Title 36A, Housing; Lottery and Games; Environment

The Public Utility Commission shall determine whether the gas utility may charge a reasonable fee to the customer for the energy audit service and, if so, the fee amount. [1981 c.708 §9]

Each publicly owned utility serving Oregon shall, either independently or as part of an association, provide an energy audit program for its commercial customers. The Director of the State Department of Energy shall adopt rules governing the commercial energy audit program establ…

(1) Within 180 days after the adoption of rules by the Director of the State Department of Energy under ORS 469.880, each publicly owned utility shall present for the director’s approval a commercial energy audit program that shall, to the director’s satisfaction: (a) Make inform…

(1) Within 365 days after November 1, 1981, the Director of the State Department of Energy shall adopt rules governing energy conservation programs prescribed by ORS 469.895 and 469.900 (3) and this section and may provide for coordination among electric utilities and gas utiliti…

(1) ORS 469.890 and 469.900 (3) and this section apply in any calendar year to a publicly owned utility only if during the second preceding calendar year sales of electric energy by the publicly owned utility for purposes other than resale exceeded 750 million kilowatt-hours. For…

(1) The Public Utility Commission shall insure that each electric utility’s commercial energy conservation services program does not conflict with federal statutes and regulations applicable to electric utilities and energy conservation in commercial buildings. (2) The commission…

The Northwest Interstate Compact on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management is enacted into law by the State of Oregon and entered into with all other jurisdictions lawfully joining therein in a form as provided for as follows: _____________________________________________________…

The State of Oregon shall pursue and may enter into an interstate cooperative agreement with the states of Washington, Idaho and Montana for the purpose of making collective efforts to control Bonneville Power Administration wholesale power costs and rates by studying and develop…

(1) In addition to any penalties under subsection (2) of this section, a person who discloses confidential information in violation of ORS 469.090, willfully or with criminal negligence, as defined by ORS 161.085, may be subject to removal from office or immediate dismissal from …

(1) The Director of the State Department of Energy or the Energy Facility Siting Council may impose civil penalties for violation of ORS 469.300 to 469.619 and 469.930, for violations of rules adopted under ORS 469.300 to 469.619 and 469.930, for violation of any site certificate…

As used in ORS 469A.005 to 469A.210: (1) “Acquires service territory” does not include an acquisition by a city of a facility, plant, equipment or service territory within the boundaries of the city, pursuant to ORS 225.020 or city charter, if the city: (a) Already owns, controls…

(1) Except as provided in this section, and subject to ORS 469A.135, electricity generated from a renewable energy source may be used to comply with a renewable portfolio standard only if the facility that generates the electricity meets the requirements of ORS 469A.020. (2)(a) A…

(1) Except as provided in this section, electricity may be used to comply with a renewable portfolio standard only if the electricity is generated by a facility that becomes operational on or after January 1, 1995. (2) Electricity from a generating facility, other than a hydroele…

(1) Electricity generated utilizing the following types of energy may be used to comply with a renewable portfolio standard: (a) Wind energy. (b) Solar photovoltaic and solar thermal energy. (c) Wave, tidal and ocean thermal energy. (d) Geothermal energy. (2) Except as provided i…

The State Department of Energy may certify as eligible for renewable energy certificates a facility that qualifies under ORS 469A.020 (5) and (6) and 469A.025 (6) and (7) only for electricity generated on or after January 1, 2011. [2010 c.17 §4] Note: 469A.027 to 469A.031 were en…

To be eligible for renewable energy certificates, the owner or operator of a generating facility that qualifies under ORS 469A.020 (5) and (6) and 469A.025 (6) and (7) must register the generating facility with the Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System or other r…

Notwithstanding ORS 469A.029, a facility described in ORS 469A.020 (5) is eligible for renewable energy certificates if the owner or operator of the generating facility registered the generating facility with the Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System on or after …

(1) Electric utilities must comply with the applicable renewable portfolio standard described in ORS 469A.052 or 469A.055. (2) Electricity service suppliers must comply with the renewable portfolio standard established under ORS 469A.065. [2007 c.301 §5]

(1) The large utility renewable portfolio standard imposes the following requirements on an electric utility that makes sales of electricity to retail electricity consumers in an amount that equals three percent or more of all electricity sold to retail electricity consumers: (a)…

(1) Except as provided in this section, an electric utility that makes sales of electricity to retail electricity consumers in an amount that equals less than three percent of all electricity sold to retail electricity consumers is not subject to ORS 469A.005 to 469A.210. (2) Beg…

(1) Electric utilities are not required to comply with the renewable portfolio standards described in ORS 469A.052 and 469A.055 to the extent that: (a) Compliance with the standard would require the electric utility to acquire electricity in excess of the electric utility’s proje…

An electricity service supplier must meet the requirements of the renewable portfolio standards that are applicable to the electric utilities that serve the territories in which the electricity service supplier sells electricity to retail electricity consumers. The Public Utility…

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, an electric utility or electricity service supplier must comply with the renewable portfolio standard applicable to the utility or supplier in each calendar year by: (a) Using bundled renewable energy certificates issued o…

(1) An electric company that is subject to a renewable portfolio standard shall describe the electric company’s plan for meeting the requirements of the renewable portfolio standard as part of the electric company’s integrated resource plan filed with the Public Utility Commissio…

(1) Electric utilities are not required to comply with a renewable portfolio standard during a compliance year to the extent that the incremental cost of compliance, the cost of unbundled renewable energy certificates and the cost of alternative compliance payments under ORS 469A…

