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State regulators approve more electricity rate hikes for Oregonians in 2025
Most Oregonians will pay about 50% more for electricity than they did just 5 years ago following rate increases from the state’s largest electric utilities.
Wyden says PGE will ‘do everything possible’ to keep rates below inflation after 2025
Residential electricity rates for customers of Oregon’s largest electric utility have grown at twice the rate of inflation over the past five years.
Residential PGE customers subsidizing industrial customer growth, CEO letter to Wyden indicates
PGE’s demand from industrial users rose 34% in the last five years, pushing the company to invest more in infrastructure and buy more expensive energy
Take an electric vehicle for a spin at Bush Park Saturday
Portland General Electric will stop by Bush’s Pasture Park to let people test drive or ride around in electric vehicles on Oct. 12. The utility is promoting electrification as many public agencies are adopting EVs.
Salem-Keizer wins grant for third electric school bus
For the third year in a row, the district will get an electric bus thanks to a Portland General Electric grant.
Around 300 Salemites lose power Wednesday in planned outage
The outage planned by Portland General Electric came as temperatures in Salem entered the 90s.
Crash leaves thousands without power in NE Salem Tuesday night
About 3,400 homes and businesses lost power for two hours Tuesday night after a driver hit a pole on Northeast 23rd Street.