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Introduced
01/13/2025
01/13/2025
In Committee
01/17/2025
01/17/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
Potential new amendment
2025 Legislative Measures
Bill Summary
The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards. Digest: Allows a project to partake in the community solar program that is five megawatts or less. Allows a project and its subscribers to be in different service areas of the state. Sets a cap on the total capacity of the program and raises the cap over time. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Allows a community solar project with a nameplate capacity of five megawatts or less to par- ticipate in the community solar program. Allows a community solar project and its subscribers to be located in different electric company service territories. Establishes, beginning in 2026, an initial cap on the total generating capacity of the community solar projects participating in the program at no less than 4.5 percent of an electric company’s system peak in the calendar year 2016. Increases the cap by an additional 2 percent each year up to 14.5 percent beginning in 2031 and each subsequent year. Directs the Public Utility Commission to adopt a schedule establishing penalties that may be imposed on an electric company for unreasonably delaying the interconnection process for a com- munity solar project.
AI Summary
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.
Committee Categories
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Sponsors (0)
No sponsors listed
Last Action
Work Session held. (on 04/09/2025)
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