As used in this Division, except when the context requires otherwise:

1. (1) "Clean Energy Plan" or "CEP" means the plan that an electric company subject to the emissions reduction targets under ORS 469A.410 is required to develop under ORS 469A.415.
2. (2) "Electric company" has the meaning given that term in ORS 757.600.
3. (3) “End effects” means costs associated with a portfolio that would be incurred after the end of the planning horizon.
4. (4) “Energy utility” or “utility” means a public utility as defined in ORS 757.005, except water and wastewater utilities. An energy utility can be an “electric company” as defined in ORS 757.600 or a “gas utility” as defined in ORS 757.359.
5. (5) “Integrated Resource Plan” or “IRP” means the energy utility’s written plan detailing its determination of future long-term resource needs, its analysis of the expected costs and associated risks of the alternatives to meet those needs, and its action plan to select the best portfolio of resources to meet those needs.
6. (6) “Key planning uncertainties” means uncertain factors that could materially influence future utility plans or the performance of the utility’s portfolio, including factors that the Commission has directed the utility to address in the IRP.
7. (7) “Key planning years” means future years in which the utility anticipates significant changes relevant to its planning and procurement, including years for which the Commission has directed the utility to conduct specific planning analyses.
8. (8) “Portfolio” means a set of existing and new resources, including supply side resources, distributed resources, customer-sited resources, and supporting transmission and distribution infrastructure that the utility evaluates for meeting future loads and policy requirements over the planning horizon.
9. (9) “Planning scenario” means a set of possible future conditions developed for the purpose of evaluating the performance of IRP portfolios and examining the risks associated with the near-term action plan and long-term resource strategy.
10. (10) “Reference case” means the collection of assumptions for future conditions that the utility considers to be most likely or expected for the purposes of planning.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 756.060, ORS 757.262 & ORS 469A.465

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 756.040, ORS 469A.415, ORS 469A.420, ORS 469A.425, ORS 469A.430, ORS 469A.435, ORS 469A.440, ORS 469A.445, ORS 469A.450, ORS 469A.455, ORS 469A.460 & ORS 469A.475

History

PUC 2-2026, adopt filed 03/23/2026, effective 03/23/2026