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OR Rev Stat § 758.470 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 758 - Utility Rights of Way and Territory Allocation; Cogeneration|Section 758.470 - Application to cities, municipalities and cooperatives of ORS 758.400 to 758.475.

(1) ORS 758.015 and 758.400 to 758.475 shall not be construed or applied to restrict the powers granted to cities to issue franchises, or to restrict the exercise of the power of condemnation by a municipality; and when a municipality has condemned or otherwise acquired another person’s equipment, plant or facilities for rendering utility service, it shall acquire all of the rights of the person whose property is condemned to serve the territory served by the acquired properties. (2) ORS 758.015 and 758.400 to 758.475 shall not be construed to restrict the right of a municipality to provide utility service for street lights, fire alarm systems, airports, buildings and other municipal installations regardless of their location. (3) ORS 758.015 and 758.400 to 758.475 shall not be construed to confer upon the Public Utility Commission any regulatory authority over rates, service or financing of cooperatives or municipalities. [Formerly 757.680]
OR Rev Stat § 758.475 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 758 - Utility Rights of Way and Territory Allocation; Cogeneration|Section 758.475 - Fees.

Except in cases under ORS 758.430 and 758.460 where no hearing is required, to cover the costs of administering ORS 758.015 and 758.400 to 758.475 the Public Utility Commission is required to receive fees before filing any contract, application, petition, complaint, protest, appearance, motion, answer or other pleading and for holding any hearing. All fees shall be collected in accordance with the following schedule: (1) Filing application for allocated territory under ORS 758.435 by a person having annual gross revenue derived from within the state for the calendar year 1960: (a) In excess of $5 million or more, a fee of two-tenths of one mill of such revenue but in no event shall such fee exceed, $10,000. (b) In excess of $100,000 but less than $5 million, $100. (c) Less than $100,000, $50. (2) Filing a contract or application under ORS 758.015 or 758.420, $100. (3) Filing petition or complaint, $25. (4) Filing protest, appearance, motion, answer or other pleading, $10. (5) Filing an application for allocated territory under ORS 758.435 subsequent to an original allocation and payment of fee under subsection (1) of this section, $100. [Formerly 757.685; 1983 c.540 §7]
OR Rev Stat § 758.505 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 758 - Utility Rights of Way and Territory Allocation; Cogeneration|Section 758.505 - Definitions for ORS 758.505 to 758.555.

As used in ORS 758.505 to 758.555: (1) "Avoided cost" means the incremental cost to an electric utility of electric energy or energy and capacity that the utility would generate itself or purchase from another source but for the purchase from a qualifying facility. (2) "Cogeneration facility" means a facility that: (a) Produces, through the sequential use of energy, electric energy and useful thermal energy including but not limited to heat or steam, used for industrial, commercial, heating or cooling purposes; and (b) Is more than 50 percent owned by a person who is not an electric utility, an electric holding company, an affiliated interest or any combination thereof. (3) "Commission" means the Public Utility Commission. (4) "Electric utility" means a nonregulated utility or a public utility. (5) "Index rate" means the lowest avoided cost approved by the commission for a generating utility for the purchase of energy or energy and capacity of similar characteristics including online date, duration of obligation and quality and degree of reliability. (6) "Nonregulated utility" means an entity providing retail electric utility service to Oregon consumers that is a people’s utility district organized under ORS chapter 261, a municipal utility operating under ORS chapter 225 or an electric cooperative organized under ORS chapter 62. (7) "Public utility" means a utility regulated by the commission under ORS chapter 757, that provides electric power to consumers. (8) "Qualifying facility" means a cogeneration facility or a small power production facility. (9) "Small power production facility" means a facility that: (a) Produces energy primarily by the use of biomass, waste, solar energy, wind power, water power, geothermal energy or any combination thereof; (b) Is more than 50 percent owned by a person who is not an electric utility, an electric utility holding company, an affiliated interest or any combination thereof; and (c) Has a power production capacity that, together with any other small power production facility located at the same site and owned by the same person, is not greater than 80 megawatts. [1983 c.799 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 758.515 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 758 - Utility Rights of Way and Territory Allocation; Cogeneration|Section 758.515 - Legislative findings.

