(2) The Public Utility Commission shall establish, and update no less than once every four years, equity metrics for the purpose of assessing, addressing and creating accountability for environmental justice in the expenditure and investment of funds collected pursuant to ORS 757.054, through natural gas tariffs or through public purpose charges pursuant to ORS 757.612 and paid to a nongovernmental entity. The equity metrics and each update required by this section must reflect feedback gathered through a public process that is managed by the commission and that, at a minimum, includes representatives of environmental justice communities.
(3) Each nongovernmental entity that is paid funds collected pursuant to ORS 757.054, through natural gas tariffs or through public purpose charges pursuant to ORS 757.612 shall, as part of the entity’s filings required under ORS 757.746 (1)(f), report on the entity’s progress in achieving the equity metrics established pursuant to this section. [2021 c.547 §11]
Note: Section 12, chapter 547, Oregon Laws 2021, provides:
Sec. 12. The equity metrics required to be established under section 11 of this 2021 Act [757.747] shall first be established by the Public Utility Commission no later than December 31, 2022. [2021 c.547 §12]