Like other Oregon state agencies, ODOE operates under a one-biennium (two-year) budget process.
2025-27 ODOE Budget Development
Governor Kotek signed ODOE's 2025-2027 budget bill (SB 5518) on June 24, 2025. Read ODOE's 2025-2027 Legislatively Adopted Budget.
2025 Legislative Session History
The Oregon Department of Energy submitted its Agency Request Budget for the 2025-2027 biennium on August 1, 2024.
Governor Kotek issued her Recommended Budget in December 2024, including Policy Options Packages for ODOE.
ODOE presented on its budget to the Joint Ways & Means Subcommittee on Natural Resources on February 10-11, 2025.
Pre-legislative session, ODOE held a public budget meeting on July 29, 2024 to walk through our 2025-2027 Agency Request Budget. Learn more in the materials below.
Meeting Materials
The Biennial Budget Process
We begin developing our next biennium budget about a year in advance. The budget development process has three major phases:
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Agency Request Budget - ODOE starts with the previous biennium's budget, then adds, removes, or adjusts the budget based on program needs and policy responsibilities.
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Governor's Recommended Budget - The Governor's Office and the Chief Financial Office build on and may revise the Agency Request Budget. The results are presented to the Legislature for consideration.
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Legislatively Adopted Budget - Legislative committees review proposed budgets and hold public hearings before the full Legislature votes on each agency's budget.