Greg Mason

1 week ago | newsdata.com | Greg Mason

Avista has reached a settlement with stakeholders involved in the company’s electric and natural gas rate cases in Idaho, the utility announced on June 9. The settlement, which is pending the approval of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, would allow Avista to increase base electric rates by $19.5 million (6.3 percent) effective Sept. 1, 2025, and another $14.7 million (4.5 percent) starting Sept. 1, 2026.

1 week ago | newsdata.com | Greg Mason

PacifiCorp on June 10 was ordered by an Oregon court to pay another $44.1 million in damages to 10 individuals affected by the Labor Day 2020 wildfires. The jury awarded approximately $28 million in noneconomic damages to the plaintiffs, who were affected by the Santiam Canyon, Echo Mountain and South Obenchain fires.

1 week ago | newsdata.com | Greg Mason

Umatilla Electric Cooperative (UEC) is moving forward with the Umatilla-Morrow County Connect Project, a proposed 14-mile, 230-kV transmission line touted as a crucial link in the utility’s transmission network in northeastern Oregon. UEC on May 29 filed its preliminary application for a site certificate with the Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council (EFSC) nearly two years after filing its notice of intent in September 2023. kAm(:E9 E96 AC@;64E[ &tr D66<D E@ 3F:=5 2 ?6H 9:89\G@=E286 4@??64E:@?

1 week ago | newsdata.com | Greg Mason

Avista has reached a settlement with stakeholders involved in the company’s electric and natural gas rate cases in Idaho, the utility announced on June 9. The settlement, which is pending the approval of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, would allow Avista to increase base electric rates by $19.5 million (6.3 percent) effective Sept. 1, 2025, and another $14.7 million (4.5 percent) starting Sept. 1, 2026.

2 weeks ago | newsdata.com | Greg Mason

Oregon lawmakers have passed a bill directing energy regulators to create a separate rate class for data centers, cryptocurrency miners and similar energy-intensive industries. House Bill 3546, also known as the Protecting Oregonians With Energy Responsibility (POWER) Act, will now head to Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek’s desk for adoption following the final approval by the state House of Representatives on June 5.