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OR-HB 3546 — Directs the Public Utility Commission to provide for a classification of service for large energy use facilities.

Digest: Tells the PUC to provide for a class of service for facilities that use large amounts of energy. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.3). Directs the Public Utility Commission to provide for a classification of service for large energy use facilities. Requires any tariff schedule adopted for the class to allocate the costs of serving large energy use facilities to the facilities and mitigate the risks to other classes of retail electricity consumers. Defines "large energy use facility." Directs the commission to…

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Legal stateEnacted or issuedA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionOregonState-source record
Latest recorded action2025-07-07Chapter 323, (2025 Laws): Effective date June 16, 2025.
Primary sourceStateOriginal public record linked

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How it operates

Disclosure & reporting · Utility rate / large-load tariff

Forces a data center’s energy, water, and impact data into public view, so regulators, ratepayers, and communities can see figures operators would otherwise keep private. Changes who pays for the grid — shifting the cost of new power supply and upgrades toward large data-center loads instead of ordinary ratepayers.

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Issues named in the record

Energy · Ratepayer

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Directs the Public Utility Commission to provide for a classification of service for large energy use facilities.

15 nodes · 14 evidenced edges
Policy record 1Policy theme 5Policy mechanism 2Documented actor 5Jurisdiction 1Original source 1
explicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryexplicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationsignals mechanism: Mechanism signal derived from the tracked record textsignals mechanism: Mechanism signal derived from the tracked record textapplies in: Jurisdiction recorded for this source typedocumented by: Original source URL stored with the policy recordsponsored: Named sponsor in the tracked public recordsponsored: Named sponsor in the tracked public recordsponsored: Named sponsor in the tracked public recordsponsored: Named sponsor in the tracked public recordsponsored: Named sponsor in the tracked public recordPolicy recordOR-HB 3546Directs the Public Utility …OR-HB 3546: Directs the Public Utility Commission to provide for a classification of service for large energy use facilities.Policy themeEnergyExplicit record textEnergy: Explicit record textPolicy themeRatepayerExplicit record textRatepayer: Explicit record textPolicy themeCarbonAI-assisted policy themeCarbon: AI-assisted policy themePolicy themeCertification & Standa…AI-assisted policy themeCertification & Standards: AI-assisted policy themePolicy themeGrid ReliabilityAI-assisted policy themeGrid Reliability: AI-assisted policy themePolicy mechanismDisclosure & reportingText-derived policy signalDisclosure & reporting: Text-derived policy signalPolicy mechanismUtility rate / large-l…Text-derived policy signalUtility rate / large-load tariff: Text-derived policy signalJurisdictionOregonState policy jurisdictionOregon: State policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceStateOriginal public sourceState: Original public sourceDocumented actorMarshpersonMarsh: personDocumented actorOwenspersonOwens: personDocumented actorSollmanpersonSollman: personDocumented actorGrayberpersonGrayber: personDocumented actorGoldenpersonGolden: person

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