On Tuesday, September 27, 2022, the Energy Facility Siting Council voted to approve the proposed Boardman-to-Hemingway Transmission Line. The 500-kilovolt, 300-mile transmission line will be owned by Idaho Power and is expected to run from Boardman, OR to a substation in southwest Idaho.
Read MoreThe Oregon Hanford Cleanup Board will meet on Monday, October 3, 2022 both virtually and in person in Richland, WA.
Read MoreDrive Electric Week includes both in-person and online events put on by local event organizers across the country. Several local events are being held in Oregon over the next week – find an EVent near you to learn more about the electric vehicle rEVolution and how you can get involved!
Read MoreThe Oregon Global Warming Commission will meet Friday, October 7, 2022. The public meeting will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. online.
Read MoreThe next regularly scheduled meeting of Oregon’s Energy Facility Siting Council will be held on Tuesday, September 27, 2022.
Read MoreFloating offshore wind facilities could help Oregon achieve its clean energy goals but face challenges ahead of potential deployment off the state’s coast, according to a new report by the Oregon Department of Energy.
Read MoreThe Oregon Global Warming Commission will meet virtually Thursday, September 15, 2022.
Read MoreSeptember is National Preparedness Month. Are you prepared to be resilient in the face of disaster?
Read MoreIn this month’s newsletter, we celebrate new federal funding coming to bolster Oregon energy efforts, help Oregonians rebuild from the 2020 wildfires, welcome U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm to Oregon, and more.
Read MoreAs part of ODOE’s work around radioactive materials disposal and transport, Director Janine Benner and some members of the ODOE Team recently toured two landfills owned by Waste Management in Gilliam County, south of the town of Arlington.
Read MoreODOE will hold a public hearing Wednesday, August 31 to receive public input on its proposed grant application to the U.S. Department of Energy for the Preventing Outages and Enhancing the Resilience of the Electric Grid program created under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
Read MoreThe Oregon Global Warming Commission is seeking applicants to serve on a new Natural and Working Lands Advisory Committee to provide input on the implementation of the Commission’s Natural and Working Lands Proposal, which was adopted in August 2021. The proposal set a net goal for sequestration and storage in natural and working lands, made recommendations for how to track progress toward the goal, and identified key strategies and programs needed to achieve the goal.
Read MoreThe next regularly scheduled meeting of Oregon’s Energy Facility Siting Council will be held on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, August 29-31, 2022.
Read MoreThe Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is an exciting piece of historic legislation. This is the largest federal investment in clean energy and climate policy ever made by the federal government with many programs scheduled to last a decade. As the State Energy Office, ODOE will apply for new funding to bring into our state.
Read MoreThe Oregon Global Warming Commission will meet Thursday, August 18, 2022. The public meeting will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. online.
Read MoreOregon, Washington, and a coalition of organizations have sent a joint letter to President Biden calling for increased funding for cleanup efforts at the Hanford Nuclear Site. Adequate funding is imperative to ensuring the safe and timely cleanup of the site to protect the Columbia River and those that rely on it.
Read MoreIn this month’s newsletter, a new interactive mapping tool to connect renewable energy potential and other development, a big milestone for electric vehicles in Oregon, good news for the state's greenhouse gas reduction goal, and more.
Read MoreThanks to Oregon’s recent bold energy and climate change policy advances, the state is projected to meet its 2035 greenhouse gas reduction goal, according to a recent analysis for the Oregon Global Warming Commission.
Read MoreOregonians are continuing to make the switch to electric vehicles, with more than 50,000 registered electric vehicles on Oregon roads as of the end of April 2022. Data from the Oregon Department of Transportation show electric vehicles charging up in all 36 Oregon counties, from Curry to Wallowa, Clatsop to Malheur.
Read MoreA public partnership with the Oregon Department of Energy, Oregon Department of Land Conservation & Development, Oregon State University’s Institute for Natural Resources, and the U.S. Department of Defense has published new educational materials that will help local governments, Tribes, communities, policymakers, agencies, energy developers, and other stakeholders access important information and considerations for potential renewable energy in Oregon.
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