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EO 25-29 – Barriers to Large-Scale Renewable Energy Projects Study and Siting and Permitting Large-Scale Electricity Infrastructure Study

The Oregon Department of Energy seeks public comments by 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 2, 2026 on the agency’s draft Report on Reducing Barriers to Clean Energy Deployment; ODOE is developing the report pursuant to Executive Order 25-29. ODOE must deliver a final report, and the related Report on Siting and Permitting Large-Scale Electricity Infrastructure, to the Governor’s Office by September 1, 2026.

Comments received will be publicly shared. ODOE encourages commenters to be as specific as possible in identifying concerns and recommendations. ODOE has drafted questions for commenters to consider. You are not required to answer every question; required questions are marked with an asterisk symbol (*). You may enter your name as “Anonymous” and your Zip/Postal Code as “00000” if you wish. If you choose to upload a file, ODOE respectfully requests that you seek to ensure the document is accessible for ADA compliance purposes.

To ensure that we are reaching a geographically diverse population across the state (which will help us to better reach out to and engage with communities, partners, and interested parties) we encourage you to include your zip/postal code (this may be your home or business zip code). Additionally, we are committed to providing equitable access to the decision-making process and recognize that Tribes; Tribal, coastal, and rural communities; and environmental justice communities have been historically and are currently underrepresented in decision-making processes. Please help us to understand any gaps in our outreach by including if you are from or represent any of the communities previously mentioned.

Please contact ODOE if you have questions or need any accommodations to provide input.

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Questions

1. Please describe your interest and why you are commenting. If you are commenting on behalf of an organization, please describe the organization’s interest.

2. The draft Report on Reducing Barriers to Clean Energy Deployment provides an initial inventory of barriers being faced by proposed clean energy facilities that have received site certificates from the Energy Facility Siting Council or from an Oregon county. Have you experienced or witnessed any one or more of these barriers? Please explain.

3. Are there barriers to the deployment of proposed clean energy facilities that have received site certificates from the Energy Facility Siting Council or from an Oregon county that you have experienced or witnessed that are not acknowledged in the draft report? Please explain.

4. The draft report provides draft recommendations for policymakers. Do you have any comments on these draft recommendations? Are there any additional recommendations that you would like to share?

5. If you provided comments for this report in the first public comment period, please address whether, in your personal opinion, the draft report reflects the input you provided. If not, please describe how the draft report could be improved.

6. If you did not provide comments in the first public comment period, please share if this was because you were unaware of the opportunity, because the opportunity as you understood it was not a priority for you at the time, or if there were other factors that affected your ability or decision to provide comments. Do you have any recommendations or requests for ODOE on how it might improve outreach for public comment on draft reports?

7. Do you have any other comments to share?

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