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MEDIA ADVISORY: Public invited to comment on PacifiCorp’s Biennial Clean Energy Implementation Plan Update

Media contact: 360-664-1116 or media@utc.wa.gov
Docket Number: UE-210829

Public comment hearing Oct. 10
 

LACEY, Wash. — The Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) is holding a public comment hearing on Oct. 10 to discuss PacifiCorp’s 2024-2025 Biennial Clean Energy Implementation Plan (CEIP) Update.

WHO

Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission

WHAT

Virtual public comment hearing

WHEN and WHERE

6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 10

Join by Zoom (recommended) or by phone 253-215-8782 and use Meeting ID 876 9985 9487# and Passcode 762251#

You can also submit public comments:

  • by telephone at 888-333-9882,

  • by mail to P.O Box 47250, Olympia, WA 98504-7250

Translation services are available at no cost to you. If possible, please inform the commission at least one business day before the meeting by calling 360-664-1149, or by emailing stacey.brewster@utc.wa.gov.

If you need reasonable accommodation to attend the meeting, please contact the UTC at least one business day before the meeting by calling 888-333-9882 or emailing consumer@utc.wa.gov.

BACKGROUND

Investor-owned utilities must develop a CEIP every four years as required by Revised Code of Washington (RCW) 19.405.060(1), Washington’s Clean Energy Transformation Act (CETA), and Washington Administrative Code (WAC) 480-100-640(1). The utilities must also file Biennial Updates.

In November 2023, PacifiCorp dba Pacific Power & Light Company (PacifiCorp or Company) filed its 2024-2025 Biennial CEIP Update (docket UE-210829). In March 2024 the UTC entered Order 09, which suspended PacifiCorp’s CEIP Update and began an investigation regarding concerns over the Company’s path to CETA compliance. UTC Staff recommend accepting the Biennial CEIP Update (subject to nine new conditions) or suspending it for further adjudication.

Portland, Ore.-based PacifiCorp is owned by Berkshire Hathaway Energy of Des Moines, Iowa. The company provides electric service to about 130,000 customers in six Eastern Washington counties: Kittitas, Columbia, Garfield, Benton, Walla Walla, and Yakima. Cities in the company’s service territory include College Place, Dayton, Grandview, Naches, Pomeroy, Prescott, Selah, Sunnyside, Toppenish, Union Gap, Waitsburg, Walla Walla, Wapato, Yakima, and Zillah.

The UTC is the state agency that regulates private, investor-owned electric and natural gas utilities in Washington. It is the commission’s responsibility to ensure regulated companies provide equitable, safe, and reliable service to customers at reasonable rates, while allowing them the opportunity to earn a fair profit.

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Energy