fossil fuels

SB 1541 retroactive cost recovery for climate change

Posted on February 12, 2026 by Donna | 0 Comments

SB 1541 – Establishes the Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program as an interagency response to the effects of climate change. Back again from the 2025 session is this illegal retroactive cost recovery that will make energy costs go up. A cap-and-trade program was implemented to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions costing some to buy credits. Now they want to double tax…

SB 828 Creates the Grid Resilience Matching Fund.

Posted on February 2, 2025 by BJ

02/02/2025 VOTE:NO – Died In Committee Status (overview) of bill:https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB828 Committee assigned to bill:https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Committees/SEE/Overview Establishes the Grid Resilience Matching Fund. Appropriates moneys in the fund to the State Department of Energy to provide state matching funds for federal grant funding for grid resilience projects. All moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the State Department of Energy for the…

SB 682 Retro tax on fossil fuel entities

Posted on January 24, 2025 by BJ

01/24/2025 VOTE:NO – Died In Committee Status (overview) of bill:https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB682 Committee assigned to bill:https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Committees/SEE/Overview This Act creates a program to recover the costs of climate change. Establishes the Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program within the Department of Environmental Quality. Establishes the Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program Account. Requires the State Treasurer to conduct an assessment on the costs of greenhouse…

SB 124 Program for backup energy resource

Posted on June 25, 2023 by BJ

VOTE:NO
Died In Committee

HB 3152 PUC management of greenhouse gas emissions

Posted on March 3, 2023 by BJ