Oregon Code § 469.040·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Director; duties; appointment; rules.
(1) The State Department of Energy shall be under the supervision of the
Director of the State Department of Energy, who shall:
(a) Supervise the
day-to-day functions of the State Department of Energy;
(b) Supervise and
facilitate the work and research on energy facility siting applications at the
direction of the Energy Facility Siting Council;
(c) Hire, assign,
reassign and coordinate personnel of the State Department of Energy, prescribe
their duties and fix their compensation, subject to the State Personnel
Relations Law; and
(d) Adopt rules
and issue orders to carry out the duties of the director and the State
Department of Energy in accordance with ORS chapter 183 and the policy stated
in ORS 469.010.
(2) The director
may delegate to any officer or employee the exercise and discharge in the
directors name of any power, duty or function of whatever character vested in
the director by law. The official act of any person acting in the directors
name and by the directors authority shall be considered an official act of the
director.
(3) The director
shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate in
the manner provided by ORS 171.562 and 171.565. [1975 c.606 §5; 1985 c.593 §1;
1993 c.496 §3; 1995 c.551 §4; 1999 c.934 §6; 1999 c.1043 §10; 2003 c.186 §3;
2017 c.314 §1]