Late last week, the Oregon Public Utility Commission issued its decision in the general rate case filing by PacifiCorp, approving an overall increase for all customer types combined, including residential, commercial, and industrial customers, of approximately 8.5 percent to take effect on January 1st.
In its initial rate case filing, PacifiCorp requested a 17.9 percent increase. After a year of scrutiny, the commission reduced the utility’s request through its decisions on more than 60 contested issues.
An OPUC release said in addition to the general rate case for capital and operations expenses, rate changes on January 1 will also include the annual adjustment for forecasted 2025 power purchase costs and other miscellaneous rate increases and decreases. For residential customers specifically, the overall increase from the combined decisions is expected to be approximately 9.8 percent. Finalized rate changes for residential, commercial and industrial customers will come after PUC review of utility compliance filings with the decision and final decisions on other miscellaneous rate filings at the commission’s December 31st regular meeting…