Oregon Statutes 261.225 – State agencies and private utilities to provide new district certain information
(1) The State Department of Energy, the Public Utility Commission of Oregon and any privately owned utility serving the affected territory shall cooperate in providing information and data as requested by a people’s utility district for construction or acquisition of the initial utility system.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 261.225
- Affected territory: means that territory proposed to be formed into, annexed to or consolidated with a district. See Oregon Statutes 261.010
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- district: means an incorporated people's utility district, created under the provisions of this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 261.010
- Initial utility system: means a complete operating utility system, including energy efficiency measures and installations within the district or proposed district, capable of supplying the consumers required to be served by the district at the time of acquisition or construction with all of their existing water or electrical energy needs. See Oregon Statutes 261.010
- Utility: means a plant, works or other property used for development, generation, storage, distribution or transmission of electricity, or development or transmission of water for domestic or municipal purposes, but transmission of water shall not include water for irrigation or reclamation purposes, except as secondary to and when used in conjunction with a hydroelectric plant. See Oregon Statutes 261.010
(2) As requested, the State Department of Energy and the Public Utility Commission of Oregon shall provide copies of records on file pertinent to the operation of a utility system.
(3) As requested, the privately owned utility serving the affected territory shall provide data and records regarding the affected territory including:
(a) Peak load and monthly variations of load required to serve the territory;
(b) Load requirements of various classifications of users;
(c) Gross revenue;
(d) Distribution costs, including operation, maintenance and debt retirement;
(e) Inventory of assets by type and value;
(f) List of customers with customer addresses;
(g) Amount of money loaned to each customer for conservation activity; and
(h) Replacement value of an investor owned utility’s unreimbursed investment in energy efficiency measures and installations within the territory. [1979 c.558 § 15; 1991 c.358 § 4]
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