The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that: (1) The State of Oregon has abundant renewable resources. (2) It is the goal of Oregon to: (a) Promote the development of a diverse array of permanently sustainable energy resources using the public and private sectors to the highest degree possible; and (b) Insure that rates for purchases by an electric utility from, and rates for sales to, a qualifying facility shall over the term of a contract be just and reasonable to the electric consumers of the electric utility, the qualifying facility and in the public interest. (3) It is, therefore, the policy of the State of Oregon to: (a) Increase the marketability of electric energy produced by qualifying facilities located throughout the state for the benefit of Oregon’s citizens; and (b) Create a settled and uniform institutional climate for the qualifying facilities in Oregon. [1983 c.799 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 758.525 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 758 - Utility Rights of Way and Territory Allocation; Cogeneration|Section 758.525 - Avoided cost schedules; filing; requirement to purchase energy from qualifying facilities.

(1) At least once every two years each electric utility shall prepare, publish and file with the Public Utility Commission a schedule of avoided costs equaling the utility’s forecasted incremental cost of electric resources over at least the next 20 years. Prices contained in the schedules filed by public utilities shall be reviewed and approved by the commission. (2) An electric utility shall offer to purchase energy or energy and capacity whether delivered directly or indirectly from a qualifying facility. Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, the price for such a purchase shall not be less than the utility’s avoided costs. At the option of the qualifying facility, exercised before beginning delivery of the energy or energy and capacity, such prices may be based on: (a) The avoided costs calculated at the time of delivery; or (b) The projected avoided costs calculated at the time the legal obligation to purchase the energy or energy and capacity is incurred. (3) Nothing contained in ORS 543.610, 757.005 and 758.505 to 758.555 shall be construed to require an electric utility to pay full avoided-cost prices for a purchase from a qualifying facility on which construction began before November 8, 1978, but the price for a purchase from such a facility shall be sufficient to encourage production of energy or energy and capacity. (4) The rates of an electric utility for the sale of electricity shall not discriminate against qualifying facilities. [1983 c.799 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 758.535 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 758 - Utility Rights of Way and Territory Allocation; Cogeneration|Section 758.535 - Criteria for qualifying facility; terms and conditions of energy sale.

(1) The Public Utility Commission shall establish minimum criteria that a cogeneration facility or small power production facility must meet to qualify as a qualifying facility under ORS 543.610, 757.005 and 758.505 to 758.555. (2) The terms and conditions for the purchase of energy or energy and capacity from a qualifying facility shall: (a) Be established by rule by the commission if the purchase is by a public utility; (b) Be adopted by an electric cooperative or people’s utility district according to the applicable provision of ORS chapter 62 or 261; and (c) Be established by a municipal utility according to the requirements of the municipality’s charter and ordinance. (3) The rules or policies adopted under subsection (2) of this section also shall: (a) Establish safety and operating requirements necessary to adequately protect all systems, facilities and equipment of the electric utility and qualifying facility; (b) Be consistent with applicable standards required by the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (P.L. 95-617); and (c) Be made available to the public at the commission’s office. [1983 c.799 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 758.545 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 758 - Utility Rights of Way and Territory Allocation; Cogeneration|Section 758.545 - Electric utility required to make good faith effort to transmit energy; remedy.

(1) If an electric utility fails to make a good faith effort to comply with a request from a qualifying facility to transmit energy or energy and capacity produced by the qualifying facility to another electric utility or to the Bonneville Power Administration, the electric utility shall purchase the qualifying facility’s energy or energy and capacity at a price which is the higher of: (a) The electric utility’s avoided cost; or (b) The index rate. (2) As used in this section, "good faith effort" shall be demonstrated by the electric utility’s publication of a generally applicable, reasonable policy of the electric utility to allow a qualifying facility to use the electric utility’s transmission facilities on a cost-related basis. [1983 c.799 §5]
OR Rev Stat § 758.552 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 758 - Utility Rights of Way and Territory Allocation; Cogeneration|Section 758.552 - Ownership of renewable energy certificates for energy generated by qualifying facility.

(1) For contracts executed pursuant to the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) and in effect prior to November 30, 2005, renewable energy certificates created pursuant to a system established by the State Department of Energy under ORS 469A.130, for generation during the term of such a contract, are owned by the owner of a qualifying facility, unless the owner has transferred a certificate in a contract between the owner and another person. (2) Subsection (1) of this section applies to qualifying facilities that: (a) Are located in this state; (b) Are certified as qualifying small power production facilities or qualifying cogeneration facilities under the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 796) as in effect on June 7, 2011; and (c) Produce electricity that is priced under ORS 758.525. [2011 c.248 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 758.555 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 758 - Utility Rights of Way and Territory Allocation; Cogeneration|Section 758.555 - Effect of energy sales on qualifying facility.

