of the IRP process is a strategic roadmap for managing energy resources to meet current and future energy needs while maintaining reliability, safety, and affordability. Regulatory oversight comes from the Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC) and Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (WUTC) in Oregon and Washington, respectively.

Chapters 2, 4-8, and 12 of the draft 2025 Integrated Resource Plan are available here to download.

Remaining chapters are planned to be made available on June 25th.

NW Natural is soliciting feedback on the draft IRP through July 11, 2025, via the feedback form: 2025 IRP Stakeholder Feedback Form.

Please contact IRP@nwnatural.com for any questions or accessibly requests related to participation in the IRP process. 

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Stakeholder feedback

NW Natural requests stakeholders provide feedback within two weeks after the conclusion of each Technical Working Group meeting and/or stakeholder workshop. Comments can be input using the form accessed through the link below.

2025 IRP Stakeholder Feedback Form*
*Please be aware this link will direct you to a different web site and should open in a new tab.

Contact us

Please feel free to get in touch with us with questions about the IRP, to be added to our stakeholder distribution list, or to connect on other topics related to the IRP and its development. You may also use this email for any accessibility requests.

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