Energy Facility Siting Council to Meet January 19-20, 2023
The next regularly scheduled meeting of Oregon’s Energy Facility Siting Council will be held on Thursday and Friday, January 19-20, 2023. The meeting will begin at 5:30 Thursday evening and reconvene at 10:30 Friday morning. Attendance is open to the public both virtually using the online Webex platform, and in person at the Hotel Condon in Condon, OR. Please see the meeting agenda for more detailed information and instructions on how to attend virtually.
The main item on the Council’s agenda is:
Oregon Trail Solar Facility, Public Hearing on Draft Proposed Order on Request for Amendment 1 (Hearing) – A request to extend the beginning and completion construction dates by three years each and amend a cultural-resource construction monitoring condition for an approved, but not yet constructed, energy facility to include any combination of wind and solar energy generation components not to exceed 41 megawatts (MW), including up to 16 wind turbines within an approximately 12,638 acre micrositing area or up to 400 acres of solar photovoltaic components within an approximately 1,228 micrositing area. Facility components would be located within an approved 13,866 acre site boundary. The certificate holder is Oregon Trail Solar, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Avangrid Renewables, LLC, the U.S. division of parent company Iberdrola, S.A.
Proposed Facility Overview: Kathleen Sloan, Senior Siting Analyst, will provide an overview of the siting process, proposed facility components and location.
Public Hearing Overview: Chair Marcy Grail, acting as the Presiding Officer will explain the legal requirements for providing comments on the record and will facilitate the hearing.
Public Hearing: Interested individuals will have an opportunity to provide oral testimony on Request for Amendment 1 and Draft Proposed Order. Written comments may also be submitted to the Department through the close of the public hearing.
The full meeting agenda and other meeting materials are available on ODOE’s website.
To request an interpreter for the hearing impaired or accommodations for persons with disabilities, please contact the department at least 72 hours before the meeting at 1-800-221-8035 or fax 503-373-7806. TTY users should call the Oregon Relay Service at 711.