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Section 757.522 – Definitions for ORS 757.522 to 757.536.

As used in ORS 757.522 to 757.536: (1) “Additional interest” means: (a) The acquisition, by the holder of an interest in a generating facility located in Oregon, of a separate interest in that generating facility that is producing energy and is in service for tax purposes, commercially operable or in rates on July 1, 2010; […]

Section 757.524 – Greenhouse gas emissions standard applicable to electric companies and electricity service suppliers.

(1) The greenhouse gas emissions standard that applies to electric companies and electricity service suppliers is 1,100 pounds of greenhouse gases per megawatt-hour for a generating facility. (2) The greenhouse gas emissions standard applies only to carbon dioxide emissions. (3) For purposes of applying the emissions standard to cogeneration facilities, the Public Utility Commission shall […]

Section 757.526 – Petition by electric companies and electricity service suppliers to study greenhouse gas emissions standard; report to Legislative Assembly.

No sooner than 90 days after the enactment of a federal law, state law, regulation or rule regulating the emission of greenhouse gases from generating facilities, an electric company, electricity service supplier or the customer of an electric company or electricity service supplier may petition the Public Utility Commission to study the greenhouse gas emissions […]

Section 757.531 – Emissions standard-based restrictions on long-term financial commitments by electric companies or electricity service suppliers; rules.

(1)(a) An electric company or electricity service supplier may not enter into a long-term financial commitment unless the baseload electricity acquired under the commitment is produced by a generating facility that complies with a greenhouse gas emissions standard established under ORS 757.524. (b) A generating facility complies with the greenhouse gas emissions standard established under […]

Section 757.533 – Emissions standard-based restrictions on long-term financial commitments by consumer-owned utilities; rules.

(1)(a) A governing board of a consumer-owned utility may not enter into a long-term financial commitment unless the baseload electricity acquired under the commitment is produced by a generating facility that complies with a greenhouse gas emissions standard established under ORS 757.528. (b) A generating facility complies with the greenhouse gas emissions standard established under […]

Section 757.536 – Public Utility Commission review of plans and rates to ensure compliance with greenhouse gas emissions standard; rules.

(1)(a) The Public Utility Commission may not acknowledge in an integrated resource plan, or allow in customer rates, the costs of a long-term financial commitment by an electric company or by an electricity service supplier unless the baseload electricity proposed to be acquired under the commitment is produced by a generating facility that complies with […]

Section 757.538 – Rules.

The Public Utility Commission and the State Department of Energy shall adopt rules as necessary to implement ORS 757.522 to 757.536. [2009 c.751 §8] Note: See note under 757.522.