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| Renewable Energy Standard Supporters
The following organizations have signed statements of support or publicly testified in support of the Oregon Renewable Energy Act (SB 838/373) enacting a Renewable Energy Standard in Oregon:
The following state, county and city officials have also endorsed the Renewable Energy Standard:
- Andrea Ortiz, Eugene City Councilor
- Betty Taylor, Eugene City Councilor
- Bill Bradbury, Oregon Secretary of State
- Dan Salzman, Commissioner, City of Portland
- Gary Thomspon, Sherman County Judge
- Kitty Piercy, Mayor of Eugene
- Lee Beyer, Chairman, Oregon Public Utility Commission
- Lori Hollingsworth, Mayor of Lincoln City
- John Lamoreau, former Union County Commissioner
- Martha Schrader, Clackamas County Commissioner
- Ted Kulongoski, Governor of Oregon
- Tony Hyde, Columbia County Commissioner
This is by no means a complete list of supporters of the Oregon Renewable Energy Act, but illustrates the broad and diverse support the Act recieved.
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954 megawatts of new wind power has brought the Northwest:
- $1.38 billion in new capital investment;
- between $2 million and $3 million in annual royalty payments to rural landowners;
- between $5.8 million and $6.8 million each year in local property tax revenues;
- nearly 1,400 construction jobs during peak construction periods;
- and, roughly 80 new, permanent family-wage operation and maintenance jobs.
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