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Section 757.005 - Definition of public utility. - (A) Any corporation, company, individual, association of individuals, or its...
Section 757.006 - People’s utility districts and electric cooperatives excluded from term "public utility." - Note: 757.006 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly...
Section 757.007 - Contract and rate schedule filing for certain furnishers of heat exempt from regulation; procedure. - (2) Prior to the effective date, the commission may suspend...
Section 757.009 - Procedure for reregulation of furnishers of heat. - (a) With respect to any or all customers, if the...
Section 757.015 - "Affiliated interest" defined for ORS 757.105 (1) and 757.495. - (1) Every corporation and person owning or holding directly or...
Section 757.035 - Adoption of safety rules and regulations; enforcement. - (2) When acting pursuant to subsection (1) of this section,...
Section 757.039 - Regulation of hazardous substance distribution and storage operations; cooperation with federal agencies; disclosure of reports and information. - (a) Fuel gas, whether in a gaseous, liquid or semisolid...
Section 757.053 - Alternative means for meeting energy conservation requirements. - (1) Meets the public purpose expenditure standard established under ORS...
Section 757.054 - Cost-effective energy efficiency resources and demand response resources; legislative findings; planning and pursuit by electric company required; consumer credit; rules. - (a) "Electric company" has the meaning given that term in...
Section 757.056 - Information on energy conservation to be furnished by certain utilities; rules. - (2) All public utilities as defined in ORS 757.005, that...
Section 757.061 - Regulation of water utilities; rules. - (a) "Rate regulation" means regulation under this chapter, except for...
Section 757.063 - Regulation of associations furnishing water upon petition. - (2) The provisions of this section apply to an association...
Section 757.068 - Use of fees to make emergency repairs to water service plants. - (a) Customers of the utility are without service and are...
Section 757.069 - Notice of delinquency on water bill. - (2) The provisions of this section apply to water utilities...
Section 757.072 - Agreements for financial assistance to organizations representing customer interests; rules. - (2)(a) Financial assistance under an agreement entered into under this...
Section 757.077 - Incorrect billings; collections; refunds. - (a) If the public utility underbilled the customer, issue a...
Section 757.105 - Filing of budget; rules; review by commission; pensions as operating expenses. - (a) Proposed payment of salaries of executive officers; (b) Donations;...
Section 757.110 - Effect of budget orders. - (2) Nothing in ORS 757.105 or 757.107 prevents the commission...
Section 757.120 - Accounts required. - (2) Every public utility engaged directly or indirectly in any...
Section 757.125 - Duty of utility to keep records and accounts; duty of commission to furnish blanks. - (2) No public utility shall keep any other accounts or...
Section 757.135 - Closing accounts and filing balance sheet; rules; auditing accounts. - (2) If a public utility maintains its accounts and records...
Section 757.140 - Depreciation accounts; use of certain undepreciated investment in rates. - (2) In the following cases the commission may allow in...
Section 757.205 - Filing schedules with commission; data filed with schedules. - (2) Every public utility shall file with and as part...
Section 757.210 - Hearing to establish new schedules; alternative regulation plan. - (b) As used in this subsection, "automatic adjustment clause" means...
Section 757.212 - Resource rate plans; customers who may elect to be exempt; order approving plan; effect of approving plan; rules. - (a) "Resource rate plan" means a plan by a public...
Section 757.215 - Commission authorized to suspend new rates or order interim rates during hearings; revenues collected under unapproved rates to be refunded; order after hearing. - (2) This section does not prevent the commission and the...
Section 757.227 - Rate mitigation for certain electric company rate increases. - (2) The Public Utility Commission shall require that an electric...
Section 757.230 - Control of commission over classification of services and forms of schedules; rules. - (a) Whether the rate generates revenues at least sufficient to...
Section 757.240 - Filing schedules in business office. - (2) Copies of all new schedules shall be filed in...
Section 757.245 - Establishment of joint rates. - (2) The Public Utility Commission may, and shall, whenever deemed...
