Published 8:00 am Friday, October 23, 2026

Cascade Natural Gas has decided not to move forward with a proposed renewable natural gas facility at Deschutes County’s Knott Landfill, citing rising development costs and changes in the company’s projected demand for the fuel.

The company and the county have worked together since 2023 on a project to capture methane produced by decomposing waste at the Bend landfill and convert it into renewable natural gas.

The project had reached the final design stage, and construction was expected to begin soon, said Jeff Merwin, director of Deschutes County Solid Waste.

Equipment, including a compressor skid, a thermal oxidizer stack and large electrical panels, had already been delivered to the landfill in preparation for construction.…