Directs the Water Resources Department to study water management in the Harney Basin. Directs the department to report to committees or interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to natural resources no later than September 15, 2026. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Requires the Water Resources Department to implement additional rules and requirements for the review of limited license applications for an aquifer storage and recovery permit.
Prohibits the Department of Environmental Quality from implementing or enforcing the Advanced Clean Trucks regulations before January 1, 2027. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Directs the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to establish a Wildlife Stewardship Program. Directs the department to administer a grant program to support licensed wildlife rehabilitation centers. Appropriates moneys to the department, out of the General Fund, for purposes of the grant program.
Provides that a certificate to appropriate water may be assigned. Requires a seller of real estate that includes a water right to notify the Water Resources Department of the real estate transaction and the water right that is involved.
Appropriates moneys to the State Department of Fish and Wildlife out of the General Fund for deposit into the Oregon Conservation and Recreation Fund. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Directs the Water Resources Department to study critical ground water areas. Directs the department to report to committees or interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to natural resources no later than September 15, 2026. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Maddy summaryHB 2135 allows battery-charged fences (electric fences powered by battery) on commercial and industrial properties not used for residential purposes. It requires these fences to use ≤12 volts, meet IEC safety standards, include a 5-foot non-electric perimeter barrier, and display warning signs every 30 feet. The bill prohibits local governments from banning such fences or imposing additional requirements beyond state standards on non-residential properties. This directly affects business and property owners in commercial/industrial zones, ensuring consistent safety rules across Oregon.
Requires each electric company to develop a distributed power plant program for the procurement of grid services to be provided by distributed energy resources. Specifies the grid services that may be eligible for compensation and the classes of distributed energy resources technologies that must be eligible to provide the grid services. Allows a customer to enroll directly or through a third party in an electric company's distributed power plant program. Requires an electric company to use a standard offer, open access tariff. Allows an electric company to recover in rates prudently incurred costs associated with the program. Directs the Public Utility Commission to develop and adopt annual procurement targets and performance incentives. Allows an electric company to earn performance incentives for meeting program targets. Requires each electric company to file an annual report with the commission on the status of the electric company's distributed power plant program, including the capacity enrolled in the program. Provides for initial requirements and an implementing timeline. Requires an initial distributed power plant program to provide compensation for system-wide peak load reduction that is provided by an energy storage device that is a battery. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Directs the Water Resources Commission to establish a program for compensating ground water right holders for voluntarily relinquishing all or portions of ground water rights in basins designated as critical ground water areas. Appropriates moneys to the commission for the purpose of funding the program. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
