Public Filings

September 15, 2025 - Written testimony on Klickitat County's draft BESS Ordinance, intended to provide context as to why this draft ordinance requires broader review and revision to ensure that solar and BESS projects are permitted through the county rather than EFSEC.

July 29, 2025 - Renewable NW's comments on PacifiCorp’s 2025 Integrated Resource Plan. The 2025 IRP is PacifiCorp’s second resource plan since the passage of House Bill 2021 (“HB 2021”) - Oregon’s clean energy law that requires utilities to reduce greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions 80% by 2030, 90% by 2035, and 100% by 2040.

July 14, 2025 - Renewable NW's comments on the Oregon Public Utility Commission's Staff Report recommending conditional approval of Portland General Electric Company’s Draft 2025 All-Source RFP and RFP Scoring and Modeling Methodology

July 8, 2025 - Comments on updating existing Marion County code language for battery energy storage systems (BESS).

July 7, 2025 - Renewable NW's comments on PacifiCorp’s draft 2025 Request for Proposals and associated scoring and modeling methodology.

May 28, 2025 - RNW engaged in the Oregon PUC's investigation into integrated resource plan (IRP) and request for proposals (RFP) modernization, which has since become the formal rulemaking docket - AR 669. We have largely supported the concepts and language Staff has proposed; we think the changes to IRPs and RFPs envisioned in this docket will support greater visibility into utility compliance with state policy, focus resource planning on key questions and decisions, and streamline the IRP and RFP processes to some extent. We recommended additional requirements to increase transparency throughout the IRP process, which would enable Staff, the Commission, and interested parties to better assess the IRP’s validity and offer more informed recommendations.

May 28, 2025 - Comments on Workshop #1 - OPUC Docket AR 669 - Rulemaking to Amend Integrated Resource Plan Guidelines and Competitive Bidding Rules

May 16, 2025 - In response to PGE's draft 2025 RFP and informed by member feedback, RNW recommended that PGE modify the RFP to be more accommodating to emerging technologies, remove the novel escrow payment for shortlisted bids, allow ERIS for on-system bids, and make changes to its transmission proposal.

May 16, 2025 - Oregon Public Utility Commission regarding Portland General Electric Company’s Draft 2025 All-Source RFP. In these comments, Renewable Northwest discusses several issues with the Draft RFP and recommends nine discrete changes.

May 8, 2025 - RNW and our partner organizations - NW Energy Coalition, Climate Solutions, and Rewiring America - filed several rounds of comments in Washington's integrated system plan (ISP) rulemaking docket. The docket stems from the passage of HB 1589, which requires Puget Sound Energy to undertake integrated system planning between its electric and gas systems in an effort to decarbonize the gas system. We have weighed in on the definition of commercially available, the use of a cost test to determine the lowest reasonable cost of decarbonization, and the interpretation of emission reduction targets, among other things.

April 25, 2025 - RNW, NW Energy Coalition, and Climate Solutions submitted comments in support of the revisions made by the Commission in the latest iteration of the CETA "use" rules. However, we also conveyed our concern that the previous, more stringent version of the rules was set aside in favor of a framework that permits resource shuffling and is likely to delay progress toward decarbonization.

April 24, 2025 - In response to Avista's draft 2025 RFP and informed by member feedback, RNW recommended that the company treat its evaluation methodology as nonconfidential, relax specific interconnection and transmission requirements, modify language around the financial evaluation framework, and provide bidders with an opportunity to address tariffs.

March 18, 2025 - Supportive testimony for Oregon’s HB 3666 which establishes a process for issuing wildfire safety certificates for electric utilities.

March 18, 2025 - Supportive testimony of Oregon’s HB 2063, an agrivoltaics study bill.

March 12, 2025 - Testimony on Idaho's HB387 regarding decommissioning bonds for wind turbines.

March 11, 2025 - Supportive testimony of Oregon’s HB 3681, which was signed into law. The bill makes procedural fixes for energy permitting.

March 4, 2025 - Testimony on Idaho's HB347 regarding conditional use permits for the construction of energy facilities

March 3, 2025 - RNW submitted comments on PacifiCorp's draft IRP, expressing concern with the company's lack of progress toward CETA targets, preferred portfolio which reduces renewable resource builds in favor of coal and market purchases, questionable renewable resource costs underlying the plan, and new state allocation framework, among other things.

