OREGON BIOFUELS Oregon Department of Energy Diana Enright Assistant Director, Renewable Energy Division

Biofuels Production Facilities Ethanol Cascade Grain is under construction in Columbia County (northwest Oregon) as a 100 ‑ million gallon per year ethanol production facility, which expects to begin operations in early Pacific Ethanol Energy Project is a proposed ethanol fuel production facility to be located within the Port of Morrow Industrial Park (northeast Oregon). It would produce multiple products, including 42-million gallons of fuel grade ethanol per year. Phase One is nearly complete.

Biofuels Production Facilities Greenstock Resources, LLC of New York (d.b.a. Oregon Ethanol) proposes a 30 ‑ million gallon per year ethanol facility to be located at the Port of Morrow. Construction has not yet begun. Treasure Valley Renewable Resources has plans for a 30 ‑ million gallon per year facility in eastern Oregon. Construction has not begun. ALTRA Ethanol of Oregon is planning a 50-million gallon per year production facility in Morrow County. Construction has not begun.

Biofuels Production Facilities Biodiesel The SeQuential-Pacific production plant in Salem is producing one million gallons of biodiesel annually, but will soon go to a five million gallon facility. The facility’s recent groundbreaking brought out Willie Nelson.

Biofuels Production Facilities ALTRA BioDiesel and Morrow Biodiesel received Energy Facility Siting Council exemptions in February. –ALTRA is planning to convert domestically produced soy or canola oil, imported palm oil or other seed oil to produce biodiesel fuel. The facility will be capable of producing up to 40 million gallons per year of biodiesel. –Morrow Biodiesel would be capable of producing up to 60 million gallons per year of biodiesel from seed oils.

HB 2210—Biofuels Incentives House Bill 2210 provides a package of measures to encourage greater development, distribution and use of agricultural and forest material for biofuels, for electricity and for other forms of biomass energy use.

HB 2210—Biofuels Incentives The bill establishes a new tax credit for producers and collectors of biofuel raw materials, expands property tax incentives for biofuels and certain fuel additive production facilities, and creates an income tax credit for consumer use of biofuel.

HB 2210—Biofuels Incentives Feedstock credit includes: –90-cents per bushel for grain crops –$10 per green ton for woody biomass –$10 per green ton for vegetative biomass –5-cents per pound for oil seed crops. –10-cents per gallon for used cooking oil –$5 per wet ton for yard debris

HB 2210—Biofuels Incentives In Rural Renewable Energy Development Zones, the property tax exemption increased from $100 million to $250 million. The consumer credit for E-85 and B-99 is 50-cents per gallon up to $200 per vehicle per year.

HB 2210—Biofuels Incentives House Bill 2210 also establishes a Renewable Fuel Standard for biodiesel and ethanol based on in-state production. –When ethanol production capacity reaches 40-million gallons, all gasoline sold in Oregon must contain 10% ethanol. This is expected to expand Oregon’s ethanol market five-fold.