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Or. Rev. Stat. § 225.450 (2026)

Definitions for ORS 225.450 to 225.490

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      225.450 Definitions for ORS 225.450 to 225.490. As used in ORS 225.450 to 225.490, unless the context requires otherwise:

      (1) “City” means a city organized under the law of California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington or Wyoming and owning and operating an electric light and power system.

      (2) “Common facilities” means any works and facilities necessary or incidental to the generation, transmission, distribution or marketing of electric power and related goods and commodities.

      (3) “District” means a people’s utility district organized under ORS chapter 261 or a similar public utility district organized under the law of California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Washington or Wyoming.

      (4) “Electric cooperative” means a cooperative corporation organized under the law of California, Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Nevada, Washington or Wyoming and owning and operating an electric generation, transmission or distribution system. [1967 c.603 §2; 1979 c.151 §1; 1993 c.141 §1; 1999 c.865 §34]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1969–1984 · leading case: DeFazio v. Washington Pub. Power Supply Sys., 679 P.2d 1316 (Or. 1984).
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DeFazio v. Washington Pub. Power Supply Sys., 679 P.2d 1316 (Or. 1984). “The Thermal Power Facilities Act, codified with respect to cities in ORS 225.450 - 225.490 and with respect to PUDs in ORS 261.”
Miles v. City of Eugene, 451 P.2d 59 (Or. 1969). · cites it 3× “ORS 225.450 et seq. The plaintiff is a resident of the city and a rate payer of the city’s division which sells electric energy.”
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