A qualifying facility shall not become a public utility within the meaning of ORS 757.005 on account of sales made under ORS 543.610, 757.005 and 758.505 to 758.555. [1983 c.799 §6]
OR Rev Stat § 758.990 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 758 - Utility Rights of Way and Territory Allocation; Cogeneration|Section 758.990

[Renumbered 757.992]
OR Rev Stat § 759.015 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 759 - Telecommunications Utility Regulation|Section 759.015 - Legislative findings on universal telecommunications service.

The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that it is the goal of the State of Oregon to secure and maintain high-quality universal telecommunications service at just and reasonable rates for all classes of customers and to encourage innovation within the industry by a balanced program of regulation and competition. The Public Utility Commission shall administer the statutes with respect to telecommunications rates and services in accordance with this policy. [Formerly 757.810]
OR Rev Stat § 759.016 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 759 - Telecommunications Utility Regulation|Section 759.016 - Legislative findings on broadband services.

The Legislative Assembly finds and declares: (1) That it is the goal of this state to promote access to broadband services for all Oregonians in order to improve the economy in Oregon, improve the quality of life in Oregon communities and reduce the economic gap between Oregon communities that have access to broadband digital applications and services and those that do not, for both present and future generations; and (2) That the goal set forth in subsection (1) of this section may be achieved by: (a) Expanding broadband and other telecommunications services; (b) Creating incentives to establish and expand broadband and other telecommunications services; (c) Undertaking telecommunications planning at the local, regional and state levels that includes participants from both the public and the private sectors; (d) Removing barriers to the full deployment of broadband digital applications and services and providing incentives for the removal of those barriers; and (e) Removing barriers to public-private partnerships in areas where the private sector cannot justify investments. [2003 c.775 §1] Note: 759.016 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 759 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 759.025 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 759 - Telecommunications Utility Regulation|Section 759.025 - Certificates of authority for persons, companies and corporations providing services on January 1, 1986.

(1) Notwithstanding ORS 759.020, the Public Utility Commission shall issue to any person, company or corporation providing intrastate telecommunications services that are subject to regulation by the commission on January 1, 1986, a certificate of authority to continue to provide those services on and after January 1, 1986. (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commission shall issue to any cooperative corporation, or unincorporated association providing intrastate telecommunications service on January 1, 1986, a certificate of authority to continue to provide those services on and after January 1, 1986. Such actions shall not subject such cooperative corporations or association to the commission’s general powers of regulation. [Formerly 757.820]
OR Rev Stat § 759.027 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 759 - Telecommunications Utility Regulation|Section 759.027 - Shared telecommunications service provider; alternative access to local exchange telecommunications services.

If the Public Utility Commission finds upon notice and investigation that customers of shared telecommunications services have no alternative access to local exchange telecommunications services, the commission may require the shared telecommunications service provider to make alternative facilities or conduit space available on reasonable terms and conditions and at reasonable prices. [2005 c.232 §5]
OR Rev Stat § 759.035 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 759 - Telecommunications Utility Regulation|Section 759.035 - Duty to furnish adequate and safe service at reasonable rates.

Every telecommunications utility is required to furnish adequate and safe service, equipment and facilities, and the charges made by any public utility for any service rendered or to be rendered in connection therewith shall be reasonable and just, and every unjust or unreasonable charge for such service is prohibited. [1987 c.447 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 759.036 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 759 - Telecommunications Utility Regulation|Section 759.036 - Commission authority.

Except as otherwise provided by law, the Public Utility Commission shall have authority to determine the manner and extent of the regulation of telecommunications services within the State of Oregon. [2005 c.232 §7]
OR Rev Stat § 759.045 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 759 - Telecommunications Utility Regulation|Section 759.045 - Special rules for utilities exempted from regulation under ORS 759.040.