Section 757.247 - Tariff schedules for energy resource measures; rules. - (a) The installation of renewable energy generation facilities on the...
Section 757.250 - Standards and appliances for measuring service; rules. - (2) The commission shall ascertain and fix adequate and serviceable...
Section 757.255 - Testing of measuring appliances; rules; fees. - (2) The commission shall declare and establish a reasonable fee...
Section 757.259 - Amounts includable in rate schedule; deferral; limit in effect on rates by amortization; rules. - (a) May reflect: (A) Amounts lawfully imposed retroactively by order...
Section 757.262 - Rates to encourage acquisition of cost-effective conservation resources; rules. - (2) In furtherance of the policies adopted pursuant to subsection...
Section 757.266 - Rates may encourage tree planting programs as offset to carbon dioxide emissions. - Note: 757.266 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly...
Section 757.269 - Setting of rates based upon income taxes paid by utility; limitation on use of tax information; rules. - (2) During ratemaking proceedings conducted pursuant to ORS 757.210, the...
Section 757.270 - Definitions for ORS 757.270 to 757.290. - (1) "Attachment" means any wire or cable for the transmission...
Section 757.271 - Authorization from pole owner required for attachment. - (2) A licensee shall report all pole attachments to the...
Section 757.272 - Pole owner may approve or reject attachment. - (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the public utility,...
Section 757.279 - Fixing rates or charges by commission; cost of hearing. - (2) When the order applies to a consumer-owned utility, the...
Section 757.282 - Criteria for just and reasonable rate for attachments; rate reduction. - (2) A licensee shall receive a rental deduction if the...
Section 757.300 - Net metering facility allowed to connect to public utility; conditions for connecting and measuring energy; rules; application to out-of-state utilities. - (a) "Customer-generator" means a user of a net metering facility....
Section 757.306 - Contractor labor standards for large-scale projects; attestation or declaration; project labor agreement. - (a) "Apprentice" and "apprenticeable occupation" have the meanings given those...
Section 757.310 - Prohibition related to charges for service. - (2) A public utility may not charge a customer a...
Section 757.315 - When free service or reduced rates allowed. - (a) Its officers, directors, employees and members of their families;...
Section 757.320 - Reducing rates for persons furnishing part of necessary facilities. - (2) This section does not prohibit any public utility from...
Section 757.325 - Undue preferences and prejudices. - (2) Any public utility violating this section is guilty of...
Section 757.355 - Costs of property not presently providing utility service excluded from rate base; exception. - (2) The Public Utility Commission may allow rates for a...
Section 757.357 - Legislative findings; programs to accelerate transportation electrification; tariff schedules and rates; long-term stranded costs. - (a) "Electric company" has the meaning given that term in...
Section 757.359 - Infrastructure for vehicles powered by renewable natural gas or hydrogen. - (2) The commission may allow a natural gas utility to...
Section 757.360 - Definitions for ORS 757.360 to 757.380. - (1) "Electric company" has the meaning given that term in...
Section 757.365 - Pilot program for small solar energy systems; rules; limits to program; report to Legislative Assembly. - (2) The commission by rule shall adopt requirements for the...
Section 757.375 - Credit toward compliance with renewable portfolio standard; limits. - (2) For each kilowatt-hour of electricity produced from a qualifying...
Section 757.380 - Applicability of ORS 757.360 to 757.380. - Note: See note under 757.360.
Section 757.385 - Allowance of fair and reasonable rates. - Note: See note under 757.360.
Section 757.386 - Program for procurement of electricity from community solar projects; rules. - (a) "Community solar project" means one or more solar photovoltaic...
Section 757.390 - Legislative findings and declarations. - (a) Renewable natural gas provides benefits to natural gas utility...
Section 757.392 - Definitions. - (1) "Biogas" means a mixture of carbon dioxide and hydrocarbons,...
Section 757.394 - Renewable natural gas programs; rules; requirements. - (2) The commission shall adopt by rule a small renewable...
Section 757.396 - Participating large natural gas utilities; portfolio targets; ratemaking mechanisms; qualified investments. - (a) In each of the calendar years 2020 through 2024,...
