Hydro Northwest > Oregon

Resources Market Infrastructure Policy

Resources: A measure of total energy production and consumption per capita

Market: The cost of consumption, measured in electricity prices and gasoline taxes

Infrastructure: Capacity to generate and refine energy sources; miles of pipelines

31st Resources
12th Market
40th Infrastructure

Limited amounts of coal are shipped by rail from Wyoming and Montana to meet the state's energy needs, but only .5% of Oregon's net electricity generation comes from coal-powered power plants—well below the national average of 36.8%.

Residential electricity prices are well below the national median due to abundant hydroelectric power.

Wind energy provides most of Oregon's net generation from non-hydroelectric renewable resources.

state-oregon

Production trillion btu

33
Oil
22
Gas
8
Coal
22
Wind
317
Solar
504
Hydro
42
Biofuel
0
Nuclear

net energy Production trillion btu

739
+948 Produced
209 Consumed

Consumption trillion btu

45
Oil
43
Gas
54
Coal
34
Renewable
33
Nuclear

Gasoline Tax total state + federal, 2014

OR
$0.49
USA
$0.46

Key Policies

  • Requires large utilities to ensure that 25% of retail electricity sold in-state be derived from renewable energy resources by 2025.

  • Is one of only three states that enforce emissions standards for new or expanded power plants, and for all electricity imported into the state.

  • Requires the use of oxygenated motor gasoline throughout the state.

  • Requires permits and compliance bonds for oil and gas wells. Compliance bonds begin at $25,000.

Electricity net production, trillion btu

+103
6.85¢
OR
8.81¢
USA