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Democratizing the Grid The role of Renewable Energy Policy (R.E.P.) Oregonians for Renewable Energy Policy |
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| 2-3-10 Great Britian has a Feed in Tariff law with several innovative features. go> | ||
11-11-09. Judy Barnes outlines next steps now that rulemaking on HB3039 has begun. |
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| 7-7-09. House and Senate approve HB3039 and send it to the governor for signature. Final text here. | ||
| 6-23-09. The final version of the bill from the Joint House/Senate Conference Committee was released today, HB3039-B Engrossed.. Oregon Renewable Energy Project recommend a No vote on this bill. See talking points here. | ||
| 6-22-09. The House/Senate Joint Conference Committee voted today in favor of HB3039B as amended. The amendments are HB3039-B24 and HB3039-B25. These will be combined into a single "engrossed" bill for both chambers to vote on, likely during the coming week. Read David Brock's letter to Governor Kulongski as to why he should veto this bill. David is an environmental advocate with Environment Oregon. |
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| 6-10-09. Discussion of Renewable Energy Payments at the InterSolar conference in Germany. The discussion starts about 3 minutes into the video. | ||
| 5-22-09. The suggested changes to HB 3039 proposed by Oregonians for Renewable Energy Payments have come back from Legislative Counsel and have been received by the Senate Business and Transportation Committee. Committee members and contact information here. | ||
| 5-12-09. Oregonians for Renewable Energy Payments and OSEIA (Oregon Solar Energy Industries Association) members have suggested changes to HB 3039 to rid the bill of the worst give-aways to the investor owned utilities and to create a strong REP section (see section 8). | ||
5-6-09. Slide show presentation on the benefits of Renewable Energy Payments in Germany. See the increase in production of renewable energy, and in employment. Slide show is from World Future Council, by Biana Barth. PowerPoint,or pdf |
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4-30-09. Why we should say No to HB 3039. While HB 3039 has a renewable energy payment clause in it, it also contains major problems in terms to give aways to the major utilities in Oregon. And the REP clause is missing important elements to be effective. |
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HB 3039 passes in Oregon Hosue 47 yes, 11 no |
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4-28-09. Oregon House Sustainability Committee moves HB3039 containing Renewable Energy Payments payment to the full House for a vote. That vote is not yet scheduled. Read the bill in its final form. HB-3039A |
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4-19-09 Robin Bloomgarden's letter to Sen. Tobias Reed |
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4-18-09 News from Gainesville, FL. Read the ordinance which created the Gainesville, FL. R.E.P. (pdf file) |
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4-3-09 R.E.P. bill written and goes to Oregon House 4-3-09 Bianca Barth, representative of World Future Council,
in Portland to promote R.E.P. Press release Her public appearance schedule 4-1-09 Short video on the benefits of Feed-in Tariffs 3-16-09 Northwest Solar Center - WSU/SCC 3-5-09 VoltAir position in favor of R.E.P. 2-10-09 Study of Employment Effects of Renewable Energy Payments on German Labor |
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The study demonstrates that the
increased use of renewable energy and job creation can
permanently go hand in hand. Accordingly, employment
in the renewable energy field could double by
2020 even when applying rather conservative assumptions. |
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2-10-09 R.E.P. proposed legislation to begin a Renewable Energy Payments program in Oregon More |
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| 2-10-09 Testimony by Judy Barnes at Oregon Senate Hearing on HB2121 More 2-10-09 Testimony by Jennifer Gleason at Oregon Senate Hearing on HB2121 More 2-10-09 Testimony by Kris Alman at Oregon Senate Hearing on HB2121 More |
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