Oregon Department of Energy
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