Oregon House Bill 2410

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-17 - Referred to Climate, Energy, and Environment with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
Pending: House Climate, Energy, and Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Allows EFSC to approve a power plant demo project that uses one or more small modular reactors. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Allows the Energy Facility Siting Council to issue a site certificate for a small modular reactor energy facility demonstration project in Umatilla County. Requires the demonstration project to use microgrid enabling technologies such that the project can be isolated from the electric grid and support community energy resilience. Directs the State Department of Energy to prepare a report on statutes, rules, requirements or orders that may be applicable to a small modular reactor energy facility demonstration project, and statutes and rules that may need to be adopted or modified to enable the Energy Facility Siting Council to provide oversight of a demonstration project. Directs the department to submit the report to the interim committees or committees of the Legislative Assembly related to energy not later than one year after the Act takes effect. Establishes the Umatilla County SMR Demonstration Project Report Fund. Refers the Act to the people of Umatilla County for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election.

Relating to a small modular reactor energy facility demonstration project; prescribing an effective date; providing that this Act shall be referred to the people for their approval or rejection.

Rep. Bobby Levy [R]	Sen. David Smith [R]	Rep. Emerson Levy [D]	Rep. Boomer Wright [R]
Sen. Daniel Bonham [R]	Sen. Mark Meek [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-17	House	Referred to Climate, Energy, and Environment with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
2025-01-13	House	First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2410
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2410/Introduced
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureAnalysisDocument/83394