Overview
- Executive Order 25-29 directs state agencies to speed wind, solar and energy storage deployment by streamlining land use reviews, siting, permitting and grid interconnections.
- The order sets a statewide goal of 8 gigawatts of energy storage by 2045 and tasks the Oregon Department of Energy with designating transmission corridors, including on public lands, with expedited approvals in those areas and existing rights-of-way.
- It requires a 50% reduction in the carbon intensity of transportation fuels by 2040 and extends the Clean Fuels Program through 2040, with DEQ and the PUC coordinating how program revenues are invested.
- Agencies must identify permitting and interconnection barriers and propose solutions by September 2026, provide quarterly progress updates, and operate within current 2025–27 budgets while flagging future funding needs.
- Kotek framed the move as strengthening reliability and affordability as advocates applauded the action, while Republican Sen. David Brock Smith condemned it as costly for families and risky for grid reliability.