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• For those interested in PURPA: A list of the QFs with contracts with PacifiCorp, PGE, Idaho Power, Avista and Puget Sound Energy, 7/24/19
• NIPPC’s letter to the OPUC at the conclusion of its Transmission Workshops.  NIPPC commended commissioners and staff for being open to learning more about how transmission works and how policies are implemented, 7/1/19.
• NIPPC comments on PacifiCorp’s anti-competitive business practice, 5/17/19
• Hardy Capacity Shortage Paper: Randy Hardy warns of impending capacity shortage in PNW with westside consequences. The paper is a serious call to action and warrants prompt attention throughout the power sector and beyond, March 2019
• NIPPC, REC, CREA joint supporting testimony for OPUC Mission Bill HB 2855 submitted for committee hearing, 3/28/19
• NIPPC, REC and CREA encourage supporters of HB 2857 to submit a letter to the legislature ahead of the March 26th hearing in Salem, 3/18/19
• NIPPC, REC and CREA garner support for HB 2857 which among other things requires that 8% of the electricity sold within Oregon be generated by small-scale renewable energy power projects, 3/18/19
• NIPPC proposes changes to Oregon’s Cap & Invest legislation, HB 2020 to ensure the allowances granted the utilities will be used to benefit ratepayers, and not skew the market which could potentially lead to an increase in the use of fossil fuels, wholly contrary to the aims of the bill, 3/5/19
• NIPPC explains why it’s proposed amendments to HB 2020 will allow the coalition to support Oregon’s Cap & Invest legislation, once the bill supports competition and ensures that IPP generators and ESS power suppliers are given the same treatment as utilities in the region, 3/5/19
• Portland Business Journal coverage of the possible findings from the SB 978 Process at the OPUC, 7/17/18
• Transcript of NIPPC’s remarks in the concluding hearing of the SB 978 process at the OPUC, 7/7/18
• NIPPC’s “Sketch Notes #4” report on the SB 978 Process at the  OPUC, 4/24/18
• Governor Kate Brown’s letter upon enacting SB 978 into law.  New law requires the OPUC to establish public process for purpose of investigating how industry trends, technologies and policy drivers in electricity sector might impact existing regulatory system and incentives currently employed by commission, 8/16/17
• Portland Business Journal coverage of new docket at the OPUC to investigate Renewable Direct Access, prompted by NIPPC’s bill in the legislature, 5/19/17
• MegaWatt Daily reports on Microsoft going to direct access, 4/17/17
• Electricity Daily reports on NIPPC’s efforts to redress “utility bias” in resource acquisition, 3/6/17
• Electricity Daily reports on NIPPC legislation to establish a true direct access market for renewables in Oregon, 3/6/17