Oregon Moves Towards 50 Percent Renewable Energy

The US State of Oregon has decided to raise its state renewable energy law to 50 percent renewables by 2040, doubling [...]

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown Signed One of the Nation’s Most Aggressive Pieces of Pro-Climate Legislation into State Law

With the stroke of Gov. Kate Brown’s signature Friday, Oregon became the first state to eradicate coal from its [...]

Oregon Senate Passes Bill to Scrap Coal Power by 2030

Doubles state mandates on renewable power by 2040; reaction pours in SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon lawmakers have given [...]

Revised Oregon Energy Bill Includes Biomass Provision

Biomass is politically popular in rural areas of the state and communities with timber mills where wood waste can [...]

Renewable Energy Bill Faces Test in Oregon Senate

A bill to double Oregon’s renewable energy mandate is headed for a vote as soon as Wednesday in the [...]

Compromise Bill to Protect Renewable Energy Mandates Passes Oregon House

The Oregon House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill Tuesday that would make it cheaper for small utilities to [...]

Bill Could Classify Hydroelectric as Renewable Energy

State Rep. Greg Smith, R-Heppner, will be the first to sign an initiative Thursday that would allow utilities to [...]

Criticism for Oregon’s feed-in tariff legislation

While many have recently been praising Oregon’s new feed-in tariff (FIT) legislation, others are saying that the law is [...]

Oregon governor signs new limits on Business Energy Tax Credit

A host of reforms aimed at reining in Oregon’s budget-busting subsidies for green energy projects were signed into law [...]

Oregon hopes to launch feed-in tariff program by July 1

Oregon’s House Bill 3039, which was passed in 2009, directs the Public Utility Commission to develop a solar power [...]