Oregon House Bill 2816 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Failed on June 25 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-06-25 - In committee upon adjournment.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires person who owns, operates or controls high energy use facility to ensure that greenhouse gas emissions associated with electricity used by high energy use facility are reduced to 60 percent below baseline emissions levels by 2027, 80 percent below baseline emissions levels by 2030, 90 percent below baseline emissions levels by 2035 and 100 percent below baseline emissions levels by 2040. Requires person who owns, operates or controls high energy use facility to ensure that greenhouse gas emissions associated with electricity used by high energy use facility are reduced to 60 percent below baseline emissions levels by 2027, 80 percent below baseline emissions levels by 2030, 90 percent below baseline emissions levels by 2035 and 100 percent below baseline emissions levels by 2040. Requires person to provide annual report to Department of Environmental Quality to demonstrate compliance. Imposes civil penalty of $12,000 per megawatt-hour in violation for each day of violation. Excludes property that is or is part of high energy use facility from enterprise zone tax benefits unless amount of greenhouse gas emissions associated with electricity that high energy use facility uses complies with amount of greenhouse gas emissions associated with electricity permitted for high energy use facilities.

Relating to high energy use facilities.

Rep. Pam Marsh [D]	Sen. Michael Dembrow [D]	Rep. Khanh Pham [D]	Rep. Farrah Chaichi [D]
Rep. Mark Gamba [D]	Rep. Courtney Neron [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-06-25	House	In committee upon adjournment.
2023-03-20	House	Public Hearing held.
2023-01-12	House	Referred to Climate, Energy, and Environment.
2023-01-09	House	First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/HB2816
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2816/Introduced
Amendment	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/22645
Amendment	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/23276
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureAnalysisDocument/65769
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/CommitteeMeetingDocument/266037
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/CommitteeMeetingDocument/265711