The next regularly scheduled meeting of Oregon’s Energy Facility Siting Council will be held virtually on Friday, October 25.
Read MoreThe next regularly scheduled meeting of Oregon’s Energy Facility Siting Council will be held on Thursday and Friday, September 19-20.
Read MoreAs Oregon makes progress on its clean energy goals – including a 100 percent clean electricity target by 2040 for the state’s largest utilities – the state will need new clean energy generation facilities like wind and solar to meet energy demand. But who decides where and how facilities are built in Oregon?
Read MoreThe next regularly scheduled meeting of Oregon’s Energy Facility Siting Council will be held virtually on Friday, July 19, 2024.
Read MoreThe next regularly scheduled meeting of Oregon’s Energy Facility Siting Council will be held on Friday, June 14, 2024.
Read MoreThe next regularly scheduled meeting of Oregon’s Energy Facility Siting Council will be held on Friday, April 19, 2024.
Read MoreThe next regularly scheduled meeting of Oregon’s Energy Facility Siting Council will be held on Thursday and Friday, March 21-22, 2024.
Read MoreDid you know the Oregon Department of Energy’s energy facility siting team and the Energy Facility Siting Council currently have more than a dozen state jurisdictional energy facilities in the review pipeline? ODOE wants to make sure Oregonians can stay in the loop in this important public process. Our siting team provides a monthly update that outlines all projects that are in review, including current status and what’s on the horizon so Oregonians can stay informed about progress and view opportunities to get involved.
Read MoreThe next regularly scheduled meeting of Oregon’s Energy Facility Siting Council will be held on Friday, February 23, 2024.
Read MoreThe next regularly scheduled meeting of Oregon’s Energy Facility Siting Council will be held on Friday, January 26, 2024.
Read MoreThe next regularly scheduled meeting of Oregon’s Energy Facility Siting Council will be held on Friday, November 17, 2023.
Read MoreReviewing and potentially siting energy facilities – such as solar, wind, or transmission facilities – in Oregon is a complex and sometimes lengthy process. Proposed energy facilities go through a robust public process to ensure they are up to Oregon’s standards before they can be built.
Read MoreWhen Oregonians turn on the lights, their power is coming from a number of resources – from renewable resources like wind and solar to fossil fuel-based generation like natural gas. Many large energy facilities are reviewed and monitored at the state level, so what happens when one of these facilities has reached the end of its life?
Read MoreThe next regularly scheduled meeting of Oregon’s Energy Facility Siting Council will be held on Friday, October 28, 2022.
Read MoreOn 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 next regularly scheduled meeting of Oregon’s Energy Facility Siting Council will be held on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, August 29-31, 2022.
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.
Read MoreThe next regularly scheduled meeting of Oregon’s Energy Facility Siting Council will be held on Thursday and Friday, June 23-24, 2022.
Read MoreThe next regularly scheduled meeting of Oregon’s Energy Facility Siting Council will be held virtually Friday, February 25, 2022.
Read MoreThe next regularly scheduled meeting of Oreogn’s Energy Facility Siting Council will be held virtually Friday, January 28, 2022.
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