How does the Oregon Clean Fuels Program credit work for a charging site?

A public DC fast-charging owner or operator can register directly with the Oregon DEQ as a provider of electricity and generate credits on the energy dispensed, without a utility intermediary. The model carries the credit as a per-kWh revenue line at a trailing-year average price, which is editable and not guaranteed.

Is there sales tax on charging hardware in Oregon?

No. Oregon has no statewide or local general sales tax, so equipment purchased for a build-out is not taxed at purchase. The model sets the sales-tax line to zero for Oregon sites.

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Tesla Supercharger ROI in Oregon

Oregon removes two of the biggest structural drags on DC fast-charging economics at once — there is no demand charge on the modeled tariff and no state sales tax on the equipment — while adding a revenue line most corridor states lack. ForgeAsset models Portland General Electric's Schedule 38, a separately-metered EV time-of-day rate, against Oregon's tax stack, with the Clean Fuels Program credit as a modeled revenue line.

Model a Oregon site

What makes Oregon economics distinct

The site can generate clean-fuels credits directly

Under Oregon's Clean Fuels Program, a public DC fast-charging owner or operator can register directly with the Department of Environmental Quality as a provider of electricity and generate credits on dispensed energy — no utility intermediary required. Credit prices ran in the range of roughly $70 to $84 per ton through 2025, and the program's carbon-intensity targets tighten through 2035 (from 10% by 2025 toward 20% by 2030 and 37% by 2035), supporting a durable per-kWh revenue line. The model carries it at a trailing-year average price, editable.

No sales tax on the build-out

Oregon levies no statewide or local general sales tax. A DC fast-charging build-out in the high six to seven figures is taxed nowhere in Oregon at purchase, versus states that levy 6% to 10% on capital equipment — a direct one-time capex difference with no exemption paperwork, because there is no tax to exempt from.

An energy-only EV rate

PGE's Schedule 38 is a separately-metered EV time-of-day rate with no demand charge — its monthly rate carries only basic, transmission, distribution, and energy components. The demand charge that dominates low-utilization economics elsewhere simply is not present, and the schedule is a living, OPUC-supervised tariff rather than a one-off pilot.

A corridor still filling in, on proven routes

Oregon co-founded the West Coast Electric Highway in 2011 and completed it in 2013, so the I-5 and US-101 corridor demand logic is more than a decade proven. Federal NEVI rounds remain mid-build — Round 1 online in the second half of 2026, Round 2 targeting roughly two dozen more DC fast-charging stations for 2027 — alongside an active state charging-rebate cycle.

Utilities and tariffs modeled in Oregon

Utility & tariff	Energy	Demand
Portland General Schedule 38	20.3¢/kWh–23.3¢/kWh by time of day	none (energy-only)

Rates are digit-verified against each utility's own filed sheets and update within two weeks of any revision. Full derivations are on the methodology page.

Oregon tax profile

Sales tax on hardware: 0%
Business personal property tax: 2.69% of equipment value (example rate)
Clean-fuels credit: 4.3¢/kWh modeled revenue line
Per-kWh charging excise: none

Oregon tax defaults applied: the Clean Fuels Program credit revenue line is live at $0.0425/kWh — Oregon's statewide electricity carbon intensity against the 2026 gasoline standard, priced at the 2025 average credit price of $70.95; credit prices are volatile (June 2026 cleared above $150) and the field is editable in later steps. Oregon has no sales tax, so the one-time sales-tax line is $0. LLC costs use the $100/yr annual report; the Corporate Activity Tax applies only above $1M of Oregon taxable commercial activity and is not modeled at default revenue. The property-tax default uses the Portland consolidated levy upper bound (about 2.7% of value in year one; compression can lower it toward 1.9%) — levy codes vary by site and the field is editable.

Oregon programs and incentives

Oregon Clean Fuels Program (CFP) — DEQ

A public DC fast charger's owner or operator can register with DEQ as a provider of electricity and generate credits on dispensed energy. DEQ publishes a volume-weighted average monthly credit price. Modeled as a revenue line at a trailing-year average, editable.

PGE Fleet Partner make-ready

PGE's commercial make-ready incentive covers switchgear, panels, trenching, conduit, pads, and wiring up to $400,000 or actual cost, whichever is less, for sites adding at least 70 kW of new load; PGE owns and maintains the make-ready infrastructure.

NEVI (federal, ODOT-administered)

Roughly $52 million over five years, with ODOT anticipating around 50 public DC fast-charging stations statewide; Round 1 targeted I-205 and I-5, Round 2 the I-84, US-20/26/97, and US-101 corridors.

Oregon charging market

Oregon carries roughly 62 Supercharger stations along the I-5 and US-101 corridors and in the Portland metro, on routes proven since the West Coast Electric Highway of the early 2010s. The state's stack — no demand charge, no sales tax, and a live Clean Fuels credit — is unusually favorable to DC fast-charging economics.

Oregon Supercharger ROI — questions

Does Oregon charge a demand charge on EV charging?: The modeled tariff, PGE Schedule 38, is a separately-metered EV time-of-day rate with no demand charge — its monthly rate carries only basic, transmission, distribution, and energy components. A demand-bearing fallback schedule (Schedule 85) exists but is not the modeled default for a dedicated charging site.
How does the Oregon Clean Fuels Program credit work for a charging site?: A public DC fast-charging owner or operator can register directly with the Oregon DEQ as a provider of electricity and generate credits on the energy dispensed, without a utility intermediary. The model carries the credit as a per-kWh revenue line at a trailing-year average price, which is editable and not guaranteed.
Is there sales tax on charging hardware in Oregon?: No. Oregon has no statewide or local general sales tax, so equipment purchased for a build-out is not taxed at purchase. The model sets the sales-tax line to zero for Oregon sites.

Sources

Model a Tesla V4 Supercharger site in Oregon — payback, NPV, IRR, and a 15-year cash flow from your own inputs.

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Other states: California, North Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Florida, Arizona, Texas, Virginia, Illinois, Michigan, Tennessee. Coverage spans twelve states in total — see the full list.

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