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OR Rev Stat § 757.654 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 757 - Utility Regulation Generally|Section 757.654 - Commission authority to investigate allegations of undue market influence.

Upon receiving a complaint, or on its own motion, the Public Utility Commission is authorized to investigate, as provided under ORS 756.515, whether any electric company that is an electricity service supplier has exercised undue market power with respect to the sale or distribution of electricity services. The commission may take such action as authorized by law to mitigate an exercise of undue market power. [1999 c.865 §12]
OR Rev Stat § 757.655 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 757 - Utility Regulation Generally|Section 757.655

[1961 c.691 §13; renumbered 758.455]
OR Rev Stat § 757.656 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 757 - Utility Regulation Generally|Section 757.656 - Failure to comply with ORS 757.600 to 757.667; cause of action.

Any claim that an electric company has failed to comply with ORS 757.600 to 757.667 shall be filed as a complaint with the Public Utility Commission pursuant to ORS 756.500. After reasonable notice to the electric company and exhausting all available remedies before the commission, any person injured by an electric company’s failure to comply with any provision of ORS 757.600 to 757.667 may file an action in the circuit court for the county where the electric company has its principal business office in this state for an order requiring compliance with ORS 757.600 to 757.667. [1999 c.865 §13]
OR Rev Stat § 757.659 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 757 - Utility Regulation Generally|Section 757.659 - Commission rules; contents.

According to the applicable provisions of ORS 756.060 and ORS chapter 183, the Public Utility Commission shall adopt such rules as are necessary to implement ORS 757.600 to 757.667. Rules adopted by the commission shall address at least the following: (1) Requirements and methodologies for each electric company to provide unbundled rates and services pursuant to ORS 757.642. (2) Requirements for each electric company allowing aggregation of electricity loads pursuant to ORS 757.627, which may include aggregation of demand for other services available under direct access. (3) Requirements for consumer protection. Consumer protection rules adopted by the commission that relate to electricity service suppliers shall be applicable throughout this state and shall, at a minimum, contain provisions for the disclosure of price, power source and environmental impact in contract offers and marketing information. (4) Market valuation methodologies for determining the amount and recovery of the costs of uneconomic utility investment and the amount of and credit for economic utility investment. (5) Requirements for each electric company to offer a portfolio of rate options under ORS 757.603. (6) The method of determining a default supplier for those consumers who are not eligible to participate in a portfolio program under ORS 757.603 in a manner that provides for viable competition among electricity service suppliers and among power generation companies. The commission may condition the use of a default service option by requiring reasonable notice and commitment from a consumer who intends to use the default service option in nonemergency situations. (7) Requirements for market structure described in ORS 757.646. (8) Requirements for public purpose charges and credits under ORS 757.612. (9) Requirements for meters, metering services, billing and collection services, and customer response functions. [1999 c.865 §15; 2001 c.683 §19]
OR Rev Stat § 757.661 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 757 - Utility Regulation Generally|Section 757.661 - Commission authority to require filing.

The Public Utility Commission may require an electric company to make any filings under this chapter that the commission determines necessary to implement ORS 757.600 to 757.667. [1999 c.865 §20]
OR Rev Stat § 757.663 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 757 - Utility Regulation Generally|Section 757.663 - Commission authority to require electric company to enter into contracts with Bonneville Power Administration.

In order to preserve the benefits of federal low-cost power for residential and small-farm consumers of electric utilities, the Public Utility Commission may require an electric company to enter into contracts with the Bonneville Power Administration for the purpose of securing such benefits. The contracts shall be subject to approval by the commission. In reviewing a contract, the commission, at a minimum, shall consider: (1) The short-term expected cost of electric power from the Bonneville Power Administration compared to market-priced alternatives; (2) The long-term benefit of retaining the rights to purchase electric power from the Bonneville Power Administration at cost, compared to market-priced alternatives; and (3) Other factors deemed relevant by the commission. [1999 c.865 §19]
OR Rev Stat § 757.665 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 757 - Utility Regulation Generally|Section 757.665 - Limitation on installing, servicing electric meters.

Electric meter installation, testing and maintenance shall be performed only by a distribution utility. [1999 c.865 §15a]
OR Rev Stat § 757.667 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 757 - Utility Regulation Generally|Section 757.667 - City authority over rights of way.

Nothing in ORS 757.600 to 757.667 shall diminish, or authorize regulations that diminish, a city’s authority to control the use of its rights of way and to collect license fees, privilege taxes, rent or other charges for the use of the city’s rights of way. [1999 c.865 §17]
OR Rev Stat § 757.669 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 757 - Utility Regulation Generally|Section 757.669 - Policy regarding consumer-owned electric utilities.

