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Nathan Howard/APHouse Bill 3792 will double the Oregon Energy Assistance Program from $20 million to $40 million, with the goal of helping more low-income Oregonians pay their energy bills and avoid disconnections. -
Rich Pedroncelli/AP PhotoEnvironmental groups want to revive higher payments to panel owners. But the subsidies were unfair to non-solar ratepayers, regulators say.
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House Bill 3546, known as the POWER Act, is now headed to Gov. Tina Kotek鈥檚 desk. It could lead to higher rates for industrial electricity customers that currently pay much less per kilowatt hour than residential customers. -
Oregon lawmakers are considering at least six bills right now that would limit for what, when and for whom private electric and gas companies can raise rates. -
The Trump administration fired all federal staff of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. Local providers are worried. -
A spate of new bills in California and other states would protect consumers from electricity rate hikes that subsidize data centers.
