Energy Facility Siting Council to Meet Virtually June 23, 2023

SALEM — The next regularly scheduled meeting of Oregon’s Energy Facility Siting Council will be held on Friday, June 23, 2023. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. and is anticipated to adjourn around 11:00 that morning. Attendance is open to the public virtually using the online Webex platform. Please see the meeting agenda for more detailed information and instructions on how to attend virtually.

The main items on the Council’s agenda include:

Application Process Review - Phase 1 Rulemaking (Action Item) – Chris Clark, Senior Siting Analyst. The Council will consider staff’s recommendation to initiate phase 1 proposed revisions to the Council’s rules to improve the consistency of rules and the application process.

Summit Ridge Wind Farm Financial Institution List Request (Action Item) – Todd Cornett, Assistant Director for Siting/Council Secretary. Council will consider a request from the Summit Ridge Wind Facility site certificate holder to add Banco Santander and Key Bank to the list of financial institutions approved to act as issuers of financial instruments related to the Council’s Retirement and Financial Assurance Standard.

Muddy Creek Energy Project Appointment of Special Advisory Groups (Action Item) – Todd Cornett, Assistant Director for Siting/Council Secretary. Council will appoint the Linn County Board of Commissioners as a special advisory group under ORS 469.480(1) for EFSC proceedings related to the proposed facility.

The full meeting agenda and other meeting materials are available on ODOE’s website: www.oregon.gov/energy/facilities-safety/facilities/Pages/Council-Meetings.aspx.

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.