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Bill would direct DEQ to study end-of-life waste from solar and wind facilities
Summary
Senate Bill 218 would require the Department of Environmental Quality to study waste and decommissioning issues for solar and wind facilities and report findings to interim committees by Sept. 15, 2026; industry witnesses said Oregon already requires bonding for decommissioning and that panel recycling demand has not yet materialized.
Senate Bill 218, introduced Feb. 26 to the Senate Energy and Environment Committee, would direct the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to study the impacts of waste from solar and wind energy facilities and to report the results to legislative interim committees by Sept. 15, 2026.
Sen. Brock Smith, sponsor of the bill, described the measure as a study-only bill to examine end-of-life handling for turbines and solar panels and to catalog existing recycling and bonding practices.
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