In this month’s newsletter, we’re launching our 2020 Biennial Energy Report, celebrating the City of Salem's latest renewable energy project, working to enhance rules for radioactive material disposal in the state, and more.
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Oregon’s Energy Facility Siting Council will hold a special virtual meeting on Wednesday, November 25, 2020. The meeting is a continuation of Council’s regularly scheduled meeting that was held November 19-20, 2020, during which Council was unable to complete its agenda.
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The next regularly scheduled meeting of Oregon’s Energy Facility Siting Council will be held virtually Thursday and Friday, November 19-20, 2020. The meeting will begin at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday and 8:30 a.m. on Friday.
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The next regularly scheduled meeting of Oregon’s Energy Facility Siting Council will be held virtually Thursday and Friday, October 22-23, 2020.
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In this month’s newsletter, Oregonians come together following devastating wildfires, ODOE publishes a new Electric Vehicle Dashboard, a report on our Solar + Storage Rebate Program progress, and more.
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The next regularly scheduled meeting of Oregon’s Energy Facility Siting Council will be held virtually Friday, September 25, 2020.
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In this month’s newsletter, ODOE's Ken Niles embarks on retirement after 31 years, we celebrate the Governor's Electric Vehicle Leadership Award winners, an update to Oregon's Electricity Resource Mix, and more.
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This month, the Oregon Department of Energy updated its interactive Electricity Resource Mix dashboard with 2018 data and a fresh design.
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The next regularly scheduled meeting of Oregon’s Energy Facility Siting Council will be held virtually Friday, August 21, 2020.
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In this month’s newsletter: helping Oregon's fuel industry workers stay safe, ODOE submits its 2021-23 Agency Request Budget, an update on summer rulemaking projects, and more.
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The public meeting will begin at 5 p.m. on Thursday and 8:30 a.m. on Friday. Prior to the regularly scheduled meeting, EFSC will hold a special meeting where the one agenda item will be the public hearing on the Draft Proposed Order for the Obsidian Solar Center at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, July 20.
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In this month’s newsletter: a commitment to equity in our work, shaping our 2021-23 biennial budget, taking action on climate change, and more.
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The next regularly scheduled meeting of Oregon’s Energy Facility Siting Council will be held virtually Thursday and Friday, June 25-26, 2020.
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The next regularly scheduled meeting of Oregon’s Energy Facility Siting Council will be held virtually Thursday and Friday, May 21-22, 2020. The public meeting will begin at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday and 8:30 a.m. on Friday.
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In this month’s newsletter, $1.5 Million in Solar + Storage Rebates requested, the Pacific Northwest's largest approved solar facility, a 50th celebration of Earth Day, and more.
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Oregon’s Energy Facility Siting Council will meet remotely on Friday, April 24, 2020 using the Zoom online platform. The public meeting begins at 8:30 a.m. On the agenda: Bakeoven Solar Project and EFSC rulemakings.
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In this month’s newsletter: life during COVID-19, a tour with McMinnville Water & Light, activating the Oregon Fuel Action Plan, a vacancy on the Energy Facility Siting Council, and more.
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Earlier this month, members of the Oregon Department of Energy team spent a day touring the McMinnville Water & Light facility, Cascade Steel Rolling Mill, and the Riverbend Renewable Gas Plant.
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The Oregon Department of Energy’s Solar Dashboard shows just 15 solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in 1999 – the first year for which we have data. At the time, those solar electric panels – all on residential rooftops – were quite the novelty, and something to stop and stare at.
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