Senate Bill 80

<i>Directs Environmental Quality Commission to adopt by rule greenhouse gas cap-and-trade system to achieve greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals. Requires application of cap-and-trade system to all energy facilities. Allows suspension of state's cap-and-trade system if federal cap-and-trade system is adopted. Allows commission to require registration and reporting relating to greenhouse gas emissions and to establish registration fees.</i>] <i>Establishes Climate Improvement Fund. Continuously appropriates moneys in fund to Department of Environmental Quality for certain expenses related to greenhouse gas emissions.</i>] <i>Creates Oregon Climate Initiative Task Force. Authorizes task force to develop and present design recommendations for greenhouse gas cap-and-trade system to department. Sunsets task force on January 2, 2012.</i>] <i>Requires department to report on development of greenhouse gas cap-and-trade system and to submit to Seventy-sixth Legislative Assembly rules adopted by commission that implement cap-and-trade system.</i>] <b>Requires Department of Transportation, Public Utility Commission and Department of Environmental Quality to develop and implement plans to meet 2020 greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal or, if meeting goal is not technologically or economically feasible, to develop and implement alternative greenhouse gas emissions reduction strategy. Specifies duties and powers of state agencies in developing plans. <b>Establishes Climate Policy Advisory Council for purpose of coordinating actions of state agencies to achieve reduction goal. Specifies duties and powers of council. <b>Imposes deadlines on state agencies for submitting plans to council. Requires council to submit report to Legislative Assembly on state agency plans prior to January 1, 2011. Requires council to submit report to Legislative Assembly on progress in implementing plans for each odd-numbered year through 2019. <b>Directs council to appoint certain advisory committees for purposes related to carbon offsets. Requires committees to report recommendations to appropriate legislative interim committees prior to October 1, 2012. <b>Requires governing bodies of consumer-owned utility to establish local conservation and energy efficiency plan and to use specified amount of revenues to fund annual conservation, energy efficiency and carbon reduction or avoidance program. Specifies duties and powers of utilities in establishing plans and programs. <b>Authorizes Department of Environmental Quality to require registration and reporting by certain persons whose activities result in emission or generation of greenhouse gases. <b>Specifies responsibilities of Oregon Global Warming Commission. <b>Provides whistleblower protection to employee who in good faith reports possible violation of Act.</b> Declares emergency, effective on passage.

• Senate committee amendmentAdopted

  Adopted May 6

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In the Senate Jan 12 – Jun 29

1. Jan 12Introduced
2. Jan 19Sent to Environment and Natural Resources
3. Feb 5Heard in Environment and Natural Resources
4. Apr 9Heard in Environment and Natural Resources
5. Apr 14Heard in Environment and Natural Resources
6. Apr 28Heard in Environment and Natural Resources
7. May 6Environment and Natural Resources recommended it as amended, and that it go to Ways and Means
8. Sent to Ways and Means
9. May 11Sent to Natural Resources Subcommittee
10. May 27Heard in Natural Resources Subcommittee
11. Jun 29Died when the session ended