Oregon Senate Bill 833 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on June 26 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-06-26 - In committee upon adjournment.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorizes Public Utility Commission to initiate proceeding to increase certainty concerning cost recovery for actions taken by natural gas utilities to reduce hazardous leaks and nonhazardous fugitive emissions from natural gas utility's gas pipeline system in this state. Authorizes Public Utility Commission to initiate proceeding to increase certainty concerning cost recovery for actions taken by natural gas utilities to reduce hazardous leaks and nonhazardous fugitive emissions from natural gas utility's gas pipeline system in this state. Authorizes natural gas utility to file for cost recovery for such actions. Requires natural gas utility to annually report to Public Utility Commission on environmental and economic performance of natural gas utility's gas pipeline system in this state. Requires commission to annually publish report, in aggregated form for all natural gas utilities, on known leaks from natural gas pipeline systems in this state.

Relating to natural gas pipelines.

Sen. Floyd Prozanski [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-06-26	Senate	In committee upon adjournment.
2021-03-03	Senate	Referred to Energy and Environment.
2021-03-03	Senate	Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB833
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB833/Introduced