Bill Text: OR HB2939 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to comparative energy usage.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2939 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HB2939-Introduced.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

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                         House Bill 2939

Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Requires Public Utility Commission to establish comparative
energy usage disclosure program for purpose of informing
residential customers of public utilities that distribute
electricity or natural gas of comparative energy usage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to comparative energy usage.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + Section 2 of this 2013 Act is added to and made
a part of ORS chapter 757. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) The Public Utility Commission shall
establish a comparative energy usage disclosure program under
which a public utility that distributes electricity or natural
gas shall provide personalized paper reports and, at the
discretion of the public utility, supplemental electronic
communications to residential customers who are located in the
public utility's service area.  Reports provided under this
section must:
  (a) Compare the amount of electricity or natural gas used by
the customer to the amount of electricity or natural gas used by
other residential customers who live in the customer's geographic
area; and
  (b) Provide personalized advice to assist the customer in using
less electricity or natural gas.
  (2) A residential customer is not eligible to receive a report
under this section if the customer, as determined by the
commission, uses electricity or natural gas under special
circumstances requiring abnormally low or high electricity or
natural gas usage.
  (3) A residential customer may request to not receive reports
under this section.
  (4) The program established under this section shall be
provided to residential customers in a manner that maximizes
savings and cost-effectiveness.
  (5) The program established under this section shall require
use of a randomized control trial to compare residential
customers receiving reports under this section and residential
customers not receiving reports under this section. The
randomized control trial shall measure energy savings resulting
from the program at a level of statistical significance
established by the commission. Energy savings as measured by the
randomized control trial may be used by a public utility as an
energy resource for resource planning purposes.
  (6) The program established under this section may require a
public utility to enter into an agreement with a third party
organization for the provision of reports to residential
customers. + }
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