Section 757.398 - Small natural gas utilities; filing to participate; rate cap; cost recovery; qualified investments. - (a) Any value received by the small natural gas utility...
Section 757.410 - When issuance of securities is void. - (1) Without an order of the Public Utility Commission authorizing...
Section 757.412 - Exemption from securities regulation. - (1) Any stocks and bonds, notes or other evidences of...
Section 757.415 - Purposes for which securities and notes may be issued; order required. - (a) The acquisition of property, or the construction, completion, extension...
Section 757.417 - Limitation on application of ORS 757.415. - (1) The amount of $75,000. (2) The amount of one-half...
Section 757.420 - Hearings and supplemental orders relating to issuance of securities; joint approval of issuance by interstate utility. - (2) The commission may, upon application of the public utility,...
Section 757.435 - Disposal of proceeds from issuance of securities; rules. - (2) The commission has power to require public utilities to...
Section 757.450 - Wrongful acts relating to issuance of securities. - (1) Knowingly authorize, direct, aid in, issue or execute, or...
Section 757.455 - Conservation program investment policy; application for bondable investments; utility rates to include investment costs. - (2) If the commission decides that a public utility should...
Section 757.460 - Pledge of conservation investment assets as bond collateral; perfection of security interest; foreclosure. - (2) The relative priority of a security interest created under...
Section 757.480 - Approval needed prior to disposal, mortgage or encumbrance of certain operative utility property or consolidation with another public utility; exceptions. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (6) of this section,...
Section 757.483 - Condemnation or acquisition of service territory or property of electric company by electric utility; stranded costs obligation. - (a) "Electric company" has the meaning given that term in...
Section 757.485 - Purchase of property or stocks of one utility by another. - (2) Every contract by any public utility for the purchase,...
Section 757.490 - Approval needed for certain contracts. - (2) Any such proposed contract shall be filed with the...
Section 757.495 - Contracts involving utilities and persons with affiliated interests. - (2) When any public utility doing business in this state...
Section 757.506 - Findings and policy regarding exercise of influence over utility by person not engaged in utility business. - (a) The protection of customers of public utilities which provide...
Section 757.511 - Application for authority to exercise influence over utility; contents of application; issuance of order; dissemination of information about acquisition. - (2) Notice must be given to the commission of an...
Section 757.516 - Contracts between natural gas utilities and customers for commodity and services; determination by commission of reasonableness of contract and utility activities. - (2) Contracts for services described under subsection (1) of this...
Section 757.518 - Elimination of coal-fired resources from allocations of electricity; depreciation; exception; useful life of coal-fired resources; rates. - (a) "Allocation of electricity" means, for the purpose of setting...
Section 757.519 - Consideration of net gain or net loss upon sale of coal-fired resource for allocation to certain retail electricity consumers. - Note: See note under 757.518.
Section 757.522 - Definitions for ORS 757.522 to 757.536. - (1) "Additional interest" means: (a) The acquisition, by the holder...
Section 757.524 - Greenhouse gas emissions standard applicable to electric companies and electricity service suppliers. - (2) The greenhouse gas emissions standard applies only to carbon...
Section 757.526 - Petition by electric companies and electricity service suppliers to study greenhouse gas emissions standard; report to Legislative Assembly. - Note: See note under 757.522.
Section 757.528 - Greenhouse gas emissions standard applicable to consumer-owned utilities; modification; rules. - (2) Unless modified pursuant to subsection (4) of this section,...
Section 757.531 - Emissions standard-based restrictions on long-term financial commitments by electric companies or electricity service suppliers; rules. - (b) A generating facility complies with the greenhouse gas emissions...
Section 757.533 - Emissions standard-based restrictions on long-term financial commitments by consumer-owned utilities; rules. - (b) A generating facility complies with the greenhouse gas emissions...
Section 757.536 - Public Utility Commission review of plans and rates to ensure compliance with greenhouse gas emissions standard; rules. - (b) The commission shall revoke the certification under ORS 757.649...
