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Oregon PUC outlines multi-year timeline to implement 2025 energy laws
Summary
PUC officials told the Senate Energy and Environment Committee they have launched rulemakings and stakeholder workshops to implement the FAIR Act, performance-based regulation, the Power Act for data centers, and microgrid directives, with major rulemaking dockets expected to conclude by 2027.
Laura Tabor, legislative affairs director at the Oregon Public Utility Commission, and Caroline Moore, the PUC's energy program director, briefed the Senate Energy and Environment Committee on the agency's implementation work for several 2025 laws.
Tabor said the PUC is juggling multiple rulemakings and planning processes tied to affordability, regulatory reform and clean energy while managing limited staffing: the agency received five new FTEs in the 2025 session but has not yet filled those positions because of uncertainty and reliance on vacancy-savings in the budget. Tabor said…
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