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This bill modifies Oregon's existing community solar project law to expand and clarify the state's community solar program. It allows community solar projects up to five megawatts in size to participate in the program and permits projects and their subscribers to be located in different electric company service territories. The bill establishes a progressive cap on total community solar generating capacity, starting at 4.5 percent of an electric company's 2016 system peak in 2026 and increasing by 2 percent annually until reaching 14.5 percent in 2031. The Public Utility Commission is directed to create a schedule of penalties for electric companies that unreasonably delay the interconnection process for community solar projects. The bill defines community solar projects as solar photovoltaic energy systems that allow customers to share costs and benefits of electricity generation, and maintains existing provisions that require project managers to offer ownership or subscriptions proportional to a customer's electricity consumption. Additionally, the bill preserves requirements to make 10 percent of the program's generating capacity available for low-income residential customers and allows owners and subscribers to own the renewable energy certificates associated with their project participation.

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https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB92