Customers with Portland General Electric and Pacific Power ... on Friday said it approved a rate increase of 3.3% for PGE across all customer classes – residential, commercial and industrial.
PGE will also pay fees to Portland Parks and Recreation — amounting to about $2.5 million — to go toward the bureau’s conservation work in Forest Park. During a watch party on Wednesday at ...
The company wants regulators to approve a new mechanism for more frequent rate hikes in order to pay for safety and resiliency work on its system.
PGE began contacting customers last February for feedback, and the plan has already received pushback from conservation groups, as well as Portland Urban Forestry and Oregon Fish and wildlife.
Despite its status as a public park, Portland General Electric (PGE) wants to use a swath of the forest for a new utility project. PGE’s proposal represents the third phase of its Harborton ...