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Nonprofit and industry urge fixes to Oregon's road‑user charge and rebate funding
Summary
A coalition of speakers including Forth urged the legislature to make the road-user charge fair across vehicle types and to stabilize Oregon's popular EV rebate program, which speakers said is oversubscribed and at risk after federal incentive changes.
Jeff Allen, executive director of Forth, told the committee that a fair road‑user charge should not make certain drivers pay more because of vehicle choice and recommended either transitioning all vehicles into a per‑mile system or, as an interim step, setting an EV per‑mile fee equivalent to the most efficient gas vehicle to preserve incentives for efficiency.
Allen also called for changes to Oregon’s rebate program, which he said has distributed…
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