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Senate Energy and Environment committee introduces blue‑economy task force and FORGE financing concept
Summary
The committee voted to introduce two committee concepts: LC 219 to create a blue‑economy task force and LC 226 to seed a Fund for Oregon Resilience, Growth and Energy (FORGE). A single senator voiced an early 'no' but the introductions carried; fuller debate will follow in future hearings.
The Senate Energy and Environment Committee on Jan. 13 voted to introduce two committee legislative concepts: LC 219, a proposal to establish a blue‑economy task force and authorize the Oregon Ocean Science Trust to form a nonprofit, and LC 226, which would direct the Oregon Department of Energy to seek funding to convene a founding board and create a revolving‑finance entity to support clean‑energy and resilience projects.
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