ORS 757.295: Contract for electricity services required; terms and conditions; delay in services.

(1)(a) The Public Utility Commission shall require an electric company that is providing electricity service to a retail electricity consumer that is a large energy use facility to enter into a contract with the retail electricity consumer that covers the provision of the electricity service, including, as applicable, transmission, distribution, energy, capacity or ancillary electricity services. (b) Any contract for the provision of electricity service entered into between an electric company and a retail electricity consumer that is a large energy use facility: (A) Must: (i) Be consistent with the criteria listed under ORS 757.292 (3); (ii) Specify the duration of the contract and be for a duration for 10 years or longer; (iii) Specify the date or estimated date that the electric company will begin to provide electricity service to the retail electricity consumer; (iv) Obligate the retail electricity consumer to pay a minimum amount or percentage, as determined by the commission, based on the retail electricity consumer’s projected electricity usage for the electricity services the electric company is contracted to provide for the duration of the contract; and (v) Meet any other conditions the commission may require in the public interest; and (B) May include a charge for excess demand for the electricity services the electric company is contracted to provide that is in addition to the tariff schedule. (2) If an electric company fails to begin to provide electricity service on or by the date or estimated date specified in a contract entered into under this section due to causes within the electric company’s reasonable control, the electric company shall provide the retail electricity consumer notice of the delay as soon as reasonably practicable. A contract entered into under this section may include terms and conditions that address the possibility of a delay due to causes within the reasonable control of the parties to the contract. (3) A contract, as described under subsection (1) of this section, may not prevent the commission from carrying out the commission’s duties under this section or ORS 757.292. (4) Nothing in this section or ORS 757.292 is intended to limit or restrict the ability of a retail electricity consumer that is a large energy use facility from using direct access under ORS 757.603 to 757.667 or a green power rate under ORS 469A.205, a voluntary renewable energy tariff or a special contract, as approved by the commission, except the contract must meet the requirements and be consistent with the provisions of this section. [2025 c.323 §5] Sec. 6. Section 5 of this 2025 Act [757.295] applies to retail electricity consumers that are large energy use facilities that: (1) Enter into a contract for electricity service with an electric company on or after the effective date of this 2025 Act [June 16, 2025]; or (2) Enter into a contract for electricity service with an electric company before the effective date of this 2025 Act, if the provision of electricity service requires the electric company to make significant investments or incur costs after the effective date of this 2025 Act that could result in increased costs or risks to other retail electricity consumers of the electric company. [2025 c.323 §6] Sec. 7. Annual report on trends in load requirements from large energy use facilities. No later than September 1 of each even-numbered year, the Public Utility Commission shall submit a report in the manner provided by ORS 192.245, and may include recommendations for legislation, to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to energy. The report shall review trends in load requirements and other implications from retail electricity consumers that are large energy use facilities, as defined in section 2 of this 2025 Act [757.292], and other retail electricity consumers that use large amounts of electricity. In providing the report, the commission must protect proprietary information as provided for under rules or orders of the commission. [2025 c.323 §7] Sec. 8. Section 7 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2035. [2025 c.323 §8] NET METERING FACILITIES