Oregon Department of Energy
- 625 Marion St. NE, Salem, OR 97301, United States
- http://www.oregon.gov/energy
The Oregon Department of Energy was created in 1975.
The agency’s primary program goals include:
The agency’s primary program goals include:
- Encouraging investments in conservation, efficiency, and renewable energy resources (by offering tax credits, loans, and grants)
- Providing information and assistance on ways to save energy (to households, businesses, schools, tribes and government agencies)
- Providing technical help and financial incentives to promote the use of renewable energy
- Demonstrating the workability of new technology (energy-saving equipment, appliances, materials, manufacturing processes, and building practices)
- Siting prudent, safe, and environmentally sound energy facilities
- Regulating the cleanup and transportation of radioactive wastes through the state
- Ensuring state preparedness to respond to accidents involving radioactive materials, and
- Providing oversight of the Hanford nuclear cleanup to ensure cleanup decisions are protective of Oregon and the Columbia River
