ORS Chapter 757 - Utility Regulation Generally - 2007 Oregon Revised Statutes

General Provisions

§ 757.005		Definitions
§ 757.007		Contract and rate schedule filing for certain furnishers of heat exempt from regulation
§ 757.009		Procedure for reregulation of furnishers of heat
§ 757.015		"Affiliated interest" defined
§ 757.020		Duty of utilities to furnish adequate and safe service at reasonable rates
§ 757.035		Adoption of safety rules and regulations

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Budget, Accounts and Reports of Utilities

§ 757.105		Filing of budget
§ 757.107		Supplemental budgets and orders
§ 757.110		Effect of budget orders
§ 757.120		Accounts required
§ 757.125		Duty of utility to keep records and accounts
§ 757.135		Closing accounts and filing balance sheet

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Rate Schedules; Measuring Equipment

§ 757.266		Rates may encourage tree planting programs as offset to carbon dioxide emissions
§ 757.205		Filing schedules with commission
§ 757.210		Hearing to establish new schedules
§ 757.212		Resource rate plans
§ 757.215		Commission authorized to suspend new rates or order interim rates during hearings
§ 757.220		Notice of schedule changes required

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Attachments Regulation

§ 757.273		Attachments to public utility and telecommunications utility facilities regulated
§ 757.276		Attachments by licensees to consumer-owned utility facilities regulated
§ 757.270		Definitions for ORS 757.270 to 757.290
§ 757.271		Authorization from pole owner required for attachment
§ 757.272		Pole owner may approve or reject attachment
§ 757.279		Fixing rates or charges by commission

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Net Metering Facilities

§ 757.300

Net metering facility allowed to connect to public utility

Illegal Practices

§ 757.310		Prohibition related to charges for service
§ 757.315		When free service or reduced rates allowed
§ 757.320		Reducing rates for persons furnishing part of necessary facilities
§ 757.325		Undue preferences and prejudices
§ 757.330		Soliciting or accepting special privileges from utilities
§ 757.355		Costs of property not presently providing utility service excluded from rate base

Issuance of Securities

§ 757.400		Definition of "stocks"
§ 757.405		Power to regulate issuance of utility securities
§ 757.410		When issuance of securities is void
§ 757.412		Exemption from securities regulation
§ 757.415		Purposes for which securities and notes may be issued
§ 757.417		Limitation on application of ORS 757.415

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Transactions Involving Utilities

§ 757.480		Approval needed prior to disposal, mortgage or encumbrance of certain operative utility property or consolidation with another public utility
§ 757.485		Purchase of property or stocks of one utility by another
§ 757.490		Approval needed for certain contracts
§ 757.495		Contracts involving utilities and persons with affiliated interests
§ 757.500		Contracts between certain public utilities
§ 757.506		Findings and policy regarding exercise of influence over utility by person not engaged in utility business

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Oregon Utility Notification Center

§ 757.542		Definitions
§ 757.547		Oregon Utility Notification Center
§ 757.552		Duties of center
§ 757.557		Underground utility facility operators required to subscribe to center
§ 757.562		Report to Legislative Assembly of center activities

Direct Access Regulation

§ 757.612		Requirements for public purpose expenditures
§ 757.660		Use of arbitration to resolve disputes relating to valuation of electric company investments
§ 757.661		Commission authority to require filing
§ 757.600		Definitions for ORS 757.600 to 757.689
§ 757.601		Implementation dates for direct access and portfolio of rate options
§ 757.603		Electric company required to provide cost-of-service rate option to all retail electricity consumers

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Emergency Curtailment of Electricity or Natural or Manufactured Gas

§ 757.710		Emergency curtailment plan required
§ 757.720		Factors to be considered in approving plan
§ 757.730		Liability when curtailment occurs

Health Endangering Termination of Residential Utility Service

§ 757.760		Requirements for notice of termination of service
§ 757.750		Legislative findings
§ 757.755		Termination of residential electric or natural gas service prohibited

High Voltage Power Line Regulation

§ 757.800		Definitions for ORS 757.800 and 757.805
§ 757.805		Accident prevention required for work near high voltage lines

Oregon Community Power

Definitions

§ 757.812

Definitions for ORS 757.812 to 757.950

Acquisition Review Committee

§ 757.814

Creation of acquisition review committee

Oregon Community Power Created

§ 757.818		Oregon Community Power created
§ 757.822		Laws applicable to Oregon Community Power
§ 757.824		Regulatory authority of Public Utility Commission over Oregon Community Power

Board of Directors

§ 757.830		Nominating committee
§ 757.834		Board of directors
§ 757.842		Board meetings and procedures

Acquisition of Incumbent Utility

§ 757.852		Acquisition of incumbent utility
§ 757.855		Funding of preliminary activities and negotiations
§ 757.857		Oregon Community Power Utility Acquisition Fund
§ 757.862		Request to Public Utility Commission for transfer of funds
§ 757.864		Conduct of business after acquisition
§ 757.868		Oregon Community Power to be successor in interest to incumbent utility

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Duties and Powers of Oregon Community Power

§ 757.880		Board duties
§ 757.883		Payments in lieu of property taxes
§ 757.886		Powers of Oregon Community Power
§ 757.890		Eminent domain

Rates

§ 757.895		Ratemaking
§ 757.897		Notice of ratemaking

Direct Access

§ 757.915		Definitions for ORS 757.915 to 757.930
§ 757.918		Oregon Community Power required to allow direct access
§ 757.920		Rights of electricity service suppliers
§ 757.922		Transition credits and charges
§ 757.924		Portfolio access to electricity service providers

Consumer Owned Utilities

§ 757.930

Distribution rights

Financing Agreements

§ 757.935		Definitions for ORS 757.935 to 757.945
§ 757.937		Financing agreements authorized
§ 757.940		Delegation of powers relating to financing agreements
§ 757.942		Powers of Oregon Community Power relating to financing agreements
§ 757.945		Consultation with State Treasurer

Revenue Bonds

§ 757.950

Authorization to issue and sell revenue bonds

City Rights of Way

§ 757.954

City's authority to control and collect charges for use of rights of way

Penalties

§ 757.990		Penalties
§ 757.991		Civil penalty for noncompliance with gas regulations
§ 757.993		Penalty for violation of utility excavation notification provisions
§ 757.994		Civil penalty for violation of statute, rule or order related to water utilities

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Legislative Counsel Committee, CHAPTER 757—Utility Regulation Generally, https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/Archive/2007ors757.pdf (2007) (last accessed Feb. 12, 2009). Currency Information

§ 757.039		Regulation of hazardous substance distribution and storage operations
§ 757.050		Authority of commission to order extension of service to unserved areas
§ 757.056		Information on energy conservation to be furnished by certain utilities
§ 757.061		Regulation of water utilities
§ 757.063		Regulation of associations furnishing water upon petition
§ 757.068		Use of fees to make emergency repairs to water service plants
§ 757.069		Notice of delinquency on water bill
§ 757.072		Agreements for financial assistance to organizations representing customer interests

§ 757.225		Utilities required to collect for their services in accordance with schedules
§ 757.227		Rate mitigation for certain electric company rate increases
§ 757.230		Control of commission over classification of services and forms of schedules
§ 757.240		Filing schedules in business office
§ 757.245		Establishment of joint rates
§ 757.247		Tariff schedules for renewable energy generation facilities and energy conservation
§ 757.250		Standards and appliances for measuring service
§ 757.255		Testing of measuring appliances
§ 757.259		Amounts includable in rate schedule
§ 757.262		Rates to encourage acquisition of cost-effective conservation resources
§ 757.267		Legislative findings relating to inclusion of tax liabilities in rates
§ 757.268		Adjustments to rates by reason of taxes paid by public utility

§ 757.282		Criteria for just and reasonable rate for attachments
§ 757.285		Presumption of reasonableness of rates set by private agreement
§ 757.287		Application to electrical utility attachments
§ 757.290		Regulatory procedures

§ 757.419		Limitation on application of ORS 757.480
§ 757.420		Hearings and supplemental orders relating to issuance of securities
§ 757.425		State not obligated following approval of issuance
§ 757.430		Conditional approval of issuance authorized
§ 757.435		Disposal of proceeds from issuance of securities
§ 757.440		Approval required before utility may guarantee another's indebtedness
§ 757.445		Wrongful issues or use of proceeds by utility
§ 757.450		Wrongful acts relating to issuance of securities
§ 757.455		Conservation program investment policy
§ 757.460		Pledge of conservation investment assets as bond collateral

§ 757.511		Application for authority to exercise influence over utility
§ 757.516		Contracts between natural gas utilities and customers for commodity and services

§ 757.607		Direct access conditions
§ 757.609		Date for announcing prices for electricity in subsequent calendar year
§ 757.617		Report to Legislative Assembly on public purpose expenditures
§ 757.622		Commission to establish terms and conditions for default electricity service to nonresidential consumers
§ 757.627		Retail electricity consumers eligible for direct access may aggregate electricity loads
§ 757.629		Reciprocal sales to nonresidential electricity consumers
§ 757.632		Electricity service supplier's access to electric company's distribution facilities
§ 757.637		Comparable access to transmission and distribution facilities
§ 757.642		Unbundling electricity assets
§ 757.646		Commission policies to eliminate barriers to competitive retail market structures and rules to establish code of conduct for electric companies
§ 757.649		Certification of electricity service suppliers
§ 757.654		Commission authority to investigate allegations of undue market influence
§ 757.656		Failure to comply with ORS 757.600 to 757.667
§ 757.659		Commission rules
§ 757.663		Commission authority to require electric company to enter into contracts with Bonneville Power Administration
§ 757.665		Limitation on installing, servicing electric meters
§ 757.667		City authority over rights of way
§ 757.669		Policy regarding consumer-owned electric utilities
§ 757.672		Application of ORS 757.603 to 757.667 to consumer-owned electric utility
§ 757.676		Consumer-owned utility authorized to offer direct, portfolio or other forms of access to electricity services
§ 757.679		Net billing agreements
§ 757.683		Consumer-owned utility's distribution rights and control over distribution system
§ 757.687		Consumer-owned utility offering direct access
§ 757.689		Recovery of costs of energy conservation measures in rates of electric company
§ 757.691		Applicability

Chapter 757 Utility Regulation Generally

General Provisions

Budget, Accounts and Reports of Utilities

Rate Schedules; Measuring Equipment

Attachments Regulation

Net Metering Facilities

Illegal Practices

Issuance of Securities

Transactions Involving Utilities

Oregon Utility Notification Center

Direct Access Regulation

Emergency Curtailment of Electricity or Natural or Manufactured Gas

Health Endangering Termination of Residential Utility Service

High Voltage Power Line Regulation

Oregon Community Power

Definitions

Acquisition Review Committee

Oregon Community Power Created

Board of Directors

Acquisition of Incumbent Utility

Duties and Powers of Oregon Community Power

Rates

Participation by Citizens' Utility Board

Audits

Bylaws

Electricity From Bonneville Power Administration

Direct Access

Consumer Owned Utilities

Financing Agreements

Revenue Bonds

City Rights of Way

Penalties