PORTLAND, Ore. – Pacific Power is announcing the use of commercial drones to monitor the company’s electrical equipment at various transmission, distribution, and substation facilities. According to a press release Monday, Pacific Power says the drones will be used at ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — There was a record number of natural gas and electricity disconnections in Oregon, in April. Bob Jenks from the Oregon Citizens’ Utility Board (CUB) said more than 8,700 households in Oregon were disconnected due to non-payment of ...
SALEM, Ore. – The Oregon Public Utility Commission (PUC) is asking community members to weigh in on a potential general rate increase by Pacific Power. Recently Pacific Power filed a request to increase overall rates by 17.9% or about $322.3 ...
LAKEVIEW, Ore.- The Town of Lakeview continues its work to become more eco-friendly. For close to a decade, the Town of Lakeview has been transitioning towards using renewable energy. The town recently announced the Community Renewable Energy Grant was awarded ...
Author: Kale Williams PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — With temperatures expected to reach above 100 degrees for the second straight day on Monday, electric utilities called on their customers to help conserve power to avoid outages. Demand for electricity is expected to spike ...
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The largest offshore wind farm in U.S. waters will be constructed off the coast of New Jersey. The Biden administration approved the “Ocean Wind 1” project Wednesday. It will be built 13 nautical miles southeast of ...
PORTLAND, Ore. – Pacific Power continues to work on fixing outages in Oregon in the wake of a winter storm. At the height of the wind event earlier this week, nearly 50,000 people were without power. Since then, hundreds of ...
TALENT, Ore. – The City of Talent is one of three communities in Oregon that is getting help from the Department of Energy to create a more resilient power grid. Talent, along with Pendleton and Warm Springs, was selected for ...
PORTLAND, Ore. – Pacific Power is putting disconnects and late fees on hold for regional customers during the novel coronavirus outbreak. The public utility company said, “Pacific Power wants customers to know we are ready around the clock to answer ...
MERLIN, Ore. – Pacific Power is planning a short-term outage late Thursday into Friday morning. The outage will allow crews to work on postponed upgrades at their Merlin substation. In a release, Pacific Power says some 6,000 customers will be ...