Authorizes Public Utility Commission to allow electric companies to recover costs from retail electricity consumers for prudent infrastructure measures to support transportation electrification if certain criteria are met. Authorizes commission to allow natural gas utilities to recover costs from retail natural gas customers for prudent investments in or expenses related to infrastructure measures that support adoption and service of alternative forms of transportation vehicles if certain criteria are met. (e) Transportation electrification and the purchase and use of electric vehicles should assist in managing the electrical grid, integrating generation from renewable energy resources and improving electric system efficiency and operational flexibility, including the ability of an electric company to integrate variable generating resources; (f) Deploying transportation electrification and electric vehicles creates the opportunity for an electric company to propose, to the [Public Utility] commission, that a net benefit for the customers of the electric company is attainable; and (g) Charging electric vehicles in a manner that provides benefits to electrical grid management affords fuel cost savings for vehicle drivers. (3) The [Public Utility] commission shall direct each electric company to file [applications, in a form and manner prescribed by the commission,], for acceptance by the commission, a plan for programs to [accelerate] support transportation electrification. The plan must be filed in a form and manner prescribed by the commission. A program proposed by an electric company may in- clude prudent investments in or customer rebates for electric vehicle charging and related infrastructure. (4) The commission may allow an electric company to recover costs from retail electric- ity consumers for prudent infrastructure measures to support transportation electrification if the infrastructure measures are consistent with and meet the requirements of subsection (5) of this section. (5) If undertaken by an electric company, an infrastructure measure to support trans- portation electrification is a utility service and a benefit to utility customers if the infrastructure measure can be reasonably anticipated to: (a) Support reductions of transportation sector greenhouse gas emissions over time; and (b) Benefit the electric company’s customers in ways that may include, but need not be limited to: (A) Distribution or transmission management benefits; (B) Revenues to utilities from electric vehicle charging to offset utilities’ fixed costs that may otherwise be charged to customers; (C) System efficiencies or other economic values inuring to the benefit of customers over the long term; or (D) Increased customer choice through greater transportation electrification infrastructure deployment to increase availability of and access to public and private electric vehicle charging stations. (7) In undertaking infrastructure measures that involve the installation of one or more electric vehicle charging stations, an electric company must allow for customer choice in the selection of the type of electric vehicle charging station to be installed, subject to equipment eligibility as determined by the electric company. An electric company may prequalify mul- tiple types of eligible electric vehicle charging stations based on criteria determined by the electric company. [(5)(a)] (9)(a) Tariff schedules and rates allowed pursuant to [subsection (3)] subsections (3) to (6) of this section: (A) May allow a return of and a return on an investment made by an electric company under [subsection (3)] subsections (3) to (6) of this section; and (B) Shall be recovered from [all customers] the retail electricity consumers of an electric company in a manner [that is similar to the recovery of distribution system investments] determined by the commission. ---- yup but this is the law. how can this pass? Oregon has an Emergency Clause. By declaring Climate Change an Emergency they can BY PASS the VOTE OF THE PEOPLE. Bill passes state congress > Governor signs it. ( People are not allowed to vote on it ) so with out the vote of the people they can Force the PEOPLE to pay for all of this via our utility bills