Tag: Oregon Department of Energy

Conservationists Say State Regulators are Allowing Power Plant Developers to Avoid Carbon Fees

TED SICKINGER – Opponents of a proposed power plantin Umatilla County say state regulators are poised to allow construction of a “road to nowhere” that would allow the plant’s backers to avoid paying millions of dollars in extra fees under a strengthened global warming standard established this spring by Gov. Kate Brown.