Key Votes
SB 838 - Renewable Electricity - Key Vote
Oregon Key Votes
Stages
- June 6, 2007 Executive Signed
- May 25, 2007 Senate Concurrence Vote Passed
- May 23, 2007 House Bill Passed
- April 10, 2007 Senate Bill Passed
- March 5, 2007 Introduced
Family
- SB 838 - Renewable Electricity
- SB 89 - Requires the Instruction of Origin of Life Theories from Multiple Religions
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Signed (Executive) - June 6, 2007
Title: Renewable Electricity
Signed by Governor Ted Kulongoski
Legislation - Concurrence Vote Passed (Senate) (22-6) - May 25, 2007
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (41-18) - May 23, 2007 (Key vote)
Title: Renewable Electricity
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that requires electricity utilities to use renewable sources of electricity.
Highlights:
-Requires all electric utilities that produce at least three percent of the total energy in the state to provide 25 percent of their energy from renewable sources by 2025 (sec. 6).
-Requires electric utilities that produce less then 1.5 percent of the total energy in the state to provide 5 percent of their energy from renewable sources by the year 2025 (sec. 7).
-Requires electric utilities that produce at least 1.5 percent but less then 3 percent of the states total energy to provide 10 percent of their energy from renewable sources by 2025 (sec. 7).
-Defines renewable electricity source as: wind, solar, wave, tidal, geothermal, and biomass, with exceptions (sec. 4).
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (20-10) - April 10, 2007 (Key vote)
Title: Renewable Electricity
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that requires electricity utilities to use renewable sources of electricity.
Highlights:
-Defines renewable electricity source as: wind, solar, wave, tidal, geothermal, and biomass, with exceptions (sec. 4).
-Requires all electric utilities that produce at least 1.5 percent of the total energy in the state to provide 25 percent of their energy from renewable sources by 2025 (sec. 6).
-Requires electric utilities that produce less then 1.5 percent of the total energy in the state to provide 5 percent of their energy from renewable sources by the year 2025 (sec. 7).
-Allows utilities to recover the costs of implementing renewable portfolio standards through rate increases (sec. 13).
Legislation - Introduced (Senate) - March 5, 2007
Title: Renewable Electricity
Sponsors
- Brad P. Avakian (OR - D) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Jason A. Atkinson (OR - R) (Out Of Office)
- Alan C. Bates (OR - D)
- Kate Brown (OR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Ginny Burdick (OR - D)
- Margaret L. Carter (OR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Peter C. Courtney (OR - D)
- Richard Devlin (OR - D)
- Jackie Dingfelder (OR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Avel Louise Gordly (OR - I) (Out Of Office)
- Rick T. Metsger (OR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Laurie Monnes Anderson (OR - D)
- Rod Monroe (OR - D)
- William E. 'Bill' Morrisette (OR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Floyd F. Prozanski Jr. (OR - D)
- Diane M. Rosenbaum (OR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Bruce Starr (OR - R)
- Vicki L. Walker (OR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Bernard J. 'Ben' Westlund II (OR - D) (Out Of Office)
By Requests
- Theodore 'Ted' Kulongoski (OR - D) (Out Of Office)
