/tags/pacificorp PacifiCorp en-US Copyright Thu, 03 Apr 2025 13:37:24 GMT /wildfire/2025-04-03/pacificorp-appeals-class-action-ruling-over-2020-oregon-wildfires In its appeal filed Tuesday, PacifiCorp argued that thousands of people and businesses across the state should have never been grouped together into a class-action certification. The company also contends there is no proof showing it is at fault for causing fires across multiple regions, including in Santiam Canyon, Southern Oregon and the coast. Thu, 03 Apr 2025 13:37:24 GMT /wildfire/2025-04-03/pacificorp-appeals-class-action-ruling-over-2020-oregon-wildfires April Ehrlich /wildfire/2025-03-21/oregon-fire-officials-say-pacificorp-didnt-cause-santiam-fire-contradicting-federal-reports-jury-decision The Oregon Department of Forestry report comes five years after the 2020 fire, as PacifiCorp pushes for legislation that would limit utilities' wildfire liabilities. Fri, 21 Mar 2025 13:38:52 GMT /wildfire/2025-03-21/oregon-fire-officials-say-pacificorp-didnt-cause-santiam-fire-contradicting-federal-reports-jury-decision April Ehrlich /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-12-23/oregon-energy-regulators-deny-proposal-to-cap-power-rate-increases Oregon’s power regulators denied a proposal by a watchdog group that would cap electricity rate increases by 10%. Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:25:57 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-12-23/oregon-energy-regulators-deny-proposal-to-cap-power-rate-increases Roman Battaglia /wildfire/2024-12-20/federal-government-sues-pacificorp-over-2020-oregon-wildfire-as-the-costs-of-fires-to-the-company-climb The federal government is suing the electric utility PacifiCorp over a 2020 wildfire in Douglas County. The Archie Creek Fire burned across more than 131,000 acres, about half of that federal land, according to the legal complaint filed Thursday. Fri, 20 Dec 2024 14:41:05 GMT /wildfire/2024-12-20/federal-government-sues-pacificorp-over-2020-oregon-wildfire-as-the-costs-of-fires-to-the-company-climb April Ehrlich /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-11-05/pacific-power-turns-off-extra-sensitive-settings-that-caused-70-power-outages-in-talent The utility finally turned off the extra-sensitive settings on the region's power grid after the end of fire season. Those settings were the cause of a large number of outages in the city of Talent. Tue, 05 Nov 2024 14:37:13 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-11-05/pacific-power-turns-off-extra-sensitive-settings-that-caused-70-power-outages-in-talent Roman Battaglia /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-09-12/president-of-pacific-power-visits-talent-to-discuss-string-of-power-outages The president of electric utility Pacific Power visited the City of Talent Wednesday night to apologize for a series of power outages that have plagued the city this summer. Thu, 12 Sep 2024 13:28:01 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-09-12/president-of-pacific-power-visits-talent-to-discuss-string-of-power-outages Roman Battaglia /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-07-10/residents-of-talent-confused-and-frustrated-with-power-outages While Pacific Power says elevated fire risk settings are an effort to prevent wildfires, many residents are wondering why Talent has been so affected. Thu, 11 Jul 2024 00:16:35 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-07-10/residents-of-talent-confused-and-frustrated-with-power-outages Erik Neumann /law-and-justice/2024-06-03/pacificorp-will-pay-178-million-to-oregon-victims-in-latest-multimillion-dollar-settlement-from-2020-wildfires Pacific Power, part of PacifiCorp, said Monday it has agreed to a $178 settlement with over 400 Oregon plaintiffs in the latest multimillion-dollar payout related to the deadly 2020 wildfires that ravaged the state. Tue, 04 Jun 2024 01:07:31 GMT /law-and-justice/2024-06-03/pacificorp-will-pay-178-million-to-oregon-victims-in-latest-multimillion-dollar-settlement-from-2020-wildfires AP Staff /wildfire/2024-05-30/oregon-cant-limit-pacificorps-2020-wildfire-payouts-state-utility-regulators-determine PacifiCorp can’t limit how much it will have to pay for wildfire damage in Oregon, under a decision Thursday by state utility regulators. Fri, 31 May 2024 00:14:28 GMT /wildfire/2024-05-30/oregon-cant-limit-pacificorps-2020-wildfire-payouts-state-utility-regulators-determine Courtney Sherwood /wildfire/2024-05-30/oregon-wineries-and-vineyards-seek-100m-from-pacificorp-for-2020-wildfire-smoke-damage Dozens of Oregon wineries and vineyards have sued PacifiCorp over the deadly 2020 wildfires that ravaged the state, alleging that the utility’s decision to not turn off power during the Labor Day windstorm contributed to blazes whose smoke and soot damaged their grapes and reduced their harvest and sales. Thu, 30 May 2024 11:34:21 GMT /wildfire/2024-05-30/oregon-wineries-and-vineyards-seek-100m-from-pacificorp-for-2020-wildfire-smoke-damage Claire Rush