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 […]
Section 757.655
[1961 c.691 §13; renumbered 758.455]
Section 757.656 – Failure to comply with ORS 757.600 to 757.667; cause of action.
Any claim that an electric company has failed to comply with ORS 757.600 to 757.667 shall be filed as a complaint with the Public Utility Commission pursuant to ORS 756.500. After reasonable notice to the electric company and exhausting all available remedies before the commission, any person injured by an electric company’s failure to comply […]
Section 757.631
[Formerly 758.090; renumbered 165.840]
Section 757.659 – Commission rules; contents.
According to the applicable provisions of ORS 756.060 and ORS chapter 183, the Public Utility Commission shall adopt such rules as are necessary to implement ORS 757.600 to 757.667. Rules adopted by the commission shall address at least the following: (1) Requirements and methodologies for each electric company to provide unbundled rates and services pursuant […]
Section 757.632 – Electricity service supplier’s access to electric company’s distribution facilities.
Every electricity service supplier is authorized to use the distribution facilities of an electric company on a nondiscriminatory basis after the retail electricity consumers of the electricity service supplier are afforded direct access pursuant to ORS 757.601. [1999 c.865 §7]