Section 757.538 - Rules. - Note: See note under 757.522.
Section 757.539 - Eligibility criteria; contents of application; project proposal processes; recovery of costs; rate cap; report to Legislative Assembly. - (2) The Public Utility Commission shall establish a voluntary emission...
Section 757.542 - Definitions for ORS 757.542 to 757.562. - (1) "Business day" means any 24-hour day other than a...
Section 757.547 - Oregon Utility Notification Center; board; member qualifications; terms; meetings; rules. - (A) Cities with a population of 25,000 or more; (B)...
Section 757.552 - Duties of center; fees for services; rules; exemption from certain financial administration laws. - (2) The board of directors shall: (a) Utilize a competitive...
Section 757.557 - Underground utility facility operators required to subscribe to center; liability for damage from excavation for nonsubscribers; exemption. - (2) Any person intending to excavate shall notify the Oregon...
Section 757.562 - Report to Legislative Assembly of center activities; contracts to carry out duties. - (2) In carrying out the duties, functions and powers imposed...
Section 757.600 - Definitions for ORS 757.600 to 757.687. - (1) "Aggregate" means combining retail electricity consumers into a buying...
Section 757.601 - Implementation dates for direct access and portfolio of rate options; exemption for certain small electric companies. - (2) Residential electricity consumers shall be allowed to purchase electricity...
Section 757.603 - Electric company required to provide cost-of-service rate option to all retail electricity consumers; waiver; portfolio of rate options for residential consumers. - (2)(a) The Public Utility Commission by order may waive the...
Section 757.607 - Direct access conditions; cost recovery. - (1) The provision of direct access to some retail electricity...
Section 757.609 - Date for announcing prices for electricity in subsequent calendar year; estimated prices. - (2) All electricity service suppliers and electric companies must announce...
Section 757.612 - Requirements for public purpose expenditures; rules. - (A) The above-market costs of new renewable energy resources and...
Section 757.613 - Whole building assessment; investment in energy efficiency. - (2) An investment described in subsection (1) of this section...
Section 757.617 - Report to Legislative Assembly on public purpose expenditures; independent nongovernmental entity to prepare report; report on low-income bill assistance. - (2) The Housing and Community Services Department shall prepare a...
Section 757.627 - Retail electricity consumers eligible for direct access may aggregate electricity loads. - (2) A retail electricity consumer that is eligible for direct...
Section 757.637 - Comparable access to transmission and distribution facilities. - (1) Provides electricity service suppliers and retail electricity consumers access...
Section 757.642 - Unbundling electricity assets; records. - (2) Every electric company shall maintain separate accounting records for...
Section 757.646 - Policies to eliminate barriers to competitive retail market; code of conduct for electric companies; rules. - (2) The commission shall establish by rule a code of...
Section 757.649 - Certification of electricity service suppliers; safety standards for distribution systems; billing requirements; rules. - (A) The ability of the person or entity to meet...
Section 757.659 - Commission rules; contents. - (1) Requirements and methodologies for each electric company to provide...
Section 757.660 - Use of arbitration to resolve disputes relating to valuation of electric company investments; rules. - (2) The commission shall adopt rules for the following purposes:...
Section 757.663 - Commission authority to require electric company to enter into contracts with Bonneville Power Administration. - (1) The short-term expected cost of electric power from the...
Section 757.669 - Policy regarding consumer-owned electric utilities. - (1) Preserve and enhance the ability of community-based, consumer-owned utilities...
Section 757.672 - Application of ORS 757.603 to 757.667 to consumer-owned electric utility; reciprocal electricity sales. - (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a consumer-owned utility...
Section 757.676 - Consumer-owned utility authorized to offer direct, portfolio or other forms of access to electricity services. - (1) The quality and nature of electric service, including but...
Section 757.679 - Net billing agreements. - (2) As used in this section: (a) "EWEB" means the...
Section 757.687 - Consumer-owned utility offering direct access; public purpose charge; bill assistance program. - (2) Except as provided in subsection (9) of this section,...
