CONSULTANT SERVICES - UTILITY WILDFIRE LIABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY EXPERT STUDY

2026-11-03

The Contractor shall conduct desktop research to understand perspectives on current challenges , review solutions pursued in other states , and better understand the extent to which policy elements align with the state ’ s size , resources , wildfire risk , constitutional liability construct , utility sizes and structures , and needs of interested parties . Based on this research , the Contractor shall summarize initial findings on common policy elements and Oregon - specific considerations , providing a draft for Agency review followed by a final initial findings document which may be used publicly . The final initial findings document shall be complete no later than September 4 , 2026 . This may be in written or detailed slide deck form and Agency may choose to make this document publicly available . Deliverable 2 . 1 Draft Initial Findings Document . Deliverable 2 . 2 Final Initial Findings Document . The Contractor shall include a proposed approach for limited engagement of relevant external parties in Oregon to supplement research efforts in Task 2 if desired by Agency and describe implications of undertaking this task for project cost and timeline . The Agency may choose whether to include this task in the final contract based on proposed value and implications for project schedule . Successful proposer shall coordinate with Agency staff to finalize approach , including a list of any external parties proposer intends to contact . Costs for this optional external engagement proposal should be a specific line item in the Cost Proposal ( Attachment E )...

Oregon

2026-04-08