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House committee advances bill allowing standalone energy resilience projects in community renewables grant program
Summary
The House Climate, Energy and Environment Committee on March 20 adopted an amendment to House Bill 2,566 to allow standalone energy-resilience projects to qualify for community renewable energy grants and moved the bill to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means.
House Climate, Energy and Environment Committee Chair Troy Lively on March 20 said the committee adopted changes to House Bill 2,566 that add standalone energy resilience projects to the allowable projects under the Community Renewable Energy Grant Program and moved the bill on with a due-pass recommendation to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means.
The bill’s sponsor and agency witnesses told the committee the dash-3 amendment specifies how the Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE) may treat standalone resilience projects and clarifies percentages of grant funds the agency must reserve for certain project categories. Christie Split, government relations for the Oregon Department of Energy, said the dash-3 responds to concerns that the previously written 20%…
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