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Oregon, Congress and the value of renewable energy (opinion)
- Statesman Journal (new window)
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07/31/2007 |
| Energy prices, the conflict in the Middle East and growing concern over the progress of global warming have jumpstarted a long-stalled national conversation about the direction of America’s energy policy. The U.S. House of Representatives will take up that conversation as they debate energy legislation as early as this week. There has never been deeper public support for increasing the amount of power we get from renewable energy. | |
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Bridging the urban-rural divide
- East Oregonian
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07/29/2007 |
| Lawmakers in Washington should pay close attention to something that happened this spring in Oregon as the Legislature debated the Renewable Energy Standard to require that Oregon utilities generate 25 percent of our energy from new renewable sources by 2025. This week, Congress is considering a proposed national standard. They should take a lesson from the Beaver State and include that policy in their energy bill. In Oregon, renewable energy is uniting Oregonians across the urban-rural divide. Oregon's Renewable Energy Standard - and the proposed national standard - has the support of farmers and rural landowners from Hood River, Sherman, Gilliam and Union counties, as well as environmentalists from Portland. Rural county commissioners testified alongside the League of Oregon Cities. Religious leaders, consumer advocates and business leaders all joined in support. | |
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Program requires Ore. utilities to buy more solar electricity
- Associated Press (new window)
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07/27/2007 |
| PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Public Utility Commission has given Oregon businesses a bigger incentive to put solar panels on the roofs of their factories, warehouses and offices under new rules that went into effect Friday. The updated policy increases the size of renewable energy systems eligible for a state program that requires electric utilities to buy electricity when those systems produce more than their owners can use. The action could spur investment in solar energy in the private sector because it allows companies greater leverage over their electricity costs. | |
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Oregon can’t solve global warming alone (letter)
- Statesman Journal (new window)
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07/16/2007 |
| I strongly agree with the July 8 online editorial from the Des Moines Register (June 30), “Another View: Energy bill chugs along, losing steam” that Congress may be dropping the ball when it comes renewable energy. Our Legislature recognized the importance of clean energy last month when it passed Oregon’s state-wide renewable energy standard. That law requires our largest utilities to generate 25 percent of their electricity from renewable resources by 2025. | |
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New state law revs up green power standards
- The Register-Guard (AP) (new window)
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06/07/2007 |
| SALEM - Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski signed into law one of the nation's toughest renewable energy standards Wednesday, requiring large utilities to generate 25 percent of the state's electricity from renewable resources such as wind, sunlight and biomass by 2025. | |
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Oregon enacts tough renewable power requirement
- Reuters (new window)
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06/07/2007 |
| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski on Wednesday signed into law a requirement that 25 percent of power delivered by the state's biggest utilities be made from renewable sources by 2025. Oregon became at least the 24th U.S. state to have established a 'renewable portfolio standard." It is the last of the three Pacific Coast states, that also include Washington and California, to establish an RPS. | |
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Energy bill foresees state as a powerhouse
- Statesman Journal (new window)
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06/07/2007 |
| The governor, legislators and renewable-energy supporters pointed to every region of Oregon when touting the new renewable-energy standard. Wave power from the coast. Geothermal energy from south central. Wind from Eastern Oregon. Biomass from forested communities. Solar power from the entire state. | |
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Oregon passes one of nation's toughest renewable energy standards
- kgw.com (AP) (new window)
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06/07/2007 |
| Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski signed into law one of the nation's toughest renewable energy standards Wednesday, requiring large utilities to generate 25 percent of the state's electricity from renewable resources such as wind, sunlight and biomass by 2025. | |
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Ore. gov. tightens renewable energy laws
- kgw.com (new window)
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06/06/2007 |
| Governor Kulongoski signed a bill into law on Wednesday that would make Oregon's power greener and its air cleaner in the near future. The bill requires that large utilities generate one quarter of the state's electricity from renewable sources by 2025. Those sources include wind power. The governor called the billl, the most significant economic and environmental legislation in Oregon in more than 30 years. | |
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Oregon explores its energy future
- Statesman Journal (new window)
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06/06/2007 |
| The Oregon Legislature is on track to make the state more energy efficient, but bills that would have set up a mechanism to specifically limit emissions have been left behind this session. | |
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Energy bill heads to gov.
