utilities

Residents of Talent, Oregon took to the streets to express their frustration over a series of power outages in the Southern Oregon community since June.

In a webinar hosted by regional transmission authorities, data centers were called a “major challenge” for the energy industry, as well as extreme weather.

The Bonneville Power Administration has filed a motion to be dismissed from three federal lawsuits related to 2020′s Holiday Farm Fire, which devastated Blue River and several other communities east of Eugene, Oregon.

While Pacific Power says elevated fire risk settings are an effort to prevent wildfires, many residents are wondering why Talent has been so affected.

Utilities recommend conserving energy during the hottest hours of the day, in part to help lessen strain on the state’s power grid.

The California Public Utilities Commission rejected the telecom’s bid to stop providing service in many parts of the state.

More Oregonians had their electricity or natural gas service cut off in April than at any time in the six years the state’s been tracking disconnections, according to a presentation the head of the Oregon Citizens’ Utility Board gave to a state Senate committee this week.

As electric and gas rates continue to rise, an advocacy group for utility customers is proposing rate caps on energy increases for all for-profit utilities to help avoid high energy bills.

The decision means middle and high-income households will pay a fixed electricity rate of $24 each month, and low-income households will pay either $6 or $12. Usage rates will drop a few cents as a result of the change.

The California Public Utilities Commission will consider on May 9 a new proposal that would change how Californians pay for electricity.

The Oregon Public Utilities Commission has now rejected all three of the state’s natural gas operators’ plans to meet greenhouse gas emission targets.

The Public Utilities Commission rejected all three plans, saying they were ‘unreasonably optimistic’ about future gas demand.