Credit City of Eugene
Negotiations over whether the City of Eugene will renew a franchise, or right-of-way agreement with NW Natural gas remain ongoing after Monday, Feb. 8, council meeting. Neither the city or the company want to budge on carbon reduction terms that align with Eugene’s climate goals.
NW Natural is seeking a separate voluntary and collaborative agreement on carbon reduction instead of one agreement proposed by the city. The natural gas company has also taken issue with the collection of a Carbon Reduction Fee (CRF) and how those fees should be used.
While NW Natural has agreed to a CRF, the company would prefer to collect fees on behalf of customers and use those fees for mutually agreed upon administrative costs not electrification.