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Oregon lawmakers passed a bill to strengthen the state’s energy assistance program
House Bill 3792 will double the Oregon Energy Assistance Program from $20 million to $40 million, with the goal of helping ...
PGE wants to add solar to troubled wind farm instead of replacing turbines
The proposal comes as other operators of aging wind farms in the region plan to swap out old turbines, which can ...
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These changes are coming for investor-owned utilities in Oregon
The Oregon Legislature passed several bills impacting PGE, Pacific Power and NW Natural customers. The bills address utility company payment structures ... session that impact millions of customers of ...
Portland to implement highest ride-share surcharge of any US city
Uber and Lyft riders in Portland will see higher fares as the city triples its surcharge, aiming to boost funding for transportation infrastructure.
A change to the way Portland arts tax grants are distributed left some smaller nonprofits with less money. The partial fix is only temporary
The city changed how it distributes arts tax grant money this year, increasing the size of grants to marquee downtown ...
Portland City Council approves $286M general fund budget, despite General Assistance uncertainty
The budget will raise the overall tax rate by 7.4%, the city says, and pull about $9 million from the rainy day fund to ...