Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 758.525 (2026)

Avoided cost schedules; filing; requirement to purchase energy from qualifying facilities

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758.525 Avoided cost schedules; filing; requirement to purchase energy from qualifying facilities. (1) At least once every two years each electric utility shall prepare, publish and file with the Public Utility Commission a schedule of avoided costs equaling the utility’s forecasted incremental cost of electric resources over at least the next 20 years. Prices contained in the schedules filed by public utilities shall be reviewed and approved by the commission.

(2) An electric utility shall offer to purchase energy or energy and capacity whether delivered directly or indirectly from a qualifying facility. Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, the price for such a purchase shall not be less than the utility’s avoided costs. At the option of the qualifying facility, exercised before beginning delivery of the energy or energy and capacity, such prices may be based on:

(a) The avoided costs calculated at the time of delivery; or

(b) The projected avoided costs calculated at the time the legal obligation to purchase the energy or energy and capacity is incurred.

(3) Nothing contained in ORS 543.610, 757.005 and 758.505 to 758.555 shall be construed to require an electric utility to pay full avoided-cost prices for a purchase from a qualifying facility on which construction began before November 8, 1978, but the price for a purchase from such a facility shall be sufficient to encourage production of energy or energy and capacity.

(4) The rates of an electric utility for the sale of electricity shall not discriminate against qualifying facilities. [1983 c.799 §3]

758.530 [1979 c.730 §5; 1981 c.714 §4; repealed by 1981 c.714 §11 and by 1983 c.799 §9]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1987–2026 · leading case: Snow Mountain Pine Co. v. Maudlin, 734 P.2d 1366 (Or. Ct. App. 1987).

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Snow Mountain Pine Co. v. Maudlin, 734 P.2d 1366 (Or. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 9× “ORS 758.525 requires a utility to purchase power from & qualifying facility.”

Oregon Trail Elec. Consumers Coop., Inc. v. Co-Gen Co., 7 P.3d 594 (Or. Ct. App. 2000). “’ ORS 758.525(2); OAR 860-29-040(4)(b).” Snow Mt.”

NewSun Energy, LLC v. PUC, 346 Or. App. 545 (Or. Ct. App. 2026). · cites it 15× “NewSun also asserts that PUC exceeded its authority in adopting two specific rules—OAR 860-029-0120(2) and OAR 860- 029-0121(5)—because those rules conflict with ORS 758.525 and do not conform to legislative policy expressed in ORS 758.”

Water Power Co. v. Pacificorp, 781 P.2d 860 (Or. Ct. App. 1989). “302 (b); ORS 758.525(1) and (2). Pacific named Douglas as a third-party defendant but later withdrew that complaint.”

— Or. Rev. Stat. § 758.525(1) — 2 cases

Snow Mountain Pine Co. v. Maudlin, 734 P.2d 1366 (Or. Ct. App. 1987). “ORS 758.525 requires a utility to purchase power from & qualifying facility.”

Water Power Co. v. Pacificorp, 781 P.2d 860 (Or. Ct. App. 1989). “302 (b); ORS 758.525(1) and (2). Pacific named Douglas as a third-party defendant but later withdrew that complaint.”

— Or. Rev. Stat. § 758.525(2) — 3 cases

Snow Mountain Pine Co. v. Maudlin, 734 P.2d 1366 (Or. Ct. App. 1987). “ORS 758.525 requires a utility to purchase power from & qualifying facility.”

Oregon Trail Elec. Consumers Coop., Inc. v. Co-Gen Co., 7 P.3d 594 (Or. Ct. App. 2000). “’ ORS 758.525(2); OAR 860-29-040(4)(b).” Snow Mt.”

NewSun Energy, LLC v. PUC, 346 Or. App. 545 (Or. Ct. App. 2026). “NewSun also asserts that PUC exceeded its authority in adopting two specific rules—OAR 860-029-0120(2) and OAR 860- 029-0121(5)—because those rules conflict with ORS 758.525 and do not conform to legislative policy expressed in ORS 758.”

— Or. Rev. Stat. § 758.525(2)(b) — 1 case

— Or. Rev. Stat. § 758.525(8) — 1 case

Snow Mountain Pine Co. v. Maudlin, 734 P.2d 1366 (Or. Ct. App. 1987). “ORS 758.525 requires a utility to purchase power from & qualifying facility.”

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