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This bill modifies Oregon's renewable energy standards to expand eligibility for renewable energy certificates (RECs) for electricity generated from municipal solid waste. Specifically, the bill allows generating facilities that became operational before January 1, 1995, and produce electricity through direct combustion of municipal solid waste to qualify for RECs, up to 11 average megawatts per calendar year, if the facility registers with the Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System (WREGIS). The bill narrows the qualification to electricity generated specifically from the direct combustion of biogenic material within municipal solid waste. A renewable energy certificate (REC) is a tradable certificate representing the environmental attributes of electricity generated from renewable sources, which can be used by utilities to demonstrate compliance with renewable portfolio standards. The bill effectively provides a pathway for older waste-to-energy facilities to participate in Oregon's renewable energy market by allowing them to generate and potentially sell renewable energy certificates, thereby providing an economic incentive for waste-to-energy electricity generation and potentially supporting waste management strategies that include energy production.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB17