ORS 469A.060
Exemptions from compliance with renewable portfolio standard


(1)

Electric utilities are not required to comply with the renewable portfolio standards described in ORS 469A.052 (Large utility renewable portfolio standard) and 469A.055 (Small electric utilities) to the extent that:

(a)

Compliance with the standard would require the electric utility to acquire electricity in excess of the electric utility’s projected load requirements in any calendar year; and

(b)

Acquiring the additional electricity would require the electric utility to substitute qualifying electricity for electricity derived from an energy source other than coal, natural gas or petroleum.

(2)

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(a)

Electric utilities are not required to comply with a renewable portfolio standard to the extent that compliance would require the electric utility to substitute qualifying electricity for electricity available to the electric utility under contracts for electricity from dams that are owned by Washington public utility districts and that are located between the Grand Coulee Dam and the Columbia River’s junction with the Snake River. The provisions of this subsection apply only to contracts entered into before June 6, 2007, and to renewal or replacement contracts for contracts entered into before June 6, 2007.

(b)

If a contract described in paragraph (a) of this subsection expires and is not renewed or replaced, the electric utility must comply, in the calendar year following the expiration of the contract, with the renewable portfolio standard applicable to the electric utility.

(3)

A consumer-owned utility is not required to comply with a renewable portfolio standard to the extent that compliance would require the consumer-owned utility to reduce the consumer-owned utility’s purchases of the lowest priced electricity from the Bonneville Power Administration pursuant to section 5 of the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act of 1980, P.L. 96-501, as in effect on June 6, 2007. The exemption provided by this subsection applies only to firm commitments for BPA electricity that the Bonneville Power Administration has assured will be available to a consumer-owned utility to meet agreed portions of the consumer-owned utility’s load requirements for a defined period of time. [2007 c.301 §8; 2016 c.28 §26]

Source: Section 469A.060 — Exemptions from compliance with renewable portfolio standard, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors469A.­html.

469A.005
Definitions for ORS 469A.005 to 469A.210
469A.010
Qualifying electricity
469A.020
Qualifying electricity
469A.025
Renewable energy sources
469A.027
Certification of eligibility for certain generating facilities
469A.029
Eligibility
469A.031
Eligibility
469A.050
Applicable standard
469A.052
Large utility renewable portfolio standard
469A.055
Small electric utilities
469A.060
Exemptions from compliance with renewable portfolio standard
469A.065
Renewable portfolio standard for electricity service suppliers
469A.070
Manner of complying with renewable portfolio standards
469A.075
Implementation plan for electric companies
469A.100
Limits on cost of compliance with renewable portfolio standard
469A.120
Cost recovery by electric companies
469A.130
Renewable energy certificates system
469A.132
Thermal renewable energy certificates
469A.135
Renewable energy certificates that may be used to comply with standards
469A.140
Use, transfer and banking of certificates
469A.145
Limitations on use of unbundled certificates to meet renewable portfolio standard
469A.147
Exemption from limitation on use of unbundled certificates for consumer-owned utilities
469A.150
Multistate electric companies
469A.170
Compliance reports
469A.180
Electric companies
469A.185
Consumer-owned utilities
469A.200
Penalty
469A.205
Green power rate
469A.210
Goal for community-based renewable energy projects
469A.300
Hydrogen power stations
469A.400
Definitions for ORS 469A.400 to 469A.475
469A.405
Policy
469A.410
Clean energy targets
469A.415
Electric companies to develop clean energy plans
469A.420
Emissions verification
469A.425
Community advisory group
469A.430
Treatment of generation resources
469A.435
Determining compliance with clean energy targets
469A.440
Temporary exemption
469A.445
Cost cap for electric companies
469A.450
Cost cap for electricity service suppliers
469A.455
Performance incentive for early compliance
469A.460
No modification to renewable portfolio standards
469A.465
Rules
469A.475
Legislative findings
469A.480
Electric company serving 25,000 or fewer consumers not subject to requirements
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