Last week, our Co-founder and President, Kevin Wright, shared the floor with Sean Lawrence of Sazan Group and Lindsay McClure of Mid-Columbia Economic Development District, with Patrick Sterns of Patrick Sterns Clean Energy Strategies moderating.
The focus of Kevin's remarks was Oregon HB 2065 and HB 2066, the community microgrid legislation that ProtoGen helped architect. These bills lay the groundwork for a new class of distributed energy resources in Oregon, giving communities a defined pathway to plan, finance, interconnect, and operate microgrids that improve resilience and unlock local economic value.
The conversation also surfaced what comes next, including the Oregon PUC AR 681 rulemaking that is now translating the legislation into workable interconnection rules and tariff structures. With Oregon and Washington stakeholders in the same room, there was real appetite for sharing lessons across the river.
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