(2)(a) The electric company shall develop, in consultation with the Community Benefits and Impacts Advisory Group, a biennial report that assesses the community benefits and impacts of the electric company and shall file the biennial report with the Public Utility Commission. The biennial report must include a description of the following:
(A) Energy burden and disconnections for residential customers and disconnections for small commercial customers;
(B) Opportunities to increase contracting with businesses owned by women, veterans or Black, Indigenous, or People of Color;
(C) Actions within environmental justice communities within the electric company’s service territory intended to improve resilience during adverse conditions or facilitate investments in the distribution system, including investments in facilities that generate nonemitting electricity;
(D) Distribution of infrastructure or grid investments and upgrades in environmental justice communities in the electric company’s service territory, including infrastructure or grid investments that facilitate the electric company’s compliance with the clean energy targets set forth in ORS 469A.410;
(E) Social, economic or environmental justice cobenefits that result from the electric company’s investments, contracts or internal practices;
(F) Customer experience, including a review of annual customer satisfaction surveys;
(G) Actions to encourage customer engagement; and
(H) Other items as determined by the electric company and the electric company’s Community Benefits and Impacts Advisory Group.
(b) The electric company may engage the Community Benefits and Impacts Advisory Group to advise on other matters, including but not limited to:
(A) The development and equitable implementation of a clean energy plan as determined in ORS 469A.415;
(B) The development and equitable implementation of a distribution system plan;
(C) Equitable contracting practices; and
(D) Best practices and strategies for reducing energy burden and disconnections in the electric company’s service territory.
(3) The commission shall establish a process for an electric company to contemporaneously recover the cost associated with the development of biennial reports and the costs associated with compensation or reimbursement for time and travel of members of a Community Benefits and Impacts Advisory Group. [2021 c.508 §6]
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 13 - Housing, Games, Environment
Chapter 469A - Renewable Portfolio Standards
Section 469A.005 - Definitions for ORS 469A.005 to 469A.210.
Section 469A.010 - Qualifying electricity.
Section 469A.020 - Qualifying electricity; age of generating facility.
Section 469A.025 - Renewable energy sources; rules.
Section 469A.050 - Applicable standard.
Section 469A.052 - Large utility renewable portfolio standard.
Section 469A.055 - Small electric utilities.
Section 469A.060 - Exemptions from compliance with renewable portfolio standard.
Section 469A.070 - Manner of complying with renewable portfolio standards.
Section 469A.075 - Implementation plan for electric companies; annual reports; rules.
Section 469A.100 - Limits on cost of compliance with renewable portfolio standard.
Section 469A.120 - Cost recovery by electric companies.
Section 469A.130 - Renewable energy certificates system.
Section 469A.132 - Thermal renewable energy certificates.
Section 469A.135 - Renewable energy certificates that may be used to comply with standards.
Section 469A.140 - Use, transfer and banking of certificates.
Section 469A.170 - Compliance reports; rules.
Section 469A.180 - Electric companies; electricity service suppliers.
Section 469A.205 - Green power rate.
Section 469A.210 - Goal for community-based renewable energy projects.
Section 469A.400 - Definitions for ORS 469A.400 to 469A.475.
Section 469A.410 - Clean energy targets; reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
Section 469A.415 - Electric companies to develop clean energy plans.
Section 469A.425 - Community advisory group; membership; biennial report.
Section 469A.435 - Determining compliance with clean energy targets; unplanned emissions.
Section 469A.440 - Temporary exemption; conflicts with reliability.