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ODOE: Renewable Portfolio Standard

RPS Compliance
Compliance with the Standard

Only three Oregon utilities – PacifiCorp, Portland General Electric, and Eugene Water and Electric Board – have Renewable Portfolio Standard compliance obligations before 2025. 
 
The first compliance year for these utilities is 2011.  Portland General Electric and PacifiCorp filed compliance reports with the Oregon PUC in June 2012.  

 


Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB) filed its 2011 Compliance Plan with its governing board.

The utilities have also provided implementation plans for RPS compliance, linked below.

Portland General Electric    2010 | 2012 | IRP Update on RPS 2011
PacifiCorp                           2010 | 2012 

EWEB will publish its renewable resource plan as part of its integrated energy resource plan (IERP).

To follow the PUC dockets for RPS compliance, please visit the eDockets page on the PUC website.
 

Large and small utility compliance tiers under the Standard
Utilities that deliver over 3% of the state’s electrical load are considered "large utilities" under the law.  (ORS 469A.052)   Large utilities must provide their electric customers with 25% specified renewable resources by 2025.  Compliance with the Standard also requires interim performance tiers of 5% in 2011; 15% in 2015; and 20% in 2020.
 
Utilities that serve less than 3% of Oregon's load are "small utilities" and must meet a 5% or 10% threshold in 2025.  (ORS 469A.055)  Utilities that grow to serve more than 3% of Oregon’s load may become subject to the large utility requirements.

  1. Factsheet: Growing Utilities and the Renewable Portfolio Standard 
  2. Factsheet: RPS Threshold Values for Oregon Utilities, 2011 MWh Sales  
 
To see what percentage of state load that each utility serves, please go to the Oregon Public Utility Commission's statistics book. 

 

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