SB 685 — Requires a natural gas utility to provide notice to each customer of the utility and the Public Utility Commission if the utility plans to increase the amount of hydrogen that the utility blends with natural gas and the ratio of the volume of hydrogen to the volume of natural gas will, for the first time, be greater than 2.5 percent.
Congress · introduced 2024-12-31
<b>Digest: Makes a gas company give notice if the gas company plans to blend, for the first time, hydrogen with natural gas more than a certain amount. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.0).</b> [<i>Digest: Makes a public utility that wants to make or carry out a project with hydrogen to first get approval from the PUC. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.4).</i>] [<i>Requires a public utility to obtain authorization from the Public Utility Commission to develop or carry out a project that involves the production or use of hydrogen in this state. Provides criteria that the commission shall use to evaluate a proposed project.</i>] <b>Requires a natural gas utility to provide notice to each customer of the utility and the Public Utility Commission if the utility plans to increase the amount of hydrogen that the utility blends with natural gas and the ratio of the volume of hydrogen to the volume of natural gas will, for the first time, be greater than 2.5 percent. Requires a natural gas utility that has a program for blending hydrogen with natural gas to maintain on the utility's website information regarding the utility's program and how a customer may communicate with the utility about the utility's program.</b> Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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Sponsors
- Pham, Khanh (D, OR-23) — sponsor
- Golden, Jeff (D, OR-3) — sponsor
- Gorsek, Chris (D, OR-25) — cosponsor
- Manning Jr., James (D, OR-7) — cosponsor
- Taylor, Kathleen (D, OR-21) — cosponsor
- Chotzen, Willy (D, OR-46) — cosponsor
- Gamba, Mark (D, OR-41) — cosponsor
- Nosse, Rob (D, OR-42) — cosponsor
- Tran, Thuy (D, OR-45) — cosponsor
- Walters, Jules (D, OR-37) — cosponsor
- Campos, Wlnsvey (D, OR-18) — cosponsor
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Inbound (11)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-31 | Chotzen, Willy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Gamba, Mark | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Nosse, Rob | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Tran, Thuy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Walters, Jules | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Campos, Wlnsvey | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Golden, Jeff | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Gorsek, Chris | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Manning Jr., James | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Pham, Khanh | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Taylor, Kathleen | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Golden, Jeff (D, state_upper OR-3) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Pham, Khanh (D, state_upper OR-23) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 3 | Campos, Wlnsvey (D, state_upper OR-18) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Chotzen, Willy (D, state_lower OR-46) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Gamba, Mark (D, state_lower OR-41) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Gorsek, Chris (D, state_upper OR-25) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Manning Jr., James (D, state_upper OR-7) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Nosse, Rob (D, state_lower OR-42) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Taylor, Kathleen (D, state_upper OR-21) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Tran, Thuy (D, state_lower OR-45) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Walters, Jules (D, state_lower OR-37) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2024-12-31 · sponsored by Golden, Jeff (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Gamba, Mark (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Gorsek, Chris (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Taylor, Kathleen (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Campos, Wlnsvey (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Walters, Jules (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Nosse, Rob (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Tran, Thuy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · sponsored by Pham, Khanh (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Chotzen, Willy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Manning Jr., James (cosponsor) · sponsorship