Oregon Statutes - Chapter 469A - Renewable Portfolio Standards

  • 469A.005   Definitions.
    As used in ORS 469A.005 to 469A.210: (1) “Banked renewable energy certificate” means a bundled or unbundled renewable energy certificate that is not used by...
  • 469A.010   Qualifying electricity.
    (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...
  • 469A.020   Qualifying electricity; age of generating facility.
    (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...
  • 469A.025   Renewable energy sources.
    (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...
  • 469A.050   Applicable standard.
    (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...
  • 469A.052   Large utility renewable portfolio standard.
     (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...
  • 469A.055   Small electric utilities.
    (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...
  • 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...
  • 469A.065   Renewable portfolio standard for electricity service suppliers.
    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...
  • 469A.070   Manner of complying with renewable portfolio standards.
    (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...
  • 469A.075   Implementation plan for electric companies; annual reports; rules.
    (1) An electric company that is subject to a renewable portfolio standard shall develop an implementation plan for meeting the requirements of the standard and...
  • 469A.100   Limits on cost of compliance with renewable portfolio standard.
    (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...
  • 469A.120   Cost recovery by electric companies.
    (1) Except as provided in ORS 469A.180 (5), all prudently incurred costs associated with compliance with a renewable portfolio standard are recoverable in the rates...
  • 469A.130   Renewable energy certificates system.
    (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...
  • 469A.135   Renewable energy certificates that may be used to comply with standards.
    (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...
  • 469A.140   Use, transfer and banking of certificates.
    (1) Renewable energy certificates may be traded, sold or otherwise transferred. (2) Renewable energy certificates that are not used by an electric utility or electricity...
  • 469A.145   Limitations on use of unbundled certificates to meet renewable portfolio standard.
    (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...
  • 469A.150   Multistate electric companies; rules.
    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...
  • 469A.170   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...
  • 469A.180   Electric companies; electricity service suppliers.
    (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...
  • 469A.185   Consumer-owned utilities.
    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...
  • 469A.200   Penalty.
    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...
  • 469A.205   Green power rate.
    (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...
  • 469A.210   Goal for community-based renewable energy projects.
    The Legislative Assembly finds that community-based renewable energy projects are an essential element of Oregon’s energy future, and declares that it is the goal of...
  • Last modified: August 7, 2008