The Legislative Assembly declares that it is the policy of the State of Oregon regarding consumer-owned utilities to: (1) Preserve and enhance the ability of community-based, consumer-owned utilities to provide reliable electric power to their consumers; (2) Recognize that communities served by consumer-owned utilities located in various parts of the State of Oregon may differ in their needs and desires concerning the provision of electricity and related products and services; (3) Preserve and enhance the ability of consumer-owned utilities and their elected governing bodies to respond to their consumers’ needs and desires; (4) Retain local control over consumer-owned utilities that provide or distribute electricity to retail electricity consumers; (5) Preserve, clarify and, as provided herein, enhance the rights and authorities of consumer-owned utilities and their governing bodies; and (6) Preserve the existing exclusive distribution rights of electric utilities as and to the extent such rights exist under current law. [1999 c.865 §22]
OR Rev Stat § 757.670 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 757 - Utility Regulation Generally|Section 757.670

[1961 c.691 §14; renumbered 758.460]
OR Rev Stat § 757.672 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 757 - Utility Regulation Generally|Section 757.672 - Application of ORS 757.603 to 757.667 to consumer-owned electric utility; reciprocal electricity sales.

(1) Nothing in ORS 757.603 to 757.667 is intended to limit or restrict the rights and authority of a consumer-owned utility, or to subject a consumer-owned utility to the regulatory authority of the Public Utility Commission not otherwise provided by law. ORS 757.603 to 757.667 shall not apply to a consumer-owned utility. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a consumer-owned utility that sells electricity, either directly or through a related party, to a nonresidential electricity consumer of another electric utility in this state, shall permit any other electricity service supplier to sell electricity to the consumer-owned utility’s nonresidential electricity consumers whose electricity use, measured in average megawatts per year, is equal to or greater than the use of the nonresidential electricity consumer of the other electric utility. Such consumer-owned utility shall be subject to ORS 757.649 (1) to (4) and rules adopted thereunder. [1999 c.865 §23]
OR Rev Stat § 757.675 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 757 - Utility Regulation Generally|Section 757.675

[1961 c.691 §12; 1971 c.655 §99; renumbered 758.465]
OR Rev Stat § 757.679 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 757 - Utility Regulation Generally|Section 757.679 - Net billing agreements.

(1) Nothing in ORS 757.669 to 757.687 is intended to impair the rights or obligations of any party to net billing agreements. Notwithstanding any other provision of ORS 757.600 to 757.667, 757.676 and 757.687, and in the event a participating utility is required to make payments pursuant to a net billing agreement, the governing body of a participating utility may levy a rate, fee or charge, including a nonbypassable distribution system access charge against retail electricity consumers located within the utility’s service territory, to meet its obligations. (2) As used in this section: (a) "EWEB" means the City of Eugene, Oregon, acting by and through the Eugene Water and Electric Board. (b) "Net billing agreements" means those certain agreements that provide for the payment, through net billing of costs of certain nuclear power projects, including the payment of bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued by EWEB and by the supply system, respectively, to pay such project costs entered into prior to July 23, 1999: (A) Between the administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration and EWEB; (B) Among a participating utility, the administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration and EWEB; or (C) Among a participating utility, the administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration and the supply system. (c) "Participating utility" means a consumer-owned utility established by, or organized and existing under, the Oregon Constitution and laws of the State of Oregon, and that is a party to a net billing agreement. (d) "Supply system" means the Washington Public Power Supply System, a municipal corporation or joint power agency organized and existing under and pursuant to the laws of the State of Washington. [1999 c.865 §25]
OR Rev Stat § 757.680 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 757 - Utility Regulation Generally|Section 757.680

[1961 c.691 §15; renumbered 758.470]
OR Rev Stat § 757.683 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 757 - Utility Regulation Generally|Section 757.683 - Consumer-owned utility’s distribution rights and control over distribution system.

Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS 757.600 to 757.667, a consumer-owned utility shall have exclusive distribution rights, to the extent such rights are provided by law, and exclusive responsibility for the performance and oversight of its distribution system including the acquisition, construction, financing, operation and maintenance of distribution facilities and metering, billing, collection and consumer response functions relating to the distribution of electricity to retail electricity consumers located within the utility’s service territory. Nothing in this section shall diminish or enlarge the rights of any person under ORS 758.400 to 758.475. [1999 c.865 §26]
OR Rev Stat § 757.685 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 757 - Utility Regulation Generally|Section 757.685

[1961 c.691 §16; 1965 c.242 §2; 1971 c.655 §99a; renumbered 758.475]
OR Rev Stat § 757.691 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 757 - Utility Regulation Generally|Section 757.691 - Applicability.

