Approved Facilities Under Construction:
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Biglow Canyon Wind Farm – preliminary Request for Amendment 4 (pRFA)
The Department is reviewing the RAI responses and will continue to prepare a Proposed Order in consultation with reviewing agencies. A public comment period and hearing will be held following issuance of the Proposed Order.
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Boardman Coal Plant – Review of Termination Request The Department is conducting its review of the termination request, in conjunction/consultation with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and Oregon Public Utilities Commission staff. The Department will present its recommendations to Council for concurrence, modification, or rejection to terminate the site certificate, once all of the required information is received.
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Buckley Solar Facility – Notice of Intent
The preliminary Application for Site Certificate must be submitted by August 16, 2026.
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Carty Generating Station – Completeness Review
The certificate holder submitted partial responses to RAI1 on October 10, 2025 with additional responses to be submitted in November and December 2025. The Department has resumed work on this amendment request, is evaluating the responses received on RAI and preparing the Draft Proposed Order. The Department anticipates a second round of RAI will be needed, and additional RAI1 responses still coming in December 2025, and possible completeness in Jan 2026.
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Cascade Renewable Transmission System – Notice of Intent The preliminary Application for Site Certificate must be submitted by March 7, 2026.
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Deschutes Solar and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Facility – Notice of Intent
The preliminary Application for Site Certificate must be submitted by February 21, 2026.
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Heppner Wind Project – Notice of Intent
On October 10, 2025, the Department issued the Project Order establishing the statutes, administrative rules, council standards, local ordinances, application requirements and study requirements for the site certificate application.The preliminary Application for Site Certificate must be submitted by March 27, 2027.
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Muddy Creek Energy Park – Notice of Intent The applicant must submit the preliminary Application for Site Certificate on or before May 19, 2026.
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Speedway Energy Facility – Notice of Intent
The Department received the NOI on October 24, 2025. The Department is developing a project webpage and will post the NOI, public notice and initiate a public comment period on the NOI in November 2026.
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Summit Ridge Renewable Energy Facility – Notice of Intent
Preliminary Application for Site Certificate must be submitted by January 26, 2026.
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Sunrise Solar and Storage Projects – Notice of Intent
The preliminary Application for Site Certificate must be submitted by February 27, 2027.
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Sunset Solar Project – Final Order
The Department issued the Proposed Order including all comments received on the Draft Proposed Order (DPO), and Department responses to comments on the DPO, under Type B review on October 14, 2025. Council reviewed the Proposed Order and all comments received and Department responses at the October 24, 2025 EFSC meeting. Council made one change from the Proposed Order and adopted the Final Order at that Council meeting.
The Department issued the Final Order and First Amended Site Certificate on October 28, 2025, including the Notice of Appeal.
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Sunstone Solar Project – Complete Request for Amendment 1 (RFA1)
The Department completed its review of the preliminary RFA1, and determined it to be complete on October 29, 2025. A complete, consolidated RFA1 was submitted on October 31, 2025. The Department issued the Proposed Order and Public Notice of Public Comment Period on the Proposed Order on October 31, 2025. The comment period on RFA1 and the Proposed Order extends 35-days, from October 31, 2025 through December 5, 2025. A Public Hearing will be held at ODOE's office in Salem, Oregon on November 21, 2025 at 10:00 a.m.
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Umatilla-Morrow County Connect Project –Preliminary Application for Site Certificate (pASC) The Department received partial responses to its RAIs on August 28, 2025. Based on the Department’s continued review of the pASC, the Department issued and added additional RAIs to the RAI tracking table on October 17, 2025. The Department continues to review the pASC, and is coordinating with the applicant and reviewing agencies for their review of the pASC while drafting the Draft Proposed Order.
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Yellow Rosebush Energy Center – Draft Proposed Order (DPO) The Department issued the DPO on October 1, 2025 opening a Public Comment Period and held the Public Hearing in Maupin on October 23, 2025. The Department is reviewing comments on the DPO and comments received through the close of the Public Comment period on November 3, 2025. The applicant has until November 7, 2025 to respond to comments received. Council will review the DPO and all comments received and the Department’s recommended responses to comments in the Proposed Order at the November 21, 2025 EFSC meeting.
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Rulemaking – Tribal Government
The Department is in the process of reaching out to the Federally recognized tribes of Oregon to discuss updated draft language. Once this process of collaboration with the tribes is complete, staff will present draft language to Council at a future Council meeting (TBD) for consideration as part of a notice of proposed rulemaking and the start of the formal rulemaking process.
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Rulemaking – Site Certificate Amendment
Final rules were filed with the Secretary of State on October 24. Staff will continue to develop processes for implementing the new rules in the coming months.
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Rulemaking - Radioactive Transport Fees
The Department will evaluate the feedback from the first RAC meeting and research a variety of issues in preparation for a second RAC meeting, date to be determined.
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Rulemaking - Modernization
Public comment period is now open on these rules, running through November 30, at 5pm. A public hearing will be held at the Council's November meeting, on November 21, 2025.
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Rulemaking - Exemptions Rulemaking
The Department is currently working on developing preliminary draft language, to be shared with a focused group of stakeholders. Anyone interested in providing suggestions for this rulemaking should reach out to Tom Jackman at tom.jackman@energy.oregon.gov.
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Rulemaking - Compliance Rulemaking
The Department is currently forming a Rulemaking Advisory Committee for this rulemaking. Anyone interested in joining this RAC or who has suggestions for this rulemaking should reach out to Tom Jackman at tom.jackman@energy.oregon.gov.
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Rulemaking - Financial Expertise and Retirement Assurance
The Department is currently forming a Rulemaking Advisory Committee for this rulemaking. Anyone interested in joining this RAC or who has suggestions for this rulemaking should reach out to Tom Jackman at tom.jackman@energy.oregon.gov.
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