CUB Members and Supporters Working to Protect Oregon Ratepayers
Don't Let Utilities Water Down the Renewable Energy Standard!
In the waning days of the legislature, there is a full-on attempt to water down Oregon's Renewable Energy Standard - the policy passed in 2007 to require utilities to have 25 percent of their load met by renewable resources by 2025. There are two bills that would do damage to the 25 by 25 standard and open the door for more mischief down the road.
We need you to contact both your state senator and state representative RIGHT NOW and tell them to protect Oregon's Renewable Energy Standard. While both Portland General Electric and Pacific Power supported the Renewable Energy Standard in 2007, neither are helping to defend it now.
Here are the two bills:
HB 2940: this bill would allow adding electricity from old biomass facilities to the Renewable Energy Standard. These resources are not currently eligible to count toward the standard. If they are allowed to count, it would reduce the amount of new renewable resources built in the future to serve Oregon's energy load. PGE is neutral on the bill; Pacific Power supports the bill.
Message: tell both your state senator and state representative to oppose HB 2940 and dilute Oregon's strong Renewable Energy Standard with existing resources, some created as far back as the 1930s!
HB 3039: this is a solar bill that does do something CUB supports: creates a pilot feed-in tariff to support installation of new solar resources. However, the bill has been targeted to include large scale solar resources, which may be expensive to ratepayers, and allow a 2-for-1 credit for these large scale resources. This means that every kilowatt of solar with count as two - and the utilities will have to build or buy fewer renewable resources. And it may mean that other renewable resources that are not yet quite cost-competitive may try for similar special treatment. Right now, the Renewable Energy Standard treats all renewable resources equally and that's the best way to make sure ratepayers get full value of the standard. Both PGE and Pacific Power support the 2-for-1 credit against the standard.
Message: tell both your state senator and state representative to oppose any attempt to water down the Renewable Energy Standard with a 2-for-1 credit against the Renewable Energy Standard and include the pilot feed-in tariff in the bill.
Remember, the 2009 legislative session is rapidly coming to a close and that's just the time when things get snuck into bills. So contact your state senator and state representative RIGHT NOW!
Don't know who your state legislators are? Go here to find out!
Thanks, CUB supporters! In case you have any doubts about your ability to make a difference, read our latest blog about some recent wins at the Public Utility Commission. And then help us get some wins at the legislature!
Contact your state legislators TODAY!
We need you to contact both your state senator and state representative RIGHT NOW and tell them to protect Oregon's Renewable Energy Standard. While both Portland General Electric and Pacific Power supported the Renewable Energy Standard in 2007, neither are helping to defend it now.
Here are the two bills:
HB 2940: this bill would allow adding electricity from old biomass facilities to the Renewable Energy Standard. These resources are not currently eligible to count toward the standard. If they are allowed to count, it would reduce the amount of new renewable resources built in the future to serve Oregon's energy load. PGE is neutral on the bill; Pacific Power supports the bill.
Message: tell both your state senator and state representative to oppose HB 2940 and dilute Oregon's strong Renewable Energy Standard with existing resources, some created as far back as the 1930s!
HB 3039: this is a solar bill that does do something CUB supports: creates a pilot feed-in tariff to support installation of new solar resources. However, the bill has been targeted to include large scale solar resources, which may be expensive to ratepayers, and allow a 2-for-1 credit for these large scale resources. This means that every kilowatt of solar with count as two - and the utilities will have to build or buy fewer renewable resources. And it may mean that other renewable resources that are not yet quite cost-competitive may try for similar special treatment. Right now, the Renewable Energy Standard treats all renewable resources equally and that's the best way to make sure ratepayers get full value of the standard. Both PGE and Pacific Power support the 2-for-1 credit against the standard.
Message: tell both your state senator and state representative to oppose any attempt to water down the Renewable Energy Standard with a 2-for-1 credit against the Renewable Energy Standard and include the pilot feed-in tariff in the bill.
Remember, the 2009 legislative session is rapidly coming to a close and that's just the time when things get snuck into bills. So contact your state senator and state representative RIGHT NOW!
Don't know who your state legislators are? Go here to find out!
Thanks, CUB supporters! In case you have any doubts about your ability to make a difference, read our latest blog about some recent wins at the Public Utility Commission. And then help us get some wins at the legislature!
Contact your state legislators TODAY!
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