Section 757.665 – Limitation on installing, servicing electric meters.
Electric meter installation, testing and maintenance shall be performed only by a distribution utility. [1999 c.865 §15a]
Section 757.667 – City authority over rights of way.
Nothing in ORS 757.600 to 757.667 shall diminish, or authorize regulations that diminish, a city’s authority to control the use of its rights of way and to collect license fees, privilege taxes, rent or other charges for the use of the city’s rights of way. [1999 c.865 §17]
Section 757.669 – Policy regarding consumer-owned electric utilities.
The Legislative Assembly declares that it is the policy of the State of Oregon regarding consumer-owned utilities to: (1) Preserve and enhance the ability of community-based, consumer-owned utilities to provide reliable electric power to their consumers; (2) Recognize that communities served by consumer-owned utilities located in various parts of the State of Oregon may differ […]
Section 757.642 – Unbundling electricity assets; records.
(1) Not later than March 1, 2002, an electric company shall unbundle the costs of electricity services into power generation, transmission, distribution and retail services. (2) Every electric company shall maintain separate accounting records for each component of electricity service provided by the electric company to retail electricity consumers. Accounts shall be maintained according to […]
Section 757.645
[1961 c.691 §9; renumbered 758.440]
Section 757.646 – Policies to eliminate barriers to competitive retail market; code of conduct for electric companies; rules.
(1) The duties, functions and powers of the Public Utility Commission shall include developing policies to eliminate barriers to the development of a competitive retail market between electricity service suppliers and electric companies. The policies shall be designed to mitigate the vertical and horizontal market power of incumbent electric companies and prohibit preferential treatment, or […]
Section 757.649 – Certification of electricity service suppliers; safety standards for distribution systems; billing requirements; rules.
(1)(a) A person or other entity shall not act as an electricity service supplier unless the person or entity is certified by the Public Utility Commission. The commission, by rule, shall establish standards for certification of persons or other entities as electricity service suppliers in this state. The rules shall, at a minimum, address: (A) […]
Section 757.650
[1961 c.691 §10; renumbered 758.445]
Section 757.652
[Formerly part of 757.615; 1965 c.242 §1; renumbered 758.450]
Section 757.654 – Commission authority to investigate allegations of undue market influence.
Upon receiving a complaint, or on its own motion, the Public Utility Commission is authorized to investigate, as provided under ORS 756.515, whether any electric company that is an electricity service supplier has exercised undue market power with respect to the sale or distribution of electricity services. The commission may take such action as authorized […]