February 25, 2025 - Supportive testimony of Oregon’s HB 3336, which was signed into law. The bill promotes the use of grid-enhancing technologies (GETs).

February 25, 2025 - Supportive testimony of Oregon’s HB 3628, a transmission package.

Feb 24, 2025 - An analysis of HB1960, Washington's County property tax fix bill

Feb 20, 2025 - Testimony on HB146 regarding light mitigation systems on wind facilities.

February 20, 2025 - RNW and our partner organizations - NW Energy Coalition, Climate Solutions, and Rewiring America - filed several rounds of comments in Washington's integrated system plan (ISP) rulemaking docket. The docket stems from the passage of HB 1589, which requires Puget Sound Energy to undertake integrated system planning between its electric and gas systems in an effort to decarbonize the gas system. We have weighed in on the definition of commercially available, the use of a cost test to determine the lowest reasonable cost of decarbonization, and the interpretation of emission reduction targets, among other things.

February 5, 2025 - RNW engaged in the Oregon PUC's investigation into integrated resource plan (IRP) and request for proposals (RFP) modernization, which has since become the formal rulemaking docket - AR 669. We have largely supported the concepts and language Staff has proposed; we think the changes to IRPs and RFPs envisioned in this docket will support greater visibility into utility compliance with state policy, focus resource planning on key questions and decisions, and streamline the IRP and RFP processes to some extent. We recommended additional requirements to increase transparency throughout the IRP process, which would enable Staff, the Commission, and interested parties to better assess the IRP’s validity and offer more informed recommendations.

January 30, 2025 - Supportive testimony on HB1522, on wildfire mitigation plans, which was signed into law.

January 30, 2025 - Supportive testimony of Washington's SB 5466, transmission package.

January 29, 2025 - Testimony on HB 314, establishing a Montana Energy Authority

January 23, 2025 - Testimony on Montana's HB 326 regarding establishing a tax on electrical energy not produced by coal.

January 23, 2025 - Testimony on Montana's SB 160 regarding decomissioning requirements.

January 20, 2025 - Testimony on Washington's HB1188 that would require local government and Tribal approval of wind and solar siting recommendations by the energy facility site evaluation council.

January 17, 2025 - Regulatory division testimony regarding NorthWestern Energy’s application for authority to increase retail electric and natural gas utility service rates and for approval of electric and natural gas service schedules and rules and allocated cost of service and rate design

January 17, 2025 - Supportive testimony of Washington's SB5175, a photovoltaic recycling program-fix bill that was signed into law.

January 16, 2025 - Comments to Sherman County, OR regarding the County's role and responsibility to consider ordinances that balance the costs and benefits of solar development.

January 14, 2025 - RNW and our partner organizations - NW Energy Coalition, Climate Solutions, and Rewiring America - filed several rounds of comments in Washington's integrated system plan (ISP) rulemaking docket. The docket stems from the passage of HB 1589, which requires Puget Sound Energy to undertake integrated system planning between its electric and gas systems in an effort to decarbonize the gas system. We have weighed in on the definition of commercially available, the use of a cost test to determine the lowest reasonable cost of decarbonization, and the interpretation of emission reduction targets, among other things.

October 28, 2024 - Renewable Northwest’s comments regarding the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statements for Utility-Scale Onshore Wind Energy Facilities and Utility-Scale Solar Energy Facilities

September 17, 2024 - Comments and recommendations submitted to Grant County, WA regarding energy-related amendments.

April 25, 2024 - Renewable Northwest’s comments on the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Revised Draft Guidelines for Solar and Wind Power Development

March 28, 2024 - Regulatory division testimony regarding the commission's investigation of Montana resource adequacy and risk profile

May 22, 2023 - Renewable NW's comments on Portland General Electric’s 2023 Integrated Resource Plan and Clean Energy Plan. This is the company’s first IRP since House Bill 2021 (“HB 2021”) passed in the 2021 Oregon legislative session, and its first ever CEP -- a new planning construct designed to demonstrate a path to achieving zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 while ensuring thorough consideration of potential benefits and impacts to Oregon’s communities.