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Key Oregon PUC Cases
 
I.  General Rate Cases
 
a.  PGE

UE 88
Order No. 95-322 (Trojan)
UE 100
Order No. 96-306
UE 115
Order No. 01-777
UE 180/184
Order No. 07-015 (Port Westward)
UE 188
Order No. 07-573 (Biglow Canyon)
UE 197/198
Order No. 08-601
UE 215
Order No. 10-478
 
b.  Pacific Power

UE 94
Order No. 96-175 (AFOR)
UE 111
Order No. 00-580
UE 116
Order No. 01-787
UE 147
Order No. 03-528
UE 170
Order No. 05-1050
UE 179
Order No. 06-530
UE 210
Order No. 10-022
UE 217
Order No. 10-473
 
c.  Idaho Power

UE 92
Order No. 95-1240
UE 167
Order No. 05-871
UE 213
Order No. 10-064
UE 233
Order No. 12-055
 
d.  NW Natural

UG 132
Order No. 99-697
UG 152
Order No. 03-507
 
e.  Avista

UG 153
Order No. 03-570
UG 181
Order No. 08-185
UG 186
Order No. 09-422
UG 201
Order No. 11-080
 
f.  Cascade

UG 173
Order No. 07-220
 
II.  Annual Rate Adjustments
 
a.  Pacific Power
 
1.  TAM (Transition Adjustment Mechanism)

UE 191: 2008 Forecast
Order No. 07-446
UE 199: 2009 Forecast
Order No. 09-274, Order No. 08-543 
UE 207: 2010 Forecast
Order No. 09-432
UE 216: 2011Forecast
Order No. 11-020
UE 227: 2012 Forecast
 Order No. 11-435
 
2.  RAC (Renewable Adjustment Clause)

UE 200
Order No. 08-548, 08-554
 
b.  PGE
 
1.  RVM (Resource Valuation Mechanism)

UE 139
Order No. 02-772
UE 149
Order No. 03-700
UE 169
Order No. 04-573
UE 172
Order No 05-1262
UE 181
Order No. 06-575 (combined with GRC)
 
2.  AUT (Annual Update Tariff – PCAM Forecast)

UE 192: 2008 Forecast
Order No. 07-445
UE 198: 2009 Forecast
Order No. 08-505
UE 208: 2010 Forecast
Order No. 10-122
UE 228: 2011 Forecast
Order No. 11-432
 
3.  Power Cost Variance (PCAM True-up)

UE 201: 2007 True-Up
Order No. 08-553
UE 211: 2008 True-Up
Order No. 09-434
UE 221: 2009 True-Up
Order No. 10-438
UE 215: 2010 True-Up
Order No. 10-478 (combined with GRC)
 
c.  Idaho Power
 
1.  PCAM (Power Cost Adjustment Mechanism)

UE 195: Created PCAM
Order No. 08-238
UE 206: 2008 True-Up
Order No. 10-016
UE 218: 2009 True-Up
Order No. 10-278
UE 226: 2010 True-Up
Order No. 11-310
 
2.  APCU (Annual Power Cost Update)

UE 203: 2008 Forecast
Order No. 09-186
UE 213 2009 Forecast
Order No. 10-064 (included with GRC)
UE 214: 2010 Forecast
Order No. 10-191
UE 222: 2011 Forecast
Order No. 11-178
 
III.  Mergers & Acquisitions
 
a.  Energy

UM 814 – Enron/PGE
Order No. 97-196
UM 918 – Scottish Power/PacifiCorp
Order No. 99-616
UM 967 – Sierra Pacific/PGE
Order No. 00-702
UM 1011 – Legal Standard Adopted
Order No. 01-778
UM 1045 – NW Natural/PGE
Order No. 02-358
UM 1121 – TPG/PGE
Order No. 05-114
UM 1206 – PGE (Enron Bankruptcy)
Order No. 05-1250
UM 1209 – MidAmerican/PacifiCorp
Order No. 06-082
UM 1283 – MDU/Cascade
Order No. 07-221
 
b.  Telecommunications

UM 1416 – CenturyTel/Embarq
Order No. 09-169
UM 1431 – Frontier/Verizon
Order No. 10-067
UM 1484 – CenturyLink/Qwest
Order No. 11-103
 