Nothing in ORS 757.669 to 757.687 is intended to affect administration and enforcement of ORS 758.400 to 758.475 or to diminish or enlarge the rights of any person under ORS 758.400 to 758.475. [1999 c.865 §28]
OR Rev Stat § 757.695 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 757 - Utility Regulation Generally|Section 757.695 - Mitigation of energy burdens; costs collection.

(1) In addition to comprehensive classifications, tariff schedules, rates and bill credits, the Public Utility Commission may address the mitigation of energy burdens through bill reduction measures or programs that may include, but need not be limited to, demand response or weatherization. (2) The costs of tariff schedules, rates, bill credits or program discounts allowed pursuant to subsection (1) of this section must be collected in the rates of an electric company through charges paid by all retail electricity consumers, such that retail electricity consumers that purchase electricity from electricity service suppliers pay the same amount to address the mitigation of energy burdens as retail electricity consumers that are not served by electricity service suppliers. [2021 c.90 §7]
OR Rev Stat § 757.710 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 757 - Utility Regulation Generally|Section 757.710 - Emergency curtailment plan required; credits for weatherization or alternate energy devices.

(1) Any person, as defined in ORS 758.400, engaged in the sale or resale of electricity or natural or synthetic gas in this state shall present for approval by the Public Utility Commission a plan for curtailment of electrical or gas load in the event of any predictable circumstance that may jeopardize prolonged continuity of service. Utility plans shall be submitted in such form and within such time limits as the commission shall specify. (2) Utility plans may provide for a credit against future curtailment for a customer who has already accomplished a reduction in demand for the utility’s service by installing an alternative energy device or by weatherization or other installed conservation measures equivalent to the proposed level of curtailment. Where the level of curtailment exceeds the demand reduction produced, by the conservation measures or installed alternative energy device of the customer, the utility plan may provide for credit against the level of curtailment ordered to the extent of the demand reduction produced by the conservation measure or alternate energy device. (3) The commission shall approve the feature of any plan concerning such credit against curtailment to the extent of the demand reduction produced and shall not penalize either the utility or the customer, in the event of a curtailment order, under ORS 757.720 for the amount of reduced demand. [1973 c.309 §2; 1975 c.606 §10; 1979 c.355 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 757.720 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 757 - Utility Regulation Generally|Section 757.720 - Factors to be considered in approving plan; authority to establish plan; consultation with State Department of Energy.

(1) Approval of utility plans for the curtailment of load shall be based on the following factors: (a) The consistency of the plan with the public health, safety and welfare; (b) The technical feasibility of implementation of the plan; (c) The effectiveness with which the plan minimizes the impact of any curtailment; and (d) Consistency with Oregon energy policies formulated under ORS 469.010 to 469.155, 469.300 to 469.563 and 757.710 and this section. (2) In the event of an emergency threatening the health, safety and welfare of the general public, the Public Utility Commission may on the commission’s own motion and without hearing establish a plan for the curtailment of load by any person referred to in ORS 757.710. If an emergency is not present, the commission shall prior to approval hold public hearings with respect to any proposed plan and give reasonable notice of such hearings. (3) The commission shall consult with the Director of the State Department of Energy before approving a plan. [1973 c.309 §3; 1975 c.606 §11; 2005 c.22 §508]
OR Rev Stat § 757.730 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 757 - Utility Regulation Generally|Section 757.730 - Liability when curtailment occurs.

A utility shall not be liable for damages to persons or property resulting from a curtailment of service in accordance with a plan approved by the Public Utility Commission. [1973 c.309 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 757.732 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 757 - Utility Regulation Generally|Section 757.732 - Definitions for ORS 757.732 to 757.744.

As used in ORS 757.732 to 757.744: (1) "Agreement in principle" means the agreement signed November 13, 2008, by the states of Oregon and California, by the United States Department of the Interior and by PacifiCorp. (2) "Allocated share" means the portion of PacifiCorp’s costs assigned to this state under the interjurisdictional cost allocation methodology used by the Public Utility Commission for the purpose of establishing rates for PacifiCorp. (3) "Customers" means the Oregon retail electricity customers of PacifiCorp. (4) "Final agreement" means a successor agreement to the agreement in principle. (5) "Klamath River dam" means the J.C. Boyle Dam located in Oregon, the Copco 1 Dam located in California, the Copco 2 Dam located in California or the Iron Gate Dam located in California. [2009 c.690 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 757.734 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 757 - Utility Regulation Generally|Section 757.734 - Recovery of investment in Klamath River dams.

