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Oregon Trail Solar Facility

The Oregon Trail Solar Facility is an approved energy generation facility to include any combination of wind and solar facility components not to exceed 41 MW, including up to 16 wind turbines or up to 400 acres of solar photovoltaic energy generation equipment within the approved 1,228 acre solar micrositing area. Facility components would be located within an approved 13,866 acre site boundary.

Approved/Under Construction. The certificate holder commenced construction of a portion of the facility, including a 20 MW battery energy storage facility on 6 acres, on August 30, 2025. The deadline to complete construction of all remaining facility components is August 30, 2028.

On May 22, 2026 the Department received preliminary Request for Amendment 2 (pRFA2) of the Oregon Trail Solar Project. In pRFA2, Oregon Trail Solar, LLC, the certificate holder, requests the Energy Facility Siting Council's approval to split the site certificate into two separate site certificates and facilities, one owned by the existing certificate holder and the other owned by a new certificate holder. On July 31, 2026, the Department received a complete RFA2.

On July 31, 2026, the Oregon Department of Energy (Department) issued its Proposed Order on Request for Amendment 2. On the same date, the Department issued a Public Notice of the Proposed Order, Public Hearing, and Request for Comments on the Request for Site Certificate Amendment. These documents are provided under the Timeline section below. ​

​Gilliam County, south of Arlington. PDF Map  | Online Map ​​

Applicant/Certificate holder: Oregon Trail Solar, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Avangrid Power, LLC, the U.S. division of parent company Iberdrola, S.A.
ODOE contact: Chase McVeigh-Walker
Applicant/Certificate holder contact: Kristen Goland
On September 25, 2020, the Energy Facility Siting Council approved Request for Amendment 5 of the Montague Wind Power Facility site certificate, which authorized allocation of previously approved facility components into an amended and two original site certificates for Montague Wind Power Facility , Montague Solar Facility and Oregon Trail Solar Facility, respectively. The documentation for the original project can be found on the Montague Wind Power Facility webpage.

Click here to view a diagram of the Site Certificate history.

Project Timeline

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<div style='text-align:left !important'><a href='/energy/facilities/Facilities%20library/2020-09-25-OTS-Site-Certificate.pdf'>Site Certificate on Amendment 5 - OTS</a></div>
10/06/2020/energy/facilities/Facilities%20library/2020-09-25-OTS-Site-Certificate.pdfSite Certificate on Amendment 5 - OTSSite Certificate on Amendment 5 - OTS
<div style='text-align:left !important'><a href='/energy/facilities/Facilities%20library/2022-12-19-OTSAMD1-Complete-RFA1.pdf'>Complete Request for Amendment 1 (RFA1)</a></div>
12/19/2022/energy/facilities/Facilities%20library/2022-12-19-OTSAMD1-Complete-RFA1.pdfComplete Request for Amendment 1 (RFA1)Complete Request for Amendment 1 (RFA1)
<div style='text-align:left !important'><a href='/energy/facilities/Facilities%20library/2023-03-24-OTS-Final-Order-on-AMD1.pdf'>Final Order on Amendment 1</a></div>

Attachments A-G​

03/24/2023/energy/facilities/Facilities%20library/2023-03-24-OTS-Final-Order-on-AMD1.pdfFinal Order on Amendment 1Final Order on Amendment 1
<div style='text-align:left !important'><a href='/energy/facilities/Facilities%20library/2023-03-24-OTS-AMD1-Amended-Site-Certificate.pdf'>Site Certificate on Amendment 1</a></div>
03/24/2023/energy/facilities/Facilities%20library/2023-03-24-OTS-AMD1-Amended-Site-Certificate.pdfSite Certificate on Amendment 1Site Certificate on Amendment 1
<div style='text-align:left !important'><a href='/energy/facilities/Facilities%20library/2026-05-21-OTSAMD2-pRFA2.pdf'>Preliminary Request for Amendment 2 (pRFA2)</a></div>
05/22/2026/energy/facilities/Facilities%20library/2026-05-21-OTSAMD2-pRFA2.pdfPreliminary Request for Amendment 2 (pRFA2)Preliminary Request for Amendment 2 (pRFA2)
<div style='text-align:left !important'><a href='/energy/facilities/Facilities%20library/2026-06-03-OTSAMD2-pRFA-Public-Notice.pdf'>Public Notice of Receipt of pRFA2</a></div>
06/03/2026/energy/facilities/Facilities%20library/2026-06-03-OTSAMD2-pRFA-Public-Notice.pdfPublic Notice of Receipt of pRFA2Public Notice of Receipt of pRFA2
<div style='text-align:left !important'><a href='/energy/facilities/Facilities%20library/2026-07-31-OTSAMD2-Public-Notice-of-RFA-PO-Hearing.pdf'>Public Notice on RFA2 and Proposed Order</a></div>
07/31/2026/energy/facilities/Facilities%20library/2026-07-31-OTSAMD2-Public-Notice-of-RFA-PO-Hearing.pdfPublic Notice on RFA2 and Proposed OrderPublic Notice on RFA2 and Proposed Order
<div style='text-align:left !important'><a href='/energy/facilities/Facilities%20library/2026-07-31-OTSAMD2-RFA2.pdf'>Request for Amendment 2 (RFA2)</a></div>
07/31/2026/energy/facilities/Facilities%20library/2026-07-31-OTSAMD2-RFA2.pdfRequest for Amendment 2 (RFA2)Request for Amendment 2 (RFA2)
<div style='text-align:left !important'><a href='/energy/facilities/Facilities%20library/2026-07-31-OTSAMD2-Proposed-Order.pdf'>Proposed Order on RFA2</a></div>
07/31/2026/energy/facilities/Facilities%20library/2026-07-31-OTSAMD2-Proposed-Order.pdfProposed Order on RFA2Proposed Order on RFA2



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