On March 31, 2026, the Oregon Public Utility Commission (Commission) approved PacifiCorp’s Tier 5 interconnection proposal for qualifying facility small generators with modifications. Many stakeholder ...
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Oregon Commission Adopts Temporary Rules on Interconnection in Accordance with Executive Orders
On March 31, 2026, the Oregon Public Utility Commission (Commission) adopted temporary rules related to small generator interconnection in response to Oregon Executive Orders (EO) 25-25 and 25-29. M ...
Oregon Utility State-Jurisdictional Interconnection Revisions to Conform with FERC Orders 2023 and 2023-A
On January 8 and September 4, 2025, the Oregon Public Utility Commission (Commission) approved revised small and large generator interconnection procedures (SGIP and LGIP) for Qualifying Facilities (Q ...
OPUC Waives Penalty Rules Related to State Resource Adequacy Program for ESSs
On November 25, 2025, the Oregon Public Utility Commission (Oregon Commission) issued Order No. 25-474 in Docket No. UM 2404 waiving penalty rules for electricity service suppliers (ESSs) under the st ...
Colorado Commission Approves PSCo’s 2024 Just Transition Solicitation
On November 6, 2025, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (the Colorado Commission) approved Public Service Company of Colorado’s (PSCo) 2024 Just Transition Solicitation. PSCo’s 2024 Just Transi ...
Oregon and Washington Commissions Approve PacifiCorp’s 2025 RFPs
At the August 26, 2025 Public Meeting, the Oregon Public Utility Commission (the Oregon Commission) approved PacifiCorp’s 2025 Oregon situs Request for Proposals (RFP) with conditions in Docket No. UM ...
Bonneville Power Administration Adopts New Power and Transmission Rates
On July 24, 2025, the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) Administrator issued the Final Record of Decision (ROD) for BPA’s BP-26 rate proceeding, setting out new power and transmission rates for fi ...
Public Power Advocates Voluntarily Dismiss BPA Appeal
On August 12, 2025, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order granting requests by the Public Power Council (“PPC”), Northwest Requirements Utilities (“NRU”), and the Alliance of Western Ener ...
Portland General Electric 2025 Request for Proposals
On July 24, 2025, the Oregon Public Utility Commission (Commission) issued an order conditionally acknowledging Portland General Electric’s (PGE) proposed 2025 All-Source Request for Proposals (RFP) f ...
Washington Commission Approves Avista’s 2025 RFP
At the May 22, 2025 Open Meeting, the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (the Washington Commission) approved Avista’s 2025 Request for Proposals (RFP) with conditions in Docket No. UE ...
Sanger Law Becomes Sanger Greene
We are pleased to announce that Sanger Law PC is now Sanger Greene PC. The addition of partner Max Greene to the firm’s name reflects his commitment to carrying on the firm’s mission of providing crea ...
Settlement Stipulation Reached in Rocky Mountain Power Utah General Rate Case
On April 25, 2025, the Utah Public Service Commission adopted new rates, and also approved a settlement stipulation between PacifiCorp and ten of the eleven intervening that resolved all cost of servi ...
Sunthurst Final Order
On April 9, 2025, the Oregon Public Utility Commission (the Commission) issued an order establishing a one-time allocation of interconnection costs for community solar projects being developed by Sunt ...
Oregon Commission Directs PacifiCorp to File an RFP or Show Cause
On March 12, 2025, the Oregon Public Utility Commission (Commission) issued an order finding that the Commission has the authority to require PacifiCorp to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) for ne ...
OPUC Authorizes PacifiCorp Oregon Rate Increase
On December 19, 2024, the Oregon Public Utility Commission issued a final order in Pacific Power’s General Rate Case, Docket No. UE 433. Order No. 24-477 authorized a revenue requirement increase of 8 ...