ORS 757.375: Credit toward compliance with renewable portfolio standard; limits.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) Any electricity produced from a solar photovoltaic energy system that is physically located in this state may be used by an electric company to comply with the renewable portfolio standard established under ORS 469A.005 to 469A.210. (2) For each kilowatt-hour of electricity produced from a qualifying system that first becomes operational before January 1, 2016, and has a nameplate capacity of between 500 kilowatts and five megawatts of alternating current, the Public Utility Commission shall credit the electric company with two kilowatt-hours of qualifying electricity toward the electric company’s compliance with the renewable portfolio standard under ORS 469A.005 to 469A.210, up to a maximum of 20 megawatts of capacity. [2009 c.748 §4; 2016 c.28 §24]
Official history and status
History: Note: See note under 757.360.
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 860-084-0000: Scope and Applicability of Solar Photovoltaic Programs — implements
- OAR 860-084-0000: Scope and Applicability of Solar Photovoltaic Programs — authority
- OAR 860-084-0010: Definitions for Solar Photovoltaic Pilot Programs — implements
- OAR 860-084-0010: Definitions for Solar Photovoltaic Pilot Programs — authority
- OAR 860-084-0070: Renewable Energy Certificates and Compliance with the Renewable Portfolio Standards — implements
- OAR 860-084-0070: Renewable Energy Certificates and Compliance with the Renewable Portfolio Standards — authority
- OAR 860-084-0100: Solar Photovoltaic Pilot Programs — implements
- OAR 860-084-0100: Solar Photovoltaic Pilot Programs — authority
- OAR 860-084-0120: Systems Eligible for Enrollment in Pilot Programs — implements
- OAR 860-084-0120: Systems Eligible for Enrollment in Pilot Programs — authority
- OAR 860-084-0130: Ownership and Installation — implements
- OAR 860-084-0130: Ownership and Installation — authority
- OAR 860-084-0140: Assignment of Payments — implements
- OAR 860-084-0140: Assignment of Payments — authority
- OAR 860-084-0150: Solar Photovoltaic Pilot Capacity Limit — implements
- OAR 860-084-0150: Solar Photovoltaic Pilot Capacity Limit — authority
- OAR 860-084-0160: Measurement of Capacity under the Solar Photovoltaic Pilot Program — implements
- OAR 860-084-0160: Measurement of Capacity under the Solar Photovoltaic Pilot Program — authority
- OAR 860-084-0170: Distributing Solar Photovoltaic Pilot Capacity by Electric Company — implements
- OAR 860-084-0170: Distributing Solar Photovoltaic Pilot Capacity by Electric Company — authority
- OAR 860-084-0180: Distributing Electric Company Capacity Limit by Allocation Period — implements
- OAR 860-084-0180: Distributing Electric Company Capacity Limit by Allocation Period — authority
- OAR 860-084-0190: Distributing Capacity by System Size — implements
- OAR 860-084-0190: Distributing Capacity by System Size — authority
- OAR 860-084-0195: Mechanisms for Reserving Capacity — implements
- OAR 860-084-0195: Mechanisms for Reserving Capacity — authority
- OAR 860-084-0200: Capacity Reservation, Timing, and Volumetric Incentive Rates — implements
- OAR 860-084-0200: Capacity Reservation, Timing, and Volumetric Incentive Rates — authority
- OAR 860-084-0210: Capacity Reservation, Timing, and Duration — implements
- OAR 860-084-0210: Capacity Reservation, Timing, and Duration — authority
- OAR 860-084-0220: Capacity Availability — implements
- OAR 860-084-0220: Capacity Availability — authority
- OAR 860-084-0230: Application for Capacity Reservation — implements
- OAR 860-084-0230: Application for Capacity Reservation — authority
- OAR 860-084-0240: Standard Contracts — implements
- OAR 860-084-0240: Standard Contracts — authority
- OAR 860-084-0250: Billing and Payment Requirements — implements
- OAR 860-084-0250: Billing and Payment Requirements — authority
- OAR 860-084-0260: Interconnection Requirements for Solar Photovoltaic Pilot Program — implements
- OAR 860-084-0260: Interconnection Requirements for Solar Photovoltaic Pilot Program — authority
- OAR 860-084-0270: Authorization to Interconnect — implements
- OAR 860-084-0270: Authorization to Interconnect — authority
- OAR 860-084-0280: Interconnection Cost Responsibility — implements
- OAR 860-084-0280: Interconnection Cost Responsibility — authority
- OAR 860-084-0300: Insurance — implements
- OAR 860-084-0300: Insurance — authority
- OAR 860-084-0310: Level 1 System Interconnection Review — implements
- OAR 860-084-0310: Level 1 System Interconnection Review — authority
- OAR 860-084-0320: Level 2 System Interconnection Review — implements
- OAR 860-084-0320: Level 2 System Interconnection Review — authority
- OAR 860-084-0330: Level 3 System Interconnection Review — implements
- OAR 860-084-0330: Level 3 System Interconnection Review — authority
- OAR 860-084-0340: Installation, Operation, Maintenance, and Testing of Contracted Systems — implements
- OAR 860-084-0340: Installation, Operation, Maintenance, and Testing of Contracted Systems — authority
- OAR 860-084-0350: Requirements after Approval of a Solar Photovoltaic Interconnection — implements
- OAR 860-084-0350: Requirements after Approval of a Solar Photovoltaic Interconnection — authority
- OAR 860-084-0360: Volumetric Incentive Rates and Payments – Net Metering Option — implements
- OAR 860-084-0360: Volumetric Incentive Rates and Payments – Net Metering Option — authority
- OAR 860-084-0365: Volumetric Incentive Rate Bidding Option — implements
- OAR 860-084-0365: Volumetric Incentive Rate Bidding Option — authority
- OAR 860-084-0370: Resource Value — implements
- OAR 860-084-0370: Resource Value — authority
- OAR 860-084-0380: Cost Recovery and Rate Impacts — implements
- OAR 860-084-0380: Cost Recovery and Rate Impacts — authority
- OAR 860-084-0390: Cost Recovery Mechanism — implements
- OAR 860-084-0390: Cost Recovery Mechanism — authority
- OAR 860-084-0400: Data Collection — implements
- OAR 860-084-0400: Data Collection — authority
- OAR 860-084-0420: Compliance with Pilot Program Requirements — implements
- OAR 860-084-0420: Compliance with Pilot Program Requirements — authority
- OAR 860-084-0430: Data Availability — implements
- OAR 860-084-0430: Data Availability — authority
- OAR 860-084-0440: Pilot Program Overhead — implements
- OAR 860-084-0440: Pilot Program Overhead — authority
- OAR 860-084-0450: Reports to the Legislature — implements
- OAR 860-084-0450: Reports to the Legislature — authority
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Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors757.html