Category: PacifiCorp

Oregon Jury Finds Electric Utility Company PacifiCorp Liable for 2020 Wildfires

June 13, 2023
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Electric utility company PacifiCorp has been found liable by an Oregon jury for causing four devastating wildfires in the state in 2020. The 12-person Multnomah County jury found the Portland-headquartered company—which is the state’s second-largest electrical utility—grossly negligent and its conduct reckless, and determined that PacifiCorp should pay out almost $72 million in damages to various victims,…

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GOP Attorneys General Seeking to Prevent Vanguard From Purchasing Utilities Over Climate Agenda

December 1, 2022
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A coalition of 13 Republican attorneys general filed a “motion to intervene” on Monday, asking a federal energy regulator to block The Vanguard Group from buying shares of publicly listed utility firms due to its decarbonization goals. In February, Pennsylvania-based Vanguard asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to extend the blanket authorization granted in…

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Biden Energy Officials Grilled on Proposed Pipeline Regulation, Rumored Natural Gas Export Ban

January 21, 2022
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In a Jan. 19 hearing of the House Energy Subcommittee, representatives questioned two Biden administration appointees on U.S. pipeline infrastructure, energy prices, and a rumored ban on exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG). The hearing was occasioned by Subcommittee Chair Bobby Rush’s (D-Ill.) proposed legislation, H.R. 6084, the “Energy Product Reliability Act.” That measure would…

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EPA Disapproves Wyoming Coal Plant Plan Despite Signaling Support Under Trump

January 13, 2022
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After more than a year of inaction, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Jan. 12 that it proposes to disapprove the State of Wyoming’s changes to its regional haze plan for PacifiCorp’s Jim Bridger coal power plant, potentially closing down Unit 2 of the facility for a year or more. Yet in an exclusive interview…

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