Section 757.695 - Mitigation of energy burdens; costs collection. - (2) The costs of tariff schedules, rates, bill credits or...
Section 757.698 - Low-income electric bill payment and crisis assistance. - (a) Establish the amount to be collected and rates to...
Section 757.710 - Emergency curtailment plan required; credits for weatherization or alternate energy devices. - (2) Utility plans may provide for a credit against future...
Section 757.720 - Factors to be considered in approving plan; authority to establish plan; consultation with State Department of Energy. - (a) The consistency of the plan with the public health,...
Section 757.732 - Definitions for ORS 757.732 to 757.744. - (1) "Agreement in principle" means the agreement signed November 13,...
Section 757.734 - Recovery of investment in Klamath River dams. - (2) The commission shall use the depreciation schedules prepared under...
Section 757.736 - Surcharges for funding costs of removing Klamath River dams; judicial review. - (2) PacifiCorp must include with the filing made under subsection...
Section 757.738 - Surcharge trust accounts related to removal of Klamath River dams. - (A) With an agency of the United States identified in...
Section 757.742 - Public Utility Commission authorization to enter agreement with California related to cost apportionment and trust fund. - (2) The Public Utility Commission may enter into an agreement...
Section 757.744 - Disclaimers. - (2) ORS 757.732 to 757.744 do not create a cause...
Section 757.746 - Requirements for nongovernmental entities receiving funds. - (a) Include on the entity’s board of directors an ex...
Section 757.747 - Environmental justice; commission to establish equity metrics. - (2) The Public Utility Commission shall establish, and update no...
Section 757.755 - Termination of residential electric or natural gas service prohibited; rules of commission. - (2) The commission shall provide by rule a method for...
Section 757.760 - Requirements for notice of termination of service; payment schedules; rules. - (1) Give written or personal notice of a proposed termination...
Section 757.765 - Public utility provision of shielded outdoor lighting fixtures to customers. - (a) "Outdoor lighting fixture" means an automatically controlled searchlight, spotlight,...
Section 757.770 - Deadline for public utility filing of outdoor lighting fixture rate and charge application; required notification to customers. - (2) A utility that is subject to ORS 757.765 shall...
Section 757.800 - Definitions for ORS 757.800 and 757.805. - (1) "Authorized person" means: (a) An employee of a utility...
Section 757.805 - Accident prevention required for work near high voltage lines; effect of failure to comply; applicability; other remedies unaffected. - (2) If any violation of subsection (1) of this section...
Section 757.811 - Requirement to consider electricity from ocean renewable energy. - Note: 757.811 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly...
Section 757.812 - Definitions for ORS 757.812 to 757.950. - (1) "Board" means the board of directors of Oregon Community...
Section 757.814 - Creation of acquisition review committee. - (A) Relating to an investor-owned utility for which approval of...
Section 757.818 - Oregon Community Power created. - (2) Oregon Community Power is created as a public corporation...
Section 757.822 - Laws applicable to Oregon Community Power. - (2) Except as otherwise provided by law, the provisions of...
Section 757.824 - Regulatory authority of Public Utility Commission over Oregon Community Power. - (2) In addition to having the authority granted the commission...
Section 757.830 - Nominating committee. - (2) The nominating committee shall consist of five members, as...
Section 757.834 - Board of directors. - (2)(a) Prior to making any appointment to the board, the...
Section 757.842 - Board meetings and procedures. - (2) A majority of board members shall constitute a quorum....
Section 757.852 - Acquisition of incumbent utility; use of eminent domain. - (2) Notwithstanding ORS 757.890 (1), Oregon Community Power may not...
Section 757.855 - Funding of preliminary activities and negotiations. - (a) The appropriateness or desirability of an acquisition described in...
Section 757.857 - Oregon Community Power Utility Acquisition Fund. - (2) Moneys in the Oregon Community Power Utility Acquisition Fund...
Section 757.862 - Request to Public Utility Commission for transfer of funds. - (a) The appropriateness or desirability of an acquisition described in...
