Author: Evan Watson (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — PacifiCorp, parent company of Pacific Power, has filed to potentially raise customers’ rates to pay for the damages it owes for starting wildfires in 2020. The utility has been battling a class action ...
Author: Evan Watson (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Attorneys presented closing arguments Wednesday in a seven week trial over responsibility for the 2020 Labor Day wildfires. A group of 17 plaintiffs is suing Pacific Power for $1.6 billion in damages, alleging ...
Author: Evan Watson (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Pacific Power attorneys are making their case that blame for some of the most destructive Oregon wildfires around Labor Day 2020 should fall on climate change and the spread of other wildfires, ...
Author: Evan Watson (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — The trial for a $1.6 billion class action lawsuit surrounding the 2020 Labor Day fires in Oregon started Tuesday in Multnomah County. When the trial concludes, a jury will decide whether utility ...
JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. – The Josephine County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a suspect that may be connected to a recent power outage. The sheriff’s office posted a photo of the man, who is described as being in his mid-20s ...
JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore.– The Josephine County Sheriff’s Office believes a power outage in Grants Pass over the weekend was caused by a break-in. Sheriff Dave Daniel said Pacific Power sent over surveillance video that shows someone breaking into a Pacific ...
JACKSONVILLE, Ore. – A power outage, caused by a crash, affected thousands in Central Point and Jacksonville this weekend. Oregon State Police said they responded to the hit and run crash, early Sunday morning, near Hanley Road and Highway 238. ...
JACKSONVILLE, Ore. – Over 900 people in Jacksonville were without power after a tree fell on a power line on January 7th. 5th street in Jacksonville was closed around 9:40 in the morning, after a falling tree snapped a ...
SALEM, Ore. – The Oregon Public Utility Commission approved a 14.8% rate increase for Pacific Power customers starting January 1, 2023. According to the Oregon PUC, the rate increase is due to higher power costs resulting from market volatility and ...
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 ...