Oregon Law
Law as of Jan 1, 2024
Chapter contents
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electric utilities 469A.060Exemptions from compliance with renewable portfolio standard 469A.062[2016 c.28 §13; repealed by 2021 c.508 §16] 469A.065Renewable portfolio standard for electricity service suppliers 469A.070Manner of complying with renewable portfolio standards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.210 Goal for community-based renewable energy projects

(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 adjacent to the coastal shorelands, are an essential element of this state’s energy future.

(2)

For purposes related to the findings in subsection (1) of this section, by the year 2030, at least 10 percent of the aggregate electrical capacity of all electric companies that make sales of electricity to 25,000 or more retail electricity consumers in this state must be composed of electricity generated by one or both of the following sources:

(a)

Small-scale renewable energy projects with a generating capacity of 20 megawatts or less that generate electricity utilizing a type of energy described in ORS 469A.025; or

(b)

Facilities that generate electricity using biomass that also generate thermal energy for a secondary purpose.

(3)

Regardless of the facility’s nameplate capacity, any single facility described in subsection

(2)(b)

of this section may be used to comply with the requirement specified in subsection (2) of this section for up to 20 megawatts of capacity. [2007 c.301 §24; 2010 c.68 §1; 2016 c.28 §14; 2017 c.452 §1; 2021 c.508 §37]

JOB IMPACT STUDY

Note: Sections 25 and 26, chapter 301, Oregon Laws

2007, provide: Sec. 25. (1) The State Department of Energy shall periodically conduct a study to evaluate the impact of sections 1 to 24 of this 2007 Act [469A.005 to 469A.210] on jobs in this state. The study shall assess the number of new jobs created in the renewable energy sector in this state and the average wage rates and the provision of health care and other benefits for those jobs. In addition, the study shall investigate the extent to which workforce training opportunities are being provided to employees to prepare the employees for jobs in the renewable energy sector.

(2)

The department shall conduct the first study under this section not later than two years after the effective date of this 2007 Act [June 6, 2007]. [2007 c.301 §25] Sec. 26. Section 25 of this 2007 Act is repealed January 2, 2026.

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