75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
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LC 802
 
                         Senate Bill 168
 
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
  President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
  rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
  of the President (at the request of Governor Theodore R.
  Kulongoski for Oregon Department of Administrative Services)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Allows state agencies to construct and operate facilities for
generation of electricity. Conditions sale of electricity
generated. Allows certain agencies to purchase renewable energy
certificates.
  Provides that revenues from sale of electricity are
continuously appropriated to agency that sells electricity.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to agencies; creating new provisions; repealing ORS
  469.752, 469.754 and 469.756; and appropriating money.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) As used in this section, 'agency' has the
meaning given that term in ORS 183.310.
  (2) An agency may construct and operate facilities for the
generation of electricity using renewable energy sources, as that
term is defined in ORS 469A.005, or cogeneration facilities if
the agency has received specific approval to expend moneys for
that purpose and has received land use or other state and local
government siting approval. Facilities may be constructed and
operated under this section on land that is or buildings that
are:
  (a) Owned or leased by the state; and
  (b) Situated in this state.
  (3) An agency that generates electricity may sell the
electricity. The electricity may not be sold directly to a
customer of a publicly owned utility, as defined in ORS 469.649,
or to a customer of an investor-owned utility, as defined in ORS
469.631.
  (4) An agency that purchases electricity may purchase renewable
energy certificates described in ORS 469A.130, electricity
generated from a renewable energy source as defined in ORS
469A.005 and green tags as defined by rule of the Director of the
State Department of Energy pursuant to ORS 469.040.
  (5) Revenues from the sale of electricity by an agency shall be
deposited in the State Treasury and are continuously appropriated
to the agency that sells the electricity. + }
 
  SECTION 2.  { + ORS 469.752, 469.754 and 469.756 are
repealed. + }
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