{"id":85,"date":"2021-08-30T14:11:39","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T14:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solwest.org\/?p=85"},"modified":"2021-09-18T19:57:54","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T19:57:54","slug":"the-senate-bill-1149-on-public-purpose-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solwest.org\/innovation-efficiency\/the-senate-bill-1149-on-public-purpose-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"The Senate Bill 1149 on Public Purpose Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SB 1149 directed the two largest electric utilities in Oregon (Pacific Power and General Electric) to require their customers to pay for a public purpose charge. The fee will be equivalent to 3% of their disadvantaged weatherization projects, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solwest.org\/renewable-energy\/renewable-profile-standard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">improvements in renewable energy<\/a><\/strong>, and funds and revenues for energy efficiency throughout Oregon.<\/p>\n<p>ORS 757.612 (Oregon Statute) outlines what is needed for charge expenditures, allocating 10% of the first collected funds and distributing them to schools within Pacific Power\u2019s and PGE\u2019s service territories. Out of the 90% remaining funds, the ORS designates 63% for saving energy, 19% for renewable projects, 13% for disadvantaged weatherization, and 5% for low-income housing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solwest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/0b82c47b-f038-4e33-82f5-43c9210c9e86-e1631802075665.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1201\" height=\"799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solwest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/0b82c47b-f038-4e33-82f5-43c9210c9e86-e1631802075665.jpg 1201w, https:\\www.solwest.org\wp-content\uploads\2021\08\0b82c47b-f038-4e33-82f5-43c9210c9e86-e1631802075665-300x200.jpg 300w, 0b82c47b-f038-4e33-82f5-43c9210c9e86-e1631802075665-1024x681.jpg1024w,0b82c47b-f038-4e33-82f5-43c9210c9e86-e1631802075665-768x511.jpg768w\"sizes=\"auto,(max-width:1201px)100vw, 1201px\"><\/p>\n<p>Those provisions impact the allocation percentage total of the charge money to the various public purposes listed below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>School Districts: First 10% of funds<\/li>\n<li>Conservation: 56.7%<\/li>\n<li>Renewable Energy: 17.1%<\/li>\n<li>Low-income Weatherization: 11.7%<\/li>\n<li>Low-income Housing: 4.5%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregon.gov\/energy\/energy-oregon\/Pages\/SB1149.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School Districts<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Over 100 school districts in Oregon are within the Pacific Power\u2019s and PGE\u2019s service territories. The districts as a whole get the first 10% of funds to make schools more energy-efficient.<\/p>\n<h3>Self-Direct<\/h3>\n<p>Electric consumer locations that utilize 8,760,000 kWh or more in the previous year are qualified for the Self-Direct Program or Large Electric Consumer Public Purpose Program. Instead of paying directly to the utility, certified sites may self-direct the renewable options and conservation of their purpose charge. Large consumers also can certify projects and sites using an online application administered by Oregon Renewable Future staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SB 1149 directed the two largest electric utilities in Oregon (Pacific Power and General Electric) to require their customers to pay for a public purpose charge. The fee will be equivalent to 3% of their disadvantaged weatherization projects, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solwest.org\/renewable-energy\/renewable-profile-standard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">improvements in renewable energy<\/a>, and funds and revenues for energy efficiency throughout Oregon.<br \>\nORS 757.612 (Oregon Statute) outlines what is needed for charge expenditures, allocating 10% of the first collected funds and distributing them to schools within &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-innovation-efficiency"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Senate Bill 1149 on Public Purpose Charge - 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