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  "title": "Large Energy Use Facilities Act (\"POWER Act\"), 2025 Oregon Laws Chapter 323 (House Bill 3546)",
  "citation": "Enrolled House Bill 3546, 83rd Oregon Legislative Assembly, 2025 Regular Session, codified as new sections added to ORS chapter 757; enacted as Oregon Laws 2025, Chapter 323 (confirmed on the state's own chapter print, oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/lawsstatutes/2025orLaw0323.pdf, and in the OLIS measure-history record); emergency clause, took effect on passage",
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