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Or. Rev. Stat. § 469.040 (2026)

Director; duties; appointment; rules

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      469.040 Director; duties; appointment; rules. (1) The State Department of Energy shall be under the supervision of the Director of the State Department of Energy, who shall:

      (a) Supervise the day-to-day functions of the State Department of Energy;

      (b) Supervise and facilitate the work and research on energy facility siting applications at the direction of the Energy Facility Siting Council;

      (c) Hire, assign, reassign and coordinate personnel of the State Department of Energy, prescribe their duties and fix their compensation, subject to the State Personnel Relations Law; and

      (d) Adopt rules and issue orders to carry out the duties of the director and the State Department of Energy in accordance with ORS chapter 183 and the policy stated in ORS 469.010.

      (2) The director may delegate to any officer or employee the exercise and discharge in the director’s name of any power, duty or function of whatever character vested in the director by law. The official act of any person acting in the director’s name and by the director’s authority shall be considered an official act of the director.

      (3) The director shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate in the manner provided by ORS 171.562 and 171.565. [1975 c.606 §5; 1985 c.593 §1; 1993 c.496 §3; 1995 c.551 §4; 1999 c.934 §6; 1999 c.1043 §10; 2003 c.186 §3; 2017 c.314 §1]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2003–2019 · leading case: Friends of the Columbia Gorge v. Energy Facility Siting Council, 446 P.3d 53 (Or. 2019).
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Friends of the Columbia Gorge v. Energy Facility Siting Council, 446 P.3d 53 (Or. 2019). “450(6) ; see also ORS 469.040(1)(b) (requiring the director of ODOE to "[s]upervise and facilitate the work and research on energy facility siting applications at the direction of the [council]").”
Friends of Parrett Mountain v. Nw. Nat. Gas Co., 79 P.3d 869 (Or. 2003). “) To aid the council in performing that function, ORS 469.040(l)(b) requires the administrator of the Oregon Office of Energy (OOE) to supervise and facilitate work and research on siting applications at the council’s direction.”
Warrenton Fiber Co. v. Dep't of Energy, 388 P.3d 372 (Or. Ct. App. 2016). “ORS 469.040(l)(d); see also ORS 315.141 (designating ODOE responsibility for biomass tax credits and certification).”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 469.040(1)(b) — 1 case
Friends of the Columbia Gorge v. Energy Facility Siting Council, 446 P.3d 53 (Or. 2019). “450(6) ; see also ORS 469.040(1)(b) (requiring the director of ODOE to "[s]upervise and facilitate the work and research on energy facility siting applications at the direction of the [council]").”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 469.040(l)(b) — 1 case
Friends of Parrett Mountain v. Nw. Nat. Gas Co., 79 P.3d 869 (Or. 2003). “) To aid the council in performing that function, ORS 469.040(l)(b) requires the administrator of the Oregon Office of Energy (OOE) to supervise and facilitate work and research on siting applications at the council’s direction.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 469.040(l)(d) — 1 case
Warrenton Fiber Co. v. Dep't of Energy, 388 P.3d 372 (Or. Ct. App. 2016). “ORS 469.040(l)(d); see also ORS 315.141 (designating ODOE responsibility for biomass tax credits and certification).”
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