l9n/ Oregon

2019 Regular Session

House Bill 2857

Requires eight percent of electricity sold in this state by each electric company that makes sales to 25,000 or more retail electricity consumers to be generated by small-scale renewable energy facilities or certain biomass facilities.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Energy and Environment Committee on June 30, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Requires eight percent of electricity sold in this state by each electric company that makes sales to 25,000 or more retail electricity consumers to be generated by small-scale renewable energy facilities or certain biomass facilities. Increases, to 100 average megawatts of electricity per year, amount of electricity generated by certified low-impact hydroelectric facilities that may be used to comply with renewable portfolio standards. Establishes, for purposes of public utilities that provide electric power to consumers in this state, additional standards for purchase of energy or energy and capacity from qualifying facilities. Allows person injured by certain violations by public utility related to purchase and sale of energy or energy and capacity to recover treble damages from public utility.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

    1 co-sponsor

    HEE

    Its course

    January 31 to June 30, 2019, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action5 actions on 5 days

    In the House of RepresentativesJan 31 to Jun 30 · stopped150 days

    Waiting for a committeeJan 31 to Feb 44 days

    Energy and EnvironmentFeb 4 to Jun 30 · stopped146 days

    Text

    Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.

    In the House of Representatives Jan 31 – Jun 30

    1. Introduced
    2. Sent to Energy and Environment
    3. Heard in Energy and Environment
    4. Heard in Energy and Environment
    5. Died when the session ended
    All 5 actions, as published