Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 757 § 757.054 — was enacted into law by
Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 757 ·
Oregon Code § 757.054·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
was enacted into law by
the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 757
or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised
Statutes for further explanation.
Note:
Sections 3 and 4, chapter 547,
Oregon Laws 2021, provide:
Sec. 3. Caps
on amounts charged for larger consumers of retail electricity.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) Single
contiguous area includes an area of land crossed by a public or railroad right
of way, but does not include infrastructure facilities located within the
public or railroad right of way for purposes of determining whether the single
contiguous area of land constitutes a site.
(b) Site means:
(A) Buildings and
related structures that are interconnected by facilities owned by a single
retail electricity consumer and that are served through a single electric
meter;
(B) A single
contiguous area of land containing buildings or other structures within which
each building or structure is no more than 1,000 feet from at least one other
building or structure, if the buildings and structures and the land containing
and connecting the buildings and structures are all owned by a single retail
electricity consumer, either directly or through a wholly owned subsidiary,
that is billed for electricity use at the buildings and structures; or
(C) For any
single retail electricity consumer, each account of the retail electricity
consumer that has exceeded 4,000 kilowatts at least twice within the most
recent 13-month period and for which the retail electricity consumer maintains
a load factor of 80 percent or greater, if the combined electricity usage
across all of the accounts described in this subparagraph, in the aggregate,
equals 100 average megawatts or more in a calendar year.
(2) For the
period beginning on the effective date of this 2021 Act [September 25, 2021]
and ending December 31, 2025, a retail electricity consumer that uses more than
one average megawatt of electricity at any site in the prior year may not be
charged an amount in rates pursuant to ORS 757.054 (4) that exceeds 1.7 percent
of the total revenue received from the sale of electricity services to the site
from any source.
(3) For the
period beginning January 1, 2026, and ending December 31, 2035, the combined
annual amount charged under ORS 757.054 and 757.612 to a retail electricity
consumer that uses more than one average megawatt and less than 10 average
megawatts of electricity at any site in the prior year may not exceed $250,000.
(4)(a) For the
period beginning January 1, 2026, and ending December 31, 2030, the combined
annual amount charged under ORS 757.054 and 757.612 to a retail electricity
consumer that uses more than 10 average megawatts of electricity at any site in
the prior year may not exceed $4 million.
(b) For the
period beginning January 1, 2031, and ending December 31, 2035, the combined
annual amount charged under ORS 757.054 and 757.612 to a retail electricity
consumer that uses more than 10 average megawatts of electricity at any site in
the prior year may not exceed $4.5 million. [2021 c.547 §3]
Sec. 4.
Section 3 of this 2021 Act is
repealed on January 2, 2036. [2021 c.547 §4]
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01Part of Oregon statutory law
02Referenced as Oregon Code § 757.054
03Subject to legislative amendments
04Consult a licensed attorney for application to specific cases
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