Rulemaking Activities at the PUC
Please see the list below of open formal rulemaking dockets (AR dockets).
To view public comments or other documents in the docket, please select the link to the docket and then select individual pdf documents of interest.
There are currently no rulemakings in the formal rulemaking process at the PUC.
Temporary Rules Currently in Effect
- AR 667 – Temporary Rules Related to Protections against Disconnections (effective 12/18/24 through 5/18/25)
Draft Rulemakings
Discussions are underway in the following dockets (no formal rulemaking yet proposed):
- AR 624 – Retail Telecommunications Service Standards Revisions
- AR 630 – Templates for Standard Avoided Cost Inputs and Outputs
- AR 641 – Division 001 Rule Updates (Practice before the Commission)
- AR 657 – OUNC Complaint Process
- AR 669 – Updates to IRP Requirements and Competitive Bidding Rules
- AR 670 – Temporary Summer Cooling Season Rules
- UM 2111 – Interconnection Rules Investigation (rulemaking may or may not result from Phase II of the investigation)
Rules Adopted in Last 6 Months
- AR 668 – Adoption of Amendments to Utility Arrearage and Disconnection Reporting Rules (4/21/2025)
- AR 667 - Division 021 Temporary Rules and Amendments Related to Protections Against Disconnection (Winter Heating Season) (12/18/2024)
- Minor Correction to URL address (12/6/2024)
- AR 664 – Amendment to OAR 860-032-0095(2) Cap on Annual Fees (11/27/2024)
- AR 665 – Amendments to OAR 860-088-0040 regarding Community Solar Program precertification, waivers, extensions, and other amendments (10/30/2024)
Other Useful Links
Subscription Information
To subscribe to PUC’s notices of rulemaking, please send an email to
puc.hearings@puc.oregon.gov, with “Subscribe to rulemaking notices” in the subject line. In the body of your email, please specify to which list you would like to subscribe:
- ADMINRULE ELECTRIC (Rulemaking related to the electric industry (including wildfire related, solar, battery storage, wind, net metering, small and large generator interconnection)
- ADMINRULE GAS (Rulemaking related to the natural gas industry and gas safety)
- ADMINRULE TELECOM (Rulemaking related to the telecommunications industry and Residential Service Protection Fund programs)
- ADMINRULE WATER (Rulemaking related to regulation of certain water companies)
- ADMINRULE PROCEDURAL (Rulemaking related to practice before the PUC, how to participate in proceedings)
Page last updated: 04/21/2025