Senate Passes Oregon Community Power Bill!
Posted on May 6, 2005 by oregoncub
Tags, Legislative & Political
The Oregon Senate today approved Senate Bill (SB) 1008 by a 17-7 vote to create Oregon Community Power, a regional, publicly-owned electric utility that could be the answer to what should happen with PGE. CUB has been involved both in asking the questions and finding answers on issues of governance, rate-making responsibilities, power resources, and more. We are happy to see this bill moving forward to the Oregon House. We will continue working with fellow customer groups, bill sponsors and other interested parties to make sure that SB 1008 offers the best solution to create a customer-focused, Oregon-based electric utility that assures long-term stability.
Oh, and don’t think we’ve forgotten about the City of Portland’s bid to purchase PGE. Our support has always been for an entity that could successfully manage a public purchase of Oregon’s largest electric utility. We continue to search for a way to join the City and State proposals in the best interest of PGE ratepayers. Consumers need to tell their State Representatives in the House to keep SB 1008 moving so that Oregon Community Power can be a real option.
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