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Lawmakers hear that transmission and interconnection bottlenecks threaten Oregon’s renewable procurement goals
Summary
Renewable Northwest and corporate buyers told the committee that permitted projects are awaiting transmission and interconnection; developers cite BPA queue backlogs, wildfire liability and permitting complexity as primary barriers to meeting HB 2021 procurement targets and federal tax-credit deadlines.
Renewable Northwest and corporate buyers told legislators that a shortage of near-term buildable capacity and transmission constraints are a central barrier to meeting Oregon’s clean-energy mandates.
Nicole Hughes, Executive Director of Renewable Northwest, estimated that Oregon may need about 3,500 megawatts of new renewable generation between 2021 and 2030 to meet an 80% standard and said roughly…
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