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Bend staff to orient electrification incentives around possible natural-gas appliance fee
Summary
City staff told the advisory board the city council wants staff to prioritize studying a fee on natural-gas appliances to fund electrification incentives, while delaying regulatory changes and starting a yearlong outreach and incentive-design process this fall.
City staff told the Bend Development Advisory Board on June 4 that the City Council has asked staff to focus the next phase of local electrification work on creating a revenue-generating fee on natural-gas appliances and homes, and to design incentive programs funded by that revenue.
A staff member said the council generally accepted a multi-part approach shared in February: start with public outreach and education, spend roughly a year developing incentive programs with the joint committee and stakeholders, and "wait and see" on new regulations while monitoring litigation nationally. The staff member said the council's direction last week was to "orient the incentives discussion with that kind of primary goal" of creating a fee…
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