(1) Except as provided in ORS 469A.180 (5), all prudently incurred costs associated with complying with ORS 469A.005 to 469A.210 are recoverable in the rates of an electric company, including interconnection costs, costs associated with using physical or financial assets to integ…

(1) The State Department of Energy shall establish a system of renewable energy certificates that can be used by an electric utility or electricity service supplier to establish compliance with the applicable renewable portfolio standard. The department shall consult with the Pub…

(1) If a facility that generates electricity using biomass also generates thermal energy for a secondary purpose, the State Department of Energy shall provide that renewable energy certificates must be issued for the generation of the thermal energy. Notwithstanding the definitio…

(1) A bundled renewable energy certificate may be used to comply with a renewable portfolio standard if: (a) The facility that generates the qualifying electricity for which the bundled renewable energy certificate is issued is located in the United States and within the geograph…

(1) Renewable energy certificates may be traded, sold or otherwise transferred. (2) Renewable energy certificates that are not used by a consumer-owned utility to comply with a renewable portfolio standard in a calendar year may be banked and carried forward indefinitely for the …

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, unbundled renewable energy certificates, including banked unbundled renewable energy certificates, may not be used to meet more than 20 percent of the requirements of the large utility renewable portfolio standard described in ORS…

Unless the exemption provided by ORS 469A.055 (1) terminated for the consumer-owned utility pursuant to ORS 469A.055 (5), a consumer-owned utility described in ORS 469A.052 (2) that is subject to the large utility renewable portfolio standard described in ORS 469A.052 (3) may use…

The Public Utility Commission by rule shall establish a process for allocating the use of renewable energy certificates by an electric company that makes sales of electricity to retail customers in more than one state. [2007 c.301 §18] (Compliance Reports)

(1) Each electric utility and electricity service supplier that is subject to a renewable portfolio standard shall make an annual compliance report for the purpose of detailing compliance, or failure to comply, with the renewable portfolio standard applicable in the compliance ye…

(1) The Public Utility Commission shall establish an alternative compliance rate for each compliance year for each electric company or electricity service supplier that is subject to a renewable portfolio standard. The rate shall be expressed in dollars per megawatt-hour. (2) The…

The governing body of a consumer-owned utility shall establish an alternative compliance rate for the utility. To the extent possible, the alternative compliance rate shall be determined by the governing body of the consumer-owned utility in a manner similar to that used by the P…

If an electric company or electricity service supplier that is subject to a renewable portfolio standard under ORS 469A.005 to 469A.210 fails to comply with the standard in the manner provided by ORS 469A.005 to 469A.210, the Public Utility Commission may impose a penalty against…

(1) Electric utilities shall allow retail electricity consumers to elect a green power rate. A significant portion of the electricity purchased or generated by a utility that is attributable to moneys paid by retail electricity consumers who elect the green power rate must be qua…

(1) The Legislative Assembly finds that community-based renewable energy projects, including but not limited to marine renewable energy resources that are either developed in accordance with the Territorial Sea Plan adopted pursuant to ORS 196.471 or located on structures adjacen…

To facilitate the creation of hydrogen power stations using anhydrous ammonia as a fuel source to comply with a renewable portfolio standard under ORS 469A.005 to 469A.210, the Public Utility Commission may allow full recovery of costs by public utilities in prudent energy invest…

As used in ORS 469A.400 to 469A.475: (1) “Baseline emissions level” means: (a) For an electric company, the average annual emissions of greenhouse gas for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012 associated with the electricity sold to retail electricity consumers as reported under ORS 468A…

It is the policy of the State of Oregon: (1) That retail electricity providers rely on nonemitting electricity in accordance with the clean energy targets set forth in ORS 469A.410 and eliminate greenhouse gas emissions associated with serving Oregon retail electricity consumers …

(1) A retail electricity provider shall reduce greenhouse gas emissions, measured for an electric company as greenhouse gas emissions reported under ORS 468A.280, and measured for an electricity service supplier as greenhouse gas emissions per megawatt-hour as reported under ORS …

(1) An electric company shall develop a clean energy plan for meeting the clean energy targets set forth in ORS 469A.410 concurrent with the development of each integrated resource plan. (2) The electric company shall submit the clean energy plan to the Public Utility Commission …

(1)(a) For the purposes of verifying emissions and determining compliance with the clean energy targets set forth in ORS 469A.410, the Department of Environmental Quality shall determine: (A) For each electric company, the electric company’s baseline emissions level; and (B) For …

(1) An electric company that files a clean energy plan under ORS 469A.415 shall convene a Community Benefits and Impacts Advisory Group. The members of the electric company’s Community Benefits and Impacts Advisory Group will be determined by the electric company with input from …

For the purposes of determining compliance with ORS 469A.400 to 469A.475, electricity shall have the emission attributes of the underlying generating resource. [2021 c.508 §7]

(1)(a) In determining whether a retail electricity provider has complied with the clean energy targets set forth in ORS 469A.410, the Public Utility Commission shall take into consideration unplanned emissions in excess of the amount projected in an electric company’s clean energ…

(1) Upon its own motion or at the request of an electric company, the Public Utility Commission may open an investigation pursuant to ORS 756.515 (1) to determine whether to grant a temporary exemption to an electric company’s compliance with one or more of the requirements of OR…

(1) An electric company or an organization that represents broad customer interests and that has a written agreement with an electric company pursuant to ORS 757.072 may request that the Public Utility Commission open an investigation to provide accounting for investments made, c…