Oregon
Governor
Tina Kotek (Democrat)
House Party
Democratic Supermajority
Senate Party
Democratic Supermajority
Key Offices & Links
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West
Progress by Policy Area
- Enacted Enacted policies have been passed or established in a state by a governing body via legislation, executive orders, rules, regulations, and/or other program creation, and remain in effect.
- In-progress In progress policies have been established in a state, but final regulations, rules, or plans are pending final approval. This also includes legislation and executive orders that require regulations to be put into effect.
- Partially Enacted Partially enacted policies have been enacted in the state, but are missing one or more policy components. Dashboard policies cannot be considered partially enacted unless policy components are available.
- Not Enacted Not enacted policies have not been passed or established in the state or are no longer in effect.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Projections in Oregon
Climate Policies in Oregon
| Status | Policy | Policy Area | Policy Category | Year Enacted | |
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| Enacted |
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35% renewable energy by 2030 | 45% by 2035 | 50% by 2040 Establishing Policies
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Electricity
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Energy Plans and Targets | 2016 | |
| Enacted |
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80% reduction by 2030 | 90% by 2035 | 100% by 2040, relative to 2010-2012 average annual levels Establishing Policies
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Electricity
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Energy Plans and Targets | 2021 | |
| In-Progress |
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HB 3630 directs the Oregon Department of Energy to develop a strategy for meeting the state’s energy policy objectives and greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets. Establishing Policies
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Electricity
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Energy Plans and Targets | 2023 | |
| Enacted |
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Battery developers, or the governing body of a local government, who wants to build a battery energy storage system (BESS) can choose to seek siting approval from the Energy Facility Siting Council rather than local governments. Solar projects are regulated exclusively at the state level for projects that use particular amounts of acreage. That threeshold ranges between 240 and 3,840 acres, depending on the agricultural quality of the land. Wind projects larger than 50MW are regulated at the state level as well. Establishing Policies
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Electricity
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Permitting and Grid Integration | 2024 | |
| Enacted |
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Oregon received a D grade from Freeing the Grid. Establishing Policies
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Electricity
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Permitting and Grid Integration | 2023 | |
| Enacted |
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Electric companies within the state must develop strategic plans that include a timeline for deploying ATTs and GETs in an effort to improve transmission capacity and reliability. Establishing Policies
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Electricity
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Permitting and Grid Integration | 2025 | |
| Partially Enacted |
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The State Policy Opportunity Tracker (SPOT) breaks clean energy policies down into “components”, which are binary questions to evaluate policy quality. Higher quality policies have more of their SPOT components fulfilled. Establishing Policies
Policy Components
8/11
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Electricity
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Permitting and Grid Integration | ||
| Partially Enacted |
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The State Policy Opportunity Tracker (SPOT) breaks clean energy policies down into “components”, which are binary questions to evaluate policy quality. Higher quality policies have more of their SPOT components fulfilled. Establishing Policies
Policy Components
4/6
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Electricity
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Incentivizing Clean Energy Resources | ||
| Not Enacted |
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Community choice aggregation allows local governments to procure power on behalf of their residents, businesses, and municipal accounts from an alternative supplier while still receiving transmission and distribution service from their existing utility provider. |
Electricity
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Incentivizing Clean Energy Resources | ||
| Partially Enacted |
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The State Policy Opportunity Tracker (SPOT) breaks clean energy policies down into “components”, which are binary questions to evaluate policy quality. Higher quality policies have more of their SPOT components fulfilled. Establishing Policies
Policy Components
3/5
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Electricity
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Incentivizing Clean Energy Resources | ||
| Enacted |
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At least 5 megawatt hours (MWh) of electricity from energy storage annually by 2020 from the state's two largest investor-owned utilities, up to 1% of 2014 peak load maximum Establishing Policies
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Electricity
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Incentivizing Clean Energy Resources | 2015 | |
| Enacted |
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Requires electric utilities to phase out coal-fired electricity generation by 2030. Establishing Policies
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Electricity
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Coal Retirement | 2016 | |
| Not Enacted |
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Coal securitization is a financing tool that allows utility companies to refinance debt they issued to build coal plants and close the facilities early without taking a financial hit or passing costs on to ratepayers. |
Electricity
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Coal Retirement |