Section 757.864 - Conduct of business after acquisition. - Note: See note under 757.812.
Section 757.868 - Oregon Community Power to be successor in interest to incumbent utility; rules. - (a) Allocation of territory and contracts allocating territory; (b) City...
Section 757.872 - Equity and assets of incumbent utility held in trust; disclaimer of state interest. - (2) The State of Oregon declares that it has no...
Section 757.880 - Board duties. - (1) Establish policy and develop consistent positions on core utility...
Section 757.883 - Payments in lieu of property taxes. - (2) The Department of Revenue shall determine the assessed value...
Section 757.886 - Powers of Oregon Community Power. - (1) To acquire and hold, including by lease-purchase agreement, real...
Section 757.890 - Eminent domain. - (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, eminent domain may...
Section 757.895 - Ratemaking. - (2) The board shall establish a rate structure under which...
Section 757.897 - Notice of ratemaking; ratemaking hearings. - (a) In newspapers of general circulation that are published in...
Section 757.900 - Intervention by Citizens’ Utility Board in proceedings. - (2) The Citizens’ Utility Board shall have standing to obtain...
Section 757.902 - Annual audit of Oregon Community Power. - Note: See note under 757.812.
Section 757.905 - Adoption of bylaws. - (1) Bylaws establishing the information the board must make available...
Section 757.910 - Policy. - (a) Ensure that the formation and operation of Oregon Community...
Section 757.915 - Definitions for ORS 757.915 to 757.930. - (1) "Ancillary services" has the meaning given that term in...
Section 757.918 - Oregon Community Power required to allow direct access. - (2) Unless the board of directors of Oregon Community Power...
Section 757.920 - Rights of electricity service suppliers. - (2) Oregon Community Power shall provide: (a) Electricity service suppliers...
Section 757.922 - Transition credits and charges. - (2) The total of all transition credits or transition charges...
Section 757.924 - Portfolio access to electricity service providers. - (1) The quality and nature of electricity services, including but...
Section 757.930 - Distribution rights; service territories. - (a) The utility’s distribution system, including the acquisition, construction, financing,...
Section 757.935 - Definitions for ORS 757.935 to 757.945. - (1) "Credit enhancement agreement" means any agreement or contractual relationship...
Section 757.937 - Financing agreements authorized. - (2) Oregon Community Power may enter into a financing agreement...
Section 757.940 - Delegation of powers relating to financing agreements. - Note: See note under 757.812.
Section 757.942 - Powers of Oregon Community Power relating to financing agreements. - (1) Enter into agreements with third parties to hold financing...
Section 757.945 - Consultation with State Treasurer. - Note: See note under 757.812.
Section 757.950 - Authorization to issue and sell revenue bonds. - (2) Revenue bonds or other financing agreements issued by Oregon...
Section 757.954 - City’s authority to control, and collect charges for, use of rights of way. - Note: See note under 757.812.
Section 757.963 - Public utility required to develop wildfire protection plan; rules. - (2) A public utility that provides electricity shall regularly update...
Section 757.966 - Consumer-owned utility required to develop wildfire mitigation plan. - (2) A consumer-owned utility must have and operate in compliance...
Section 757.968 - Electric utility easement over private land. - (2) ORS 757.963 and 757.966 do not affect the terms...
Section 757.969 - Municipally owned utility exempt from requirements. - Note: See note under 757.968.
Section 757.990 - Penalties. - (2) Any public utility, or an officer or agent of...
Section 757.991 - Civil penalty for noncompliance with gas regulations. - (b) The civil penalty amount for a violation or series...
Section 757.993 - Penalty for violation of utility excavation notification provisions. - (2) In addition to all other penalties provided by law,...
Section 757.994 - Civil penalty for violation of statute, rule or order related to water utilities. - (2) Notwithstanding ORS 183.745 (7)(d), 183.315 (6) and 756.500 to...
Section 757.995 - Civil penalty for violation of wildfire protection provisions or rule. - (2) Notwithstanding ORS 183.315 (6), 183.745 (7)(d) and 756.500 to...