Oregon Law
Law as of Jan 1, 2026
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469A.005Definitions for ORS 469A.005 to 469A.210 469A.010Qualifying electricity 469A.020Qualifying electricity; age of generating facility 469A.025Renewable energy sources; rules 469A.027Certification of eligibility for certain generating facilities; generation date of electricity 469A.029Eligibility; registration date for certain generating facilities with tracking system 469A.031Eligibility; registration date of generating facility that uses biomass with Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System 469A.050Applicable standard 469A.052Large utility renewable portfolio standard 469A.055Small electric utilities 469A.060Exemptions from compliance with renewable portfolio standard 469A.062[2016 c.28 §13; repealed by 2021 c.508 §16] 469A.065Renewable portfolio standard for electricity service suppliers 469A.070Manner of complying with renewable portfolio standards 469A.075Electric company plan for meeting requirements; commission review; rules 469A.100Limits on cost of compliance with renewable portfolio standard 469A.120Cost recovery by electric companies 469A.130Renewable energy certificates system 469A.132Thermal renewable energy certificates 469A.135Renewable energy certificates that may be used to comply with standards 469A.140Use, transfer and banking of certificates 469A.145Limitations on use of unbundled certificates to meet renewable portfolio standard 469A.147Exemption from limitation on use of unbundled certificates for consumer-owned utilities 469A.150Multistate electric companies; rules 469A.170Compliance reports; rules 469A.180Electric companies; electricity service suppliers 469A.185Consumer-owned utilities 469A.200Penalty 469A.205Green power rate 469A.210Goal for community-based renewable energy projects 469A.300Hydrogen power stations; compliance with renewable portfolio standard; cost recovery for prudent energy investments 469A.400Definitions for ORS 469A.400 to 469A.475 469A.405Policy 469A.410Clean energy targets; reduction of greenhouse gas emissions 469A.415Electric companies to develop clean energy plans 469A.420Emissions verification; baseline emissions determination; clean energy plan acknowledgment; annual report; compliance 469A.425Community advisory group; membership; biennial report 469A.430Treatment of generation resources 469A.435Determining compliance with clean energy targets; unplanned emissions 469A.440Temporary exemption; conflicts with reliability 469A.445Cost cap for electric companies; determining compliance costs and rate impact; exemption 469A.450Cost cap for electricity service suppliers; comparable exemption and procedures 469A.455Performance incentive for early compliance 469A.460No modification to renewable portfolio standards 469A.465Rules; costs recovery 469A.475Legislative findings; electricity markets; review of greenhouse gas emissions rates 469A.480Electric company serving 25,000 or fewer consumers not subject to requirements

Chapter 469A — Renewable Portfolio Standards; Nonemitting Electricity Targets

ORS 469A.060 Exemptions from compliance with renewable portfolio standard

(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 projected load requirements in any calendar year; and

(b)

Acquiring the additional electricity would require the electric utility to substitute qualifying electricity for electricity derived from an energy source other than coal, natural gas or petroleum.

(2)(a)

Electric utilities are not required to comply with a renewable portfolio standard to the extent that compliance would require the electric utility to substitute qualifying electricity for electricity available to the electric utility under contracts for electricity from dams that are owned by Washington public utility districts and that are located between the Grand Coulee Dam and the Columbia River’s junction with the Snake River. The provisions of this subsection apply only to contracts entered into before June 6, 2007, and to renewal or replacement contracts for contracts entered into before June 6, 2007.

(b)

If a contract described in paragraph (a) of this subsection expires and is not renewed or replaced, the electric utility must comply, in the calendar year following the expiration of the contract, with the renewable portfolio standard applicable to the electric utility.

(3)

A consumer-owned utility is not required to comply with a renewable portfolio standard to the extent that compliance would require the consumer-owned utility to reduce the consumer-owned utility’s purchases of the lowest priced electricity from the Bonneville Power Administration pursuant to section 5 of the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act of 1980, P.L. 96-501, as in effect on June 6, 2007. The exemption provided by this subsection applies only to firm commitments for BPA electricity that the Bonneville Power Administration has assured will be available to a consumer-owned utility to meet agreed portions of the consumer-owned utility’s load requirements for a defined period of time.

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