SB 1582 — Requires each electric company to develop a distributed power plant program for the procurement of grid services to be provided by distributed energy resources.
Congress · introduced 2026-01-16
Digest: Makes each power company create a program for buying grid services. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9). Requires each electric company to develop a distributed power plant program for the procurement of grid services to be provided by distributed energy resources. Specifies the grid services that may be eligible for compensation and the classes of distributed energy resources technologies that must be eligible to provide the grid services. Allows a customer to enroll directly or through a third party in an electric company's distributed power plant program. Requires an electric company to use a standard offer, open access tariff. Allows an electric company to recover in rates prudently incurred costs associated with the program. Directs the Public Utility Commission to develop and adopt annual procurement targets and performance incentives. Allows an electric company to earn performance incentives for meeting program targets. Requires each electric company to file an annual report with the commission on the status of the electric company's distributed power plant program, including the capacity enrolled in the program. Provides for initial requirements and an implementing timeline. Requires an initial distributed power plant program to provide compensation for system-wide peak load reduction that is provided by an energy storage device that is a battery. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Latest action: — In Senate Committee
Sponsors
- Neron Misslin, Courtney (D, OR-13) — sponsor
- Gamba, Mark (D, OR-41) — sponsor
- Andersen, Tom (D, OR-19) — sponsor
- McDonald , Sarah (D, OR-16) — sponsor
- Rieke Smith, Sue (D, OR-26) — sponsor
- Frederick, Lew (D, OR-22) — cosponsor
- Golden, Jeff (D, OR-3) — cosponsor
- Patterson, Deb (D, OR-10) — cosponsor
- Pham, Khanh (D, OR-23) — cosponsor
- Reynolds, Lisa (D, OR-17) — cosponsor
- Sollman, Janeen (D, OR-15) — cosponsor
- Chaichi, Farrah (D, OR-35) — cosponsor
- Helm, Ken (D, OR-27) — cosponsor
- Sosa, Nathan (D, OR-30) — cosponsor
- Walters, Jules (D, OR-37) — cosponsor
Action timeline
- · state_upper — Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
- · state_upper — Referred to Energy and Environment.
- · state_upper — Public Hearing held.
- · state_upper — In committee upon adjournment.
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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 | Andersen, Tom (D, state_lower OR-19) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Gamba, Mark (D, state_lower OR-41) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 3 | McDonald , Sarah (D, state_lower OR-16) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 4 | Neron Misslin, Courtney (D, state_upper OR-13) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 5 | Rieke Smith, Sue (D, state_lower OR-26) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 6 | Chaichi, Farrah (D, state_lower OR-35) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Frederick, Lew (D, state_upper OR-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Golden, Jeff (D, state_upper OR-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Helm, Ken (D, state_lower OR-27) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Patterson, Deb (D, state_upper OR-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Pham, Khanh (D, state_upper OR-23) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Reynolds, Lisa (D, state_upper OR-17) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Sollman, Janeen (D, state_upper OR-15) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Sosa, Nathan (D, state_lower OR-30) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Walters, Jules (D, state_lower OR-37) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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