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Oregon’s first State Energy Strategy lays out five pathways and 42 near‑term actions to meet clean‑energy goals
Summary
The Oregon Department of Energy presented a modeling‑informed strategy (HB 3630) identifying five policy pathways and 42 actions to balance affordability, reliability and decarbonization; modeling shows electricity demand growing while economy‑wide energy demand could fall about 22% by 2050 under the reference scenario.
Janine Benner, director of the Oregon Department of Energy, and Edith Baier, energy policy team lead, presented the state’s first comprehensive State Energy Strategy developed under HB 3630. The strategy uses modeling from technical contractors to evaluate portfolio paths for meeting Oregon’s energy policy objectives—affordable, reliable and cleaner energy—and proposes five parallel pathways: energy efficiency, clean electricity, electrification, low‑carbon fuels and resilience.
Benner said the strategy was informed by modeling, statute and broad public engagement, including an advisory group and technical advisors. Baier said consultants looked at economy‑wide effects…
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