(1) Not more than six months after the execution of a final agreement, the Public Utility Commission shall determine a depreciation schedule under ORS 757.140 for each Klamath River dam based on the assumption that the dam will be removed in 2020. The commission may change a depreciation schedule determined under this section at any time if removal of a dam will occur during a year other than 2020. (2) The commission shall use the depreciation schedules prepared under this section to establish rates and tariffs for the recovery of Oregon’s allocated share of undepreciated amounts prudently invested by PacifiCorp in a Klamath River dam. Amounts recoverable under this section include, but are not limited to: (a) Return of investment and return on investment; (b) Capital improvements required by the United States or any state for continued operation of the dam until dam removal; (c) Amounts spent by PacifiCorp in seeking relicensing of the dam before July 14, 2009; (d) Amounts spent by PacifiCorp for settlement of the issues of relicensing or removal of the dam; and (e) Amounts spent by PacifiCorp for the decommissioning of the dam in anticipation of the dam’s removal. (3) If any amount specified under subsection (2) of this section has not been recovered by PacifiCorp before a dam is removed, the Public Utility Commission shall allow recovery of that amount by PacifiCorp in PacifiCorp’s rates and tariffs. The commission shall allow the recovery without an amortization schedule if the impact of the recovery does not exceed one-half of one percent of PacifiCorp’s annual revenue requirement. If the impact exceeds one-half of one percent of PacifiCorp’s annual revenue requirement, the commission may establish an amortization schedule that limits the annual impact to one-half of one percent of PacifiCorp’s annual revenue requirement. [2009 c.690 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 757.738 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 757 - Utility Regulation Generally|Section 757.738 - Surcharge trust accounts related to removal of Klamath River dams.

(1)(a) The Public Utility Commission shall establish a separate trust account for amounts generated by each of the two surcharges imposed under ORS 757.736. The commission shall establish the trust accounts as interest-bearing accounts: (A) With an agency of the United States identified in the final agreement; (B) In a qualified depository under ORS 295.001 to 295.108; or (C) With the State Treasurer, to be invested as provided in ORS 293.701 to 293.857. (b) The commission may establish each of the two trust accounts with a different trustee among those listed in paragraph (a) of this subsection. (c) The commission may authorize transfer of funds from one trust account to another as necessary to fund removal of the Klamath River dams. (2) If an agreement is entered into under ORS 757.742 (2), the parties to the agreement may agree that a portion of the amounts collected under one surcharge may be deposited in the trust account established for amounts collected under the other surcharge. (3) Upon request of an agency of the United States, or upon request of the designee of an agency of the United States, the commission shall require the trustee of the appropriate trust account established under this section to transfer to the agency or designee the amounts that are necessary to pay the costs of removing the Klamath River dams as described in ORS 757.736 (11). (4) If any amounts remain in a trust account established under this section after the trustee makes all payments necessary for the costs of removing the Klamath River dams as described in ORS 757.736 (11), the commission shall direct the trustee of the account to refund those amounts to customers or to otherwise use the excess amounts for the benefit of customers. [2009 c.690 §5; 2011 c.394 §2; 2019 c.587 §50]
OR Rev Stat § 757.740 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 757 - Utility Regulation Generally|Section 757.740 - Recovery of other costs incurred as result of changes in operation to or removal of Klamath River dams.

Pursuant to ORS 757.210, the Public Utility Commission shall allow PacifiCorp to include in its rates and tariffs this state’s allocated share of any costs that are prudently incurred by PacifiCorp from changes in operation of Klamath River dams before removal of the dams, or that are prudently incurred for replacement power after the dams are removed, that are not otherwise recovered under ORS 757.734 and 757.736. [2009 c.690 §6]
OR Rev Stat § 757.742 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 757 - Utility Regulation Generally|Section 757.742 - Public Utility Commission authorization to enter agreement with California related to cost apportionment and trust fund.

(1) The State of Oregon may enter into an agreement with representatives of the State of California, either as part of a final agreement or by separate agreement, that establishes each state’s share of the customer contribution of $200 million identified in the agreement in principle. (2) The Public Utility Commission may enter into an agreement with representatives of the State of California to establish and administer the trust accounts authorized under ORS 757.738 and to ensure that trust account moneys are disbursed for dam removal costs that are necessary and appropriate. [2009 c.690 §7]