The Public Utility Commission shall adopt specific rules to apply to telecommunications utilities which are exempted from certain regulation under ORS 759.040. An objective of these rules shall be to minimize the regulatory burden on these utilities to the extent this objective is feasible and consistent with the public interest. These rules shall not pertain to the statutes from which these utilities are exempted under ORS 759.040. [1991 c.658 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 759.052 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 759 - Telecommunications Utility Regulation|Section 759.052 - Commission authority to exempt telecommunications services from regulation.

(1)(a) Upon petition by any interested party and following notice and investigation, the Public Utility Commission may exempt in whole or in part from regulation those telecommunications services for which the commission finds that: (A) Price or service competition exists; (B) Telecommunications services can be demonstrated by the petitioner or the commission to be subject to competition; or (C) The public interest no longer requires full regulation of the telecommunications services. (b) The commission may attach reasonable conditions to an exemption made under paragraph (a) of this subsection and may amend or revoke any order as provided in ORS 756.568. (2) Upon petition by a telecommunications utility, and after notice and hearing, the commission shall exempt a telecommunications service from regulation if the commission finds that price and service competition exists. (3) Prior to making the findings required by subsection (1) or (2) of this section, the commission shall consider: (a) The extent to which services are available from alternative providers in the relevant market. (b) The extent to which the services of alternative providers are functionally equivalent or substitutable at comparable rates and under comparable terms and conditions. (c) Existing economic or regulatory barriers to entry. (d) Any other factors deemed relevant by the commission. (4) A service that is deregulated under subsection (2) of this section may be reregulated, after notice and hearing, if the commission determines an essential finding on which the deregulation was based no longer prevails, and reregulation is necessary to protect the public interest. [2005 c.232 §8]
OR Rev Stat § 759.054 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 759 - Telecommunications Utility Regulation|Section 759.054 - Price listing for product or service offered as part of local exchange telecommunications services.

(1) If the Public Utility Commission determines that a product or service offered by a telecommunications utility as part of local exchange telecommunications services can be demonstrated by the utility to be subject to competition, or that a product or service is not an essential product or service, the commission may authorize the utility to file a price list with the commission. (2) The price list shall contain the description, terms, conditions and prices of the service or product described in subsection (1) of this section. No other schedule for price listed services need be filed with the commission. The price list or any revision of the price list is not subject to the provisions of ORS 759.180 to 759.190 and shall become effective immediately upon filing with the commission unless a later date is specified. (3) In determining whether a product or service is subject to competition, the commission shall consider: (a) The extent to which services are available from alternative providers in the relevant market. (b) The extent to which services of alternative providers are functionally equivalent or substitutable at comparable rates or under comparable terms and conditions. (c) Existing economic or regulatory barriers to entry. (d) Any other factors deemed relevant by the commission. [2005 c.232 §9]
OR Rev Stat § 759.056 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 759 - Telecommunications Utility Regulation|Section 759.056 - Price listing for product or service offered as part of interexchange telecommunications services.

(1) If the Public Utility Commission determines that a product or service offered by a telecommunications utility as part of interexchange telecommunications services can be demonstrated by the utility to be subject to competition, the commission, under conditions that the commission determines are reasonable, may authorize the utility to file a price list with the commission. (2) The price list shall contain the description, terms, conditions and prices of the service or product described in subsection (1) of this section. No other schedule for price listed services need be filed with the commission. The price list or any revision of the price list is not subject to the provisions of ORS 759.180 to 759.190 and shall become effective immediately on filing with the commission unless a later date is specified. (3) In determining whether a product or service is subject to competition, the commission shall consider: (a) The extent to which services are available from alternative providers in the relevant market. (b) The extent to which services of alternative providers are functionally equivalent or substitutable at comparable rates or under comparable terms and conditions. (c) Existing economic or regulatory barriers to entry. (d) Any other factors deemed relevant by the commission. [2005 c.232 §10]
OR Rev Stat § 759.058 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation|Chapter 759 - Telecommunications Utility Regulation|Section 759.058 - Commission action on petition under ORS 759.052, 759.054 or 759.056.

Within 60 days of a filing under ORS 759.052, 759.054 or 759.056, the Public Utility Commission shall either determine the appropriateness of the filing or determine that further investigation is necessary. If the commission determines that further investigation is necessary, the commission may suspend operation of the filing for a period not longer than five months from the end of the initial 60-day period. Upon a showing of good cause, any party may request extension of the suspension period for an additional three months. [2005 c.232 §11]