CONTACTING PARTICIPANT. Participant gives PGE and its Representatives express permission to contact Participant using the information Participant has provided during Program enrollment. PGE or its Representative may send Participant emails, text/SMS and other notifications related to the Program, including not ifications about enrollment status and Program-related adjustments to appliance settings. PGE or its Representative may send Participant emails related to the fulfillment of incentives. PGE or its Representative may contact Participant for survey participation and project feedback. If PGE or its Representative cannot collect the required information, Participant may not be eligible to participate in the Program. COLLECTED INFORMATION; INFORMATION USE: Participant agrees that PGE or its Representative may collect certain information from Participant’s participation in the Program and use such information as described herein. Such inf ormation may include, but is not limited to, general energy usage and associated account and billing data (such information includes, but is not limited to, consumption and billing data, billing records, billing history, meter usage data, and rate information), Participant name, email address, service address, PGE account number, appliance serial number, activation date, runtime data, set-points, and related details. PGE will use the inf ormation (a) to operate, administer, market, evaluate, analyze, change or improve the Program and its utility service, (b) to prepare and present general, aggregated or anonymized results and information about the Program to third parties, including governmental entities such as the electricity system regulatory bodies, and (c) to understand and evaluate Participant habits and to inform the development and creation of utility programs and load planning. PGE may also use and publish information regarding Participant’s participation in the Program and use of the appliance as long as the information is presented in an anonymized format. PGE will collect the information Participant provides on the Program application and any surveys or other Program evaluations that Participant choose to complete and submit during participation in the Program. Collected information will be retained by PGE for an indefinite amount of time.
