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Senate committee weighs expansion of community solar program, seeks PUC input
Summary
A Senate work session on Senate Bill 92 examined changes to Oregon’s community solar rules, including removing subscriber aggregate caps and interconnection and tax exemptions for small projects; the Public Utility Commission said it has authority to expand carve‑out capacity but broader expansion would require a longer process.
The Senate Committee on Energy and Environment held a work session on Senate Bill 92 on April 7 to consider changes to Oregon’s community solar program, including removing limits on how much aggregate community solar capacity a single subscriber may lease and easing interconnection and local tax rules for small projects.
The amendment under consideration (dash‑4) would direct the Public Utility Commission to establish procurement and program rules allowing a community‑solar subscriber to subscribe without limit to aggregate capacity across community solar projects and electric companies, permit community solar projects to be sited in a different utility service territory than their subscribers, allow projects with nameplate capacity under 2 megawatts to use an interconnection process, and exempt community…
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