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Committee hears SB 15 97 to require disclosure of waste-storage costs; bill limited to nuclear facilities proposed
Summary
Sen. Frederick said SB 15 97 would require utilities to disclose to customers the costs recovered for storing energy-generated waste; witnesses and members agreed an amendment should limit the bill’s scope to nuclear waste to avoid unintended impacts on renewables.
Sen. Frederick introduced Senate Bill 15 97 on Feb. 4, telling the Senate Committee on Energy and Environment the measure is intended to require electric utilities to disclose to customers the costs recovered from ratepayers to store waste produced by energy facilities.
“This is an attempt really to deal with, to try to avoid past mistakes and to live up to the initiative passed by the voters of Oregon,” Frederick said, describing a long-standing concern about who pays for long-term nuclear-waste…
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