SB 1526 — Requires the State Department of Energy to apply for grant moneys from the State Agency Program Fund to cover the costs and expenses of carrying out pre-startup activities and forming a nonprofit entity.
Congress · introduced 2026-01-14
Digest: Tells ODOE to apply for moneys to pay for the formation of a new entity that can finance projects. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8). Requires the State Department of Energy to apply for grant moneys from the State Agency Program Fund to cover the costs and expenses of carrying out pre-startup activities and forming a nonprofit entity. Allows the department to also apply for moneys from other sources. Directs the department to carry out pre-startup activities, including [<i>recruiting and</i>] convening a founding board<b> and filling the founding board's membership</b>, if the department secures sufficient grant moneys. Directs the founding board to form a nonprofit entity for the purpose of financing clean energy and resilience projects. Requires the entity to report annually to the appropriate committees or interim committees of the Legislative Assembly. Directs the Oregon Business Development Department and the State Department of Energy to work with the entity.
Latest action: — In Senate Committee
Sponsors
No sponsorships on file.
Action timeline
- · state_upper — Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
- · state_upper — Referred to Energy and Environment.
- · state_upper — Public Hearing Scheduled.
- · state_upper — Public Hearing held.
- · state_upper — Work Session held.
- · state_upper — Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means. (Printed A-Eng.)
- · state_upper — Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President.
- · state_upper — In committee upon adjournment.
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Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
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