The Oregon Department of Energy will begin accepting applications on May 11, 2026 for a second round of Early Compliance Action and Planning Program incentives to help Oregon building owners meet requirements for the state’s Building Performance Standard.
Read MoreIn this month's newsletter, ODOE debuts a new agency strategic plan, provides an update on forthcoming home energy rebates, supports an important conference on preparedness, publishes a new Grounded episode, and more.
Read MoreThe Oregon Department of Energy finalized a new 2026-2029 Strategic Plan, which reaffirms our mission and vision, and identifies five pillars that serve as the foundation for success that will carry us forward as an agency.
Read MoreThe next regularly scheduled meeting of Oregon’s Energy Facility Siting Council will be held on Friday, April 17, 2026.
Read MoreIn this month's newsletter, we celebrate Oregon's future energy experts, look back at the 2026 legislative session, discuss fuel supply and pricing, practice our emergency response, seek comments on greenhouse gas reduction measures, publish a new Grounded episode, and more.
Read MoreAs part of our agency mission and vision, the Oregon Department of Energy carefully watched the 2026 legislative session, which opened February 2 and closed March 6. So that our work in the future is well-informed, we paid attention to all legislation that touches the energy sector. We provided information on energy topics to ensure informed decisions about legislation and legislative action. In addition, we followed bills that could affect our own work and were engaged in conversations about our agency budget.
Read MoreOn March 24, 2026, the Oregon Department of Energy participated in one of its annual nuclear emergency exercises. This year’s exercise involved a “hostile act” scenario at the Columbia Generating Station. In the scenario, CGS alerted Oregon of explosions on site that could affect the safety of the plant. Over the course of the exercise, our experts discussed risks to Oregon and potential actions residents in Morrow or Umatilla counties would need to take to stay safe.
Read MoreRecent local and national headlines have highlighted what many Oregonians are experiencing when they stop to get gas: prices have increased at the pump. International and national actions are affecting prices across the country, including here in Oregon. While Oregonians are seeing fuel costs go up, the state does not expect to experience any fuel shortages. Learn more about our supply and pricing.
Read MoreODOE is conducting a workforce needs assessment to better understand the extent to which Oregon’s current workforce and training opportunities are prepared to meet the strategy’s modeled employment needs.
Read MoreOn March 12, the Oregon Department of Energy was proud to sponsor the 2026 Oregon Coast Renewable Energy Challenge at the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport. Students from public elementary and middle schools along the coast created their own renewable solar, wind, or wave energy devices to compete for best design.
Read MoreThe Oregon Department of Energy is seeking public comments related to the Transformational Integrated Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction 2.0 project. The TIGHGER 2.0 Project aims to assess Oregon’s progress toward meeting the greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals.
Read MoreThe next regularly scheduled meeting of Oregon’s Energy Facility Siting Council will be held on Thursday and Friday, March 19-20, 2026.
Read MoreIn this month's newsletter, ODOE announces 24 Community Renewable Energy Grant awardees, recipients of early action and planning grants for Oregon's Building Performance Standard, launches a second incentive program for Oregon's BPS, opens a public comment period for two Executive Order 25-29 efforts, shares ODOE's 2025 by the numbers for incentive programs, publishes a new Getting Grounded episode, and more.
Read MoreThe Oregon Department of Energy has selected 50 recipients to receive about $834,000 in Early Compliance Action and Planning Program incentives. The incentives will help building owners offset costs of early planning activities associated with Building Performance Standard compliance, such as energy benchmarking and reporting or conducting an energy audit.
Read MoreODOE is now accepting public comments and will hold listening sessions regarding two reports the agency is working on to support implementation of the Oregon Energy Strategy and Governor Kotek’s Executive Order 25-29.
Read MoreThe next regularly scheduled meeting of Oregon’s Energy Facility Siting Council will be held on Friday, February 13, 2026.
Read MoreThe Oregon Department of Energy is now accepting applications for the new Building Energy Reduction Incentive Program. This voluntary, early compliance incentive program encourages building owners to meet Oregon Building Performance Standard compliance requirements ahead of schedule.
Read MoreThe Oregon Department of Energy has selected 24 recipients to receive nearly $12 million in Community Renewable Energy Grant Program funds. The program supports planning and construction of renewable energy or energy resilience projects for Tribes, public bodies, and consumer-owned utilities.
Read MoreThe Oregon Department of Energy helps individuals, businesses, nonprofits, Tribes, and other organizations in Oregon complete energy-saving, renewable energy, and energy resilience projects through several programs. These programs offer incentives, rebates, energy audits, and more to provide different options and resources for all kinds of energy goals. Check out our programs by the numbers from 2025!
Read MoreIn this month's newsletter, learn about our new climate reports, review a wrap-up report from our wildfire rebuilding incentive, get a heads up about a new Building Performance Standard incentive, learn what to expect in the upcoming legislative session, read about ODOE's response to a November fuel emergency, listen to the latest Getting Grounded episode, and more.
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