- Capital Press (new window)
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06/01/2007 |
| SALEM - A bill calling for Oregon utilities to generate 25 percent of their electricity from renewable resources is headed back to where it started: the desk of Gov. Ted Kulongoski. As expected, the Oregon Senate May 25 concurred with amendments the House added to Senate Bill 838 and repassed the bill. Senate Bill 838 passed the House May 23. | |
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Energy’s future needs a push, not a shove (Editorial)
- Lake Oswego Review (new window)
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05/31/2007 |
| As Oregon moves to become a national leader in alternative energy, state and local policymakers must remember that effective leadership requires collaboration – not coercion. The latest news from Salem and Portland demonstrates that Oregon is making up for lost time in the area of alternative fuels. The Oregon House last week passed landmark legislation that will push Oregon ahead of other states in encouraging the development of renewable energy sources. | |
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Chasing the energy hat (Editorial)
- The Register-Guard (new window)
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05/27/2007 |
| An old Irish saying defines the act of commitment as tossing your hat over a wall and then figuring out how to retrieve it. The Oregon Legislature has thrown its energy hat over the wall, approving legislation that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions linked to global warming and make this state a leader in clean energy technologies ranging from wind power to solar energy. | |
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Two key environmental bills on way to governor
- The Oregonian (new window)
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05/25/2007 |
| Shunning attempts to send legislation updating Oregon's 1971 Bottle Bill back to committee for more work, the Senate voted 20-8 on Friday to concur with House amendments and move Senate Bill 707 on to the governor for his signature. | |
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Renewable-energy bill passes in House
- Statesman Journal (new window)
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05/24/2007 |
| The sun, wind and waves will likely play a bigger role in providing Oregon's electricity with the passage of the renewable energy standard bill in the House on Wednesday. Lawmakers voted 41-18 to approve Senate Bill 838 C, which requires utilities to purchase 25 percent renewable energy by 2025. "This is probably the biggest environmental bill in several decades in terms of impact on global warming and at the same time helping the environment and protecting rural economies," said Jeremiah Baumann, an advocate for Environment Oregon, a new organization created out of the Oregon State Public Interest Research Group. | |
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Renewable energy act clears final hurdle in Oregon House
- Associated Press (new window)
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05/24/2007 |
| SALEM, Ore. (AP) - A bill to require the state's largest electric utilities to draw 25% of their power from the wind, sun and waves by 2025 has won approval in the Oregon House. | |
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Clean-energy bill sails through Oregon House
- The Oregonian (new window)
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05/24/2007 |
| A controversial renewable energy bill blew away the opposition Wednesday with a 41 to 18 House vote that saw many Republicans join the majority Democrats in landing Gov. Ted Kulongoski a big environmental win. | |
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Oregon House approves landmark renewable energy act
- Bend Weekly (new window)
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05/24/2007 |
| SALEM, Ore. —House Democrats led the Oregon House Wednesday to approve the landmark Oregon Renewable Energy Act with broad bipartisan support “This bill is about taking control of Oregon’s energy future – and using homegrown renewable resources to do so,” said State Representative Jackie Dingfelder (D-Portland), Chair of the House Committee on Energy and the Environment, who championed the bill. “By cutting our reliance on imported fossil fuels, we stabilize rates for consumers and businesses, we cut our global warming pollution, and we build a new 21st-century economy that benefits communities statewide.” | |
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Renewable energy act clears House hurdle
- Coos Bay World (new window)
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05/24/2007 |
| SALEM - A bill to require the state's largest electric utilities to draw 25 percent of their power from renewable resources like the wind, sun and waves by 2025 won approval Wednesday in the Oregon House. | |
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Renewable energy act clears final hurdle in Oregon House
- East Oregonian (new window)
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05/24/2007 |
| SALEM (AP) - A bill to require the state's largest electric utilities to draw 25 percent of their power from renewable resources like the wind, sun and waves by 2025 won approval Wednesday in the Oregon House. Supporters said the proposal sets the stage for the state to embark on one of the nation's most aggressive renewable energy programs that will generate income for rural economies and place Oregon at the forefront of the emerging clean energy economy. | |
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Smith Backs Plan to Enhance Renewable Energy in NE Oregon
- News Release from Rep. Greg Smith
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05/24/2007 |
| Salem) “A tremendous amount of investment is coming into House District 57 and my ratepayers are protected under Senate Bill 838,” said State Representative Greg Smith as he spoke on the floor of the Oregon House this week. The measure requires the largest electric companies in the state to use 25-percent renewable power by the year 2025. It was adopted by the House 41-18 and after the Senate gives final approval it’s expected to be signed by the Governor. | |
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Give Oregon clean tech edge with energy standard
- Statesman Journal (new window)
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05/23/2007 |
| Guest Opinion By Nancy Floyd Ten years ago, venture capital investment in clean energy was less than $50 million annually. Last year, it was $2.4 billion, representing one in every ten venture investment dollars. No wonder clean energy is being touted as the growth industry of the 21st century and is expected to create many dynamic new companies and hundreds of thousands of new jobs. | |
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Oregon could lead in alternative energy development
- The Associated Press
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05/13/2007 |
| SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon could surge ahead of other states in encouraging the development of renewable energy alternatives with the passage of bills before state legislators, but there may be a fight over at least one proposal because of worry over its costs. | |
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A big push for clean energy
- The Oregonian
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05/06/2007 |
| Oregon has the sun, the wind and the waves. But does it have the will to lead the way on these and many other sources of clean renewable energy? | |
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Approve '25 by '25'
- Register-Guard
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05/05/2007 |
| Pop quiz: What do wind, waves, sunlight and manure have in common? | |
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Senate approves renewable energy bill after vigorous debate
- East Oregonian (new window)
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04/12/2007 |
| SALEM (AP) - After a vigorous debate, the Oregon Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would require the state's largest utilities to eventually draw 25 percent of their power from renewable sources such as wind, waves, sunlight and manure. | |
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Senators OK renewable energy bill: Supporters argue bill would also insulate Oregon from volatile fossil fuel prices
- The Dalles Chronicle Local News (new window)
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04/11/2007 |
| SALEM— After a vigorous debate, the Oregon Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would require the state’s largest utilities to eventually draw 25 percent of their power from renewable sources such as wind,waves, sunlight and manure. | |
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| The Senate easily passed a bill Tuesday that would require utilities to move aggressively into renewable power, adding momentum to Gov. Ted Kulongoski's effort to make the state a leader in clean energy development. | |
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Senate OKs renewable energy bill
- The Associated Press
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04/11/2007 |
| SALEM - After a vigorous debate, the Oregon Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would require the state's largest utilities to eventually draw 25 percent of their power from renewable sources such as wind, waves, sunlight and manure. | |
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Oregon state senators okay renewable energy bill
- Reuters (new window)
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04/11/2007 |
| SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Oregon state senators passed a bill on Tuesday to require electric utilities to make renewable energies such as wind, solar and wave power at least 25 percent of their power supplies by 2025. | |
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