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Committee hears updates on solar array, proposed biomass plant and new municipal utility in Oroville

Oregon citizens oversight committee · January 28, 2026
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Summary

Committee members heard that a company plans a 100-acre solar plant for commercial customers and that several firms have expressed interest in a proposed 40–50 MW biomass plant in Oroville; speakers said a newly formed municipal utility would set local rates.

At the Jan. 27 meeting the committee heard an update about local energy projects and a newly formed municipal utility. An unnamed meeting official said the city created a public utility in November and that a company (referred to in the transcript as "Bree") plans to install a solar plant of more than 100 acres to serve commercial customers in the South 5th Avenue area.

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