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Oregon – Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS)

June 17, 2022

Oregon – Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS)RPS targets: All utilities and electricity service suppliers have an obligation to serve a portion of their electricity sales from qualifying renewable energy sources, but that obligation is determined by the utility type and size. Exemptions exist in the event of compliance costs exceeding 4% of revenue. (SB 838, 2007;…

Oregon – Clean Energy Targets for Electric Sector

June 17, 2022

Oregon – Clean Energy Targets for Electric SectorClean Energy Targets: Investor-owned utilities must eliminate coal-fired resources from their allocation of electricity to Oregon consumers by January 1, 2030. (SB 1547, 2016) Large IOUs and all electricity service suppliers must reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with electricity sold in Oregon from baseline emissions levels (HB 2021,…

Oregon – Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Economy-wide

June 17, 2022

Oregon – Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Economy-wideGHG Reduction Targets: Oregon’s statutory greenhouse gas reduction goals were established in 2007 and are included in ORS 468A.205: By 2010, arrest the growth of Oregon’s GHG emissions and begin to reduce them By 2020, achieve GHG levels at least 10% below 1990 levels By 2050, achieve GHG levels…

Oregon – Distributed Energy Policy – Net Metering

June 17, 2022

Oregon – Distributed Energy Policy – Net MeteringNet Metering: Net metering is available to all electric utility customers, but size limitations and treatment of excess generation varies by utility. Investor-owned utility customers can participate for systems up to 25 kW for residential and 2 MW for nonresidential, and net excess generation is credited monthly at…

Oregon – Energy Efficiency Policies

June 17, 2022

Oregon – Energy Efficiency PoliciesEnergy Efficiency Resource Standard: The Oregon Energy Strategy identifies energy efficiency as a key pathway to achieve state clean energy targets and objectives at the lowest economywide cost. Oregon does not have a standalone energy efficiency resource standard, but it requires the state’s two largest electric utilities and all natural gas…

Oregon – Electric Vehicle Policies

June 17, 2022

Oregon – Electric Vehicle PoliciesEV Policies: The Oregon Energy Strategy identifies electrification as a key pathway to achieve state clean energy targets and objectives at the lowest economywide cost. Oregon is a Section 177 state, allowing it to adopt California vehicle emission standards. The Oregon Environmental Quality Commission adopted the Advanced Clean Cars II rule,…

Oregon – Energy Storage Policy

June 17, 2022

Oregon – Energy Storage PolicyEnergy Storage: The Oregon Public Utility Commission integrates storage into utility integrated resource planning, and HB 2021 (2021) directs utilities to include storage in clean energy plans. In 2025, Governor Tina Kotek set a statewide goal of deploying 8 gigawatts of storage by 2045 in Executive Order 25-29.

Oregon – Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS)

Oregon – Clean Energy Targets for Electric Sector

Oregon – Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Economy-wide

Oregon – Distributed Energy Policy – Net Metering

Oregon – Energy Efficiency Policies

Oregon – Electric Vehicle Policies

Oregon – Energy Storage Policy

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