{"id":648,"date":"2022-11-28T21:35:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T21:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/28\/first-look-at-oregons-new-e-bike-rebate-legislation-bikeportland\/"},"modified":"2022-11-28T21:35:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T21:35:00","slug":"first-look-at-oregons-new-e-bike-rebate-legislation-bikeportland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/28\/first-look-at-oregons-new-e-bike-rebate-legislation-bikeportland\/","title":{"rendered":"First look at Oregon\u2019s new e-bike rebate legislation \u2013 BikePortland"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rebate recipients will be granted up to $1,200 to purchase a non-cargo e-bike or up to $1,700 to purchase a cargo e-bike<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n

Outgoing Oregon State Representative Karin Power (D-41 Milwaukie) has made her affinity for electric bicycles known<\/a>. She\u2019s also made it clear<\/a> she thinks the state should offer financial incentives to other Oregonians who want to take advantage of this convenient, fun, environmentally-friendly transportation option.<\/p>\n

Power has delivered on her promise: In the 2023 legislative session, Oregon will have the opportunity to enact a government-funding e-bike purchase incentive program.<\/p>\n

Legislative Concept (LC) 1994 (PDF<\/a>), \u201cdirects [the Oregon] Department of Environmental Quality to establish program for providing rebates to qualifying individuals who purchase electric assisted bicycles or cargo electric bicycles and qualifying equipment.\u201d Qualifying equipment can include a helmet, \u201csafety vest,\u201d light, or lock.<\/p>\n

LC 1994 was prepared by Power and her staff and has since been handed off to Representative Dacia Grayber (D- 35 Tigard), who will sponsor the bill this coming session.<\/p>\n

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Carrie Leonard, a former Power staffer who helped write this draft, said the proposal is based on Benton County\u2019s e-bike rebate program<\/a> implemented in 2020. This program was led by the Corvallis Benton County Economic Development Office in partnership with Pacific Power and the Oregon Clean Fuels Program, and offered up to $1,200 for selected people living on low-incomes to buy electric bikes from local businesses. Like other e-bike rebate programs across the country have been<\/a>, this initiative was a success, proving there is a serious demand for e-bikes<\/a> \u2014 especially when they\u2019re available at a discount.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe felt, after speaking with the utility company and the project managers at the City of Corvallis, that they had successfully beta tested a robust incentive program that could be used as a model for a state-wide program,\u201d Leonard told BikePortland in a recent email.<\/p>\n

According to the e-bike subsidy tracker<\/a> compiled by researchers<\/a> at the Portland State University Transportation Research and Education Center, two other cities around the state have embarked on rebate programs in recent years. Eugene\u2019s water and electricity provider<\/a> began offering a $300 electric bike credit earlier this year<\/a>, and a program in City of Ashland<\/a> offers a $200 credit. Grayber\u2019s bill would be the first to make the subsidy available statewide.<\/p>\n

LC 1994 would be led by the state Department of Environmental Quality, which would be granted $6 million from the state general fund starting July 1, 2023 to distribute the rebates. Assuming some of the $6 million budget would go toward administrative costs, there should be enough left for several thousand Oregonians to receive subsidies, but it will probably be a competitive program.<\/p>\n

Rebate recipients will be granted up to $1,200 to purchase a non-cargo e-bike or up to $1,700 to purchase a cargo e-bike, plus qualifying equipment. The bikes must have a minimum retail sales price of $950.<\/p>\n

Even though this proposal was drafted with the Benton County program in mind, the text currently distinguishes itself in that it doesn\u2019t include income requirements to qualify for the rebate: the only requirement is that recipients are Oregon residents and over the age of 16.<\/p>\n

One of the rules included in the draft text is that recipients must maintain ownership of the bike for at least a year after receiving the rebate, presumably to discourage people reselling the bike they bought with state funds.<\/p>\n

E-bike subsidy proposals have come and gone before \u2014 advocates will recall the disappointing death<\/a> of Portland\u2019s U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer\u2019s E-BIKE ACT<\/a> \u2014 but with all local e-bike buzz, there\u2019s a case for optimism here. (We won\u2019t fault you for window shopping, but protect your hearts!)<\/p>\n

The 2023 session of the Oregon Legislature begins January 17th. Stay tuned for developments as the bill works its way through the process.<\/p>\n

You can read the LC draft bill text below. We\u2019ll have more details for you as soon as they\u2019re available.<\/p>\n

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Taylor has been BikePortland\u2019s staff writer since November 2021. She has also written for Street Roots and Eugene Weekly. Contact her at taylorgriggswriter@gmail.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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