Energy - Oregon Citizens Lobby

HB 3297 per-mile road usage charge

Posted on May 12, 2023 by dbleiler | 0 Comments

This bill imposes mandatory per-mile road usage charge for registered owners and lessees of passenger vehicles of model year 2028 or later that have rating of 30 miles per gallon or greater, beginning July 1, 2027, and then of passenger vehicles of model year 2036 or later that have rating of 20 miles per gallon or greater, beginning July 1,…

HB 3003 Creates CAT credit for using juniper biomass

Posted on March 22, 2023 by dbleiler | 1 Comments

This bill creates income or corporate excise tax (CAT) credit for electric utility that purchases electricity produced using a fuel source that is at least 50 percent qualifying western juniper biomass. Support for any bill with CAT credit is a good thing to give businesses a chance to survive and thrive. This bill has an administration setup that seems excessive:…

SB 124 Program for backup energy resource

Posted on March 15, 2023 by dbleiler | 0 Comments

This bill establishes Renewable Hydrogen-Fueled Generator Grant Program within Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE) to provide grants to fund replacement of backup electrical systems or generators that use diesel or fossil fuels with renewable hydrogen-fueled generators that don’t emit greenhouse gases. In other words, when green renewable energy is lacking and causes rolling blackout, they want the same source to…

SB 803 Standards for renewable diesel

Posted on March 3, 2023 by dbleiler | 0 Comments

This bill establishes standard for carbon intensity and other characteristics of diesel fuel used in on-road motor vehicles. It would ban the sale of petroleum diesel on a regional basis beginning in 2026 and encompassing the entire state by 2030 in an attempt to force the fuel industry to switch to renewable diesel as the fuel choice for all on-road…

HB 3152 PUC management of greenhouse gas emissions

Posted on March 3, 2023 by dbleiler | 0 Comments

This bill permits Public Utility Commission to institute one or more proceedings to ensure commission’s regulations, rules and orders, and programs overseen by commission, align with greenhouse gas emissions reduction requirements and targets established by statute or executive order, do not impede or delay timely and equitable implementation of greenhouse gas emissions reduction requirements and targets, and mitigate energy burden…

HB 2691 High-speed Cascadia Rail Corridor

Posted on March 2, 2023 by dbleiler | 0 Comments

This bill authorizes Department of Transportation to enter into agreements with other jurisdictions to develop ultra-high-speed ground transportation, provided that the agreements include providing service to Eugene within the Cascadia Rail Corridor, provided that the agreement include providing service to the City of Eugene. Limits Department to spending the less of 50 percent of moneys available, or $1 million, per biennium, on…

HB 2215 Refers nuclear power plants to voters

Posted on February 11, 2023 by dbleiler | 0 Comments

This bill would refer to voters the question if they want to make approving clean nuclear power plants easier in Oregon. Nuclear power is the key to a clean energy future. Solar panels and windmills alone won’t provide enough energy, and Oregon doesn’t recognize hydropower as renewable. According to the Oregon Department of Energy, the Columbia Generating Station in Washington…

HB 3022 Halts DEQ rulemaking

Posted on February 9, 2023 by dbleiler | 1 Comments

This bill prohibits the Oregon DEQ from adopting or enforcing rules or standards related to motor vehicle fuels or emissions unless authorized by the Legislative Assembly. Oregon’s Environmental Quality Commission recently adopted rules which will require all new cars sold in Oregon to be zero-emission vehicles by 2035. This rule making exceeds the authority of an administrative agency. This is…

SB 542 Requires manufacturer to provide repairs

Posted on February 6, 2023 by dbleiler | 0 Comments

This bill requires original equipment manufacturer to make available to an owner or independent repair provider at fair and reasonable terms any of the following that Manufacturer makes available to authorized repair provider: any necessary documentation, tool, part, or other device or implement for purpose of diagnosing, maintaining, repairing, or updating consumer electronic equipment sold in Oregon; or any documentation,…

SB 88 Cap and trade

Posted on January 23, 2023 by dbleiler | 0 Comments

This bill establishes state policy to increase net carbon sequestration and storage in natural and working lands. Requires certain agencies to monitor progress advancing state net carbon sequestration and storage policy and report findings to Oregon Global Warming Commission. Directs Oregon Global Warming Commission with related agencies to develop natural and working lands net carbon sequestration and storage inventory methods…