Three Oregon lawmakers want to stop utility companies from raising rates on customers while those companies are still resolving years-long lawsuits over wildfire culpability and costs.

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Lawmakers propose pause on rate hikes from utilities embroiled in wildfire lawsuits

The Archie Creek Fire took place in the fall of 2020 in Douglas County, Oregon. (Rachael Pope/Douglas Forest Protective Association)Three Oregon lawmakers want to stop utility companies from raising rates on customers while those companies are still resolving years-long lawsuits over wildfire culpability and costs.  Republican state Reps. Jami Cate of Lebanon, Virgle Osborne of Roseburg and Ed Diehl of Stayton announced their proposal in a news …

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By Allison Kite Missouri Independent Utility companies could base customers’ rates on projected expenses rather than actual costs under legislation critics worry would increase Missourians’…
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Lawmakers seek rate hike pause on utilities tangled in lawsuits

While utility companies are still settling years-old litigation over expenses and liability related to wildfires, three lawmakers in Oregon want to prevent them from hiking rates on consumers. Days after the federal government announced it was suing PacifiCorp, the parent company of Pacific Power, over unpaid costs related to the 2020 Archie Creek fire near Roseburg, Republican state representatives Ed Diehl of Stayton, Virgle Osborne of Rosebur…

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Three Oregon lawmakers want to stop utility companies from raising rates on customers while those companies are still resolving years-long lawsuits over wildfire culpability and costs. Republican state Reps. Jami Cate of Lebanon, Virgle Osborne of Roseburg and Ed Diehl of Stayton announced their proposal in a news release Dec. 23, just days after the federal government said it was suing PacifiCorp, the parent company of Pacific Power, over unpai…

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Lawmakers propose pause on rate hikes from utilities embroiled in wildfire lawsuits Oregon Republicans want to ban utilities from raising rates on customers if the companies have been involved in unresolved wildfire lawsuits for three or more years   
By: Alex Baumhardt – January 7, 2025     
The Archie Creek Fire took place in the fall of 2020 in Douglas County, Oregon. (Rachael Pope/Douglas Forest Protective Association)…

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By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Three Republican Oregon lawmakers want to stop utility companies from raising rates on customers while those companies are still resolving years-long lawsuits over wildfire culpability […] The post Three GOP Oregon lawmakers propose pause on rate hikes from utilities embroiled in wildfire lawsuits appeared first on YachatsNews.com.

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