A lot happened over the holidays, and if you weren’t deliberately avoiding the newspapers (we did some of that ourselves), you may have heard the news: The MidAmerican offer to purchase PacifiCorp (Pacific Power here in Oregon) from ScottishPower was settled in... Read More »

The MidAmerican case is down to the nitty gritty of settlement discussions. Is there enough creativity and flexibility among the applicants at MidAmerican and among the parties here in Oregon, to make a deal? Settlements have been reached among most... Read More »

Well, it looks like it’s finally going to happen. After nearly a decade under Enron ownership, Portland General Electric will begin to be distributed as stock in early 2006. The Public Utility Commission of Oregon announced yesterday that it has approved the... Read More »

Yesterday CUB filed its Opening Testimony in the Merger Application Case of MidAmerican Energy Holding Company’s (MEHC) proposed purchase of PacifiCorp, known locally as Pacific Power & Light. CUB’s position was that “MEHC’s proposed acquisition, as proposed, fails to provide customers with a net benefit.”

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CUB occasionally works on really big cases at the Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC), cases that make the front page of local newspapers, cases that affect the region’s economy and environment and thousands of people’s utility service. And then there are the other... Read More »

Utilities in Oregon filed tax reports with the Public Utility Commission on Friday, a direct result of the passage of the Utility Tax Reform Bill, SB 408. The PUC has put together temporary rules based upon the tax reform law... Read More »