A 2nd State Puts Utility Performance Over Profits — Episode 264 of Local Energy Rules

About this episode

Oregon implements performance-based regulation to align utility profits with climate, cost, and reliability goals.

Oregon tries to tie utility profits to climate, cost, and reliability targets through performance-based regulation.| Show page available: https://ilsr.org/article/energy-democracy/oregon-performance-based-regulation-ler264/ Listen to all of our Local Energy Rules podcast episodes at our site: https://ilsr.org/energy/local-energy-rules-podcast/ | Don't forget to subscribe, share with your friends, leave a recommendation on our podcast feeds, and join the conversation online using the #LocalEnergyRules hashtag!

Topics covered

• utility regulation
• climate change
• energy policy
• profit models
• reliability

Keywords

• utility profits
• performance-based regulation
• Oregon
• climate targets
• cost targets
• reliability targets

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Local Energy Rules

Places: Oregon

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