IV.  Energy Resource Planning and Acquisition
 
a.  General Investigations

UM 180 - Least Cost Planning Requirements
Order No. 89-507
UM 1056 – IRP Guidelines
Order No. 07-002(corrected by Order No. 07-047)
UM 1182 – Competitive Bidding Guidelines
Order No. 06-446;
Order No. 11-340 (modifying guideline on Independent Evaluator involvement)
UM 1066 – Rate Treatment of New Resources
Order No. 11-007(closing docket, reopening UM 1182)
UM 1276 – Build vs Buy Bias
Order No. 11-001
 
b.  Integrated Resource Plans
 
1.  Pacific Power

LC 22 – 1999 IRP
Order No. 99-279 (PPL)
LC 30 – 2002 IRP
Order No. 02-681 (PPL)
LC 31 – 2003 IRP
Order No. 03-508 (PPL)
LC 39 – 2006 IRP
Order No. 06-029
LC 42 – 2007 IRP
Order No. 08-232
LC 47 – 2008 IRP
Order No. 10-066
LC 52 – 2011 IRP
Order No. 12-082
 
2.  PGE

LC 21 – 1998 IRP
Order No. 99-436
LC 33 – 2004 IRP
Order No. 04-375
LC 43 – 2007 IRP
Order No. 08-246 
LC 48 – 2009 IRP
Order No. 10-457
 
3.  Idaho Power

LC 27 – 2000 IRP
Order No. 00-748
LC 32 – 2002 IRP
Order No. 03-389
LC 36 – 2004 IRP
Order No. 05-782
LC 41 – 2006 IRP
Withdrawn
LC 50 – 2009 IRP
Order No. 10-392
LC 53 - 2011 IRP​

​Pending

 
4.  NW Natural

LC 29 – 2000 IRP
Order No. 00-782
LC 37 – 2004 IRP
Order No. 05-964
LC 45 – 2008 IRP
Order No. 09-005
LC 51 – 2011 IRP
Pending
 
5.  Avista

LC 28 – 2000 IRP
Order No. 01-165
LC 40 – 2006 IRP
Order No. 06-612
LC 44 – 2007 IRP
Order No. 08-308
LC 49 – 2009 IRP
Order No. 10-208
 
6.  Cascade

LC 20 – 1996 IRP
Order No. 98-104
LC 25 – 1999 IRP
Order No. 01-826
LC 34 – 2002 IRP
Order No. 03-523
LC 38 – 2004 IRP
Order No. 05-898
LC 48 – 2008 IRP
Order No. 09-309
 
V.  Deferred Accounting
 
a.  General Investigations
 
UM 1147 – Deferred Accounting Guidelines

Order No. 05-1070 (Phase I - general principles)
Order No. 06-507 (Phase II - interest rate during amortization)
Order No. 08-263 (Phase III - establishing interest rate)
Order No. 09-065 (clarifying interest rates)
Order No. 10-279 (interest rate modified)
 
b.  Noteworthy Decisions

UM 1071 – PGE Request for Deferral of Hydro Replacement Costs
Order No. 04-108;
recon den Order No. 04-357 
UM 1261 – Idaho Power Request for Deferral of Net Power Supply Expenses
Order No. 07-555
UM 1234 – PGE Request for Deferral of Boardman Outage Costs
Order No. 07-049
UE 196 – PGE Request to Amortize Boardman Outage Costs
Order No. 10-051
UM 1256 et al – Applications to Defer Development Expenses for Grid West
Order No. 06-483
 
VI.  PURPA – Qualifying Facilities
 
a.  Guidelines
 
UM 1129 – PURPA Investigation

Order No. 05-584 (calculating avoided costs; standard terms for small QFs)
Order No. 06-538​ (review and approval of standard contracts
Order No. 07-360 (large QF guidelines)
 
UM 1401 – Standard Interconnection >20MW        

Order No. 10-132
 
b.  QF Disputes

UM 1442 – Review of PacifiCorp’s Avoided Costs
Order No. 09-427
UM 1443 – Review of PGE’s Avoided Costs
Order No. 09-507
UM 1449 – International Paper v. PacifiCorp
Order No. 09-439
UM 1546 – Threemile Canyon Wind I LLC v PacifiCorp
(pending)
UE 235 – Third party Transmission Costs
(pending)
 
VII.  Solar PV Pilot
 
a.  Program Design
 
UM 1452

Order No. 10-198 Establishing solar pilot program
Order No. 10-304 Rescinding price cap for competitive bidding systems.
Order No. 11-339 Program Changes Adopted from Order No. 11-089
 
UM 1505 – Report to the Legislature

Order No. 11-089 Adopting lottery; 50/50 VIR/bidding for medium systems
 
b.  Rulemaking

AR 538 – Adopting original pilot rules
Order No. 10-200
AR 558 – Amendments to implement  
Order No. 11-339
Order No. 11-381
 
c.  Rate Changes

Order No. 11-090 VIRs for April 2011 Allocation Window Set.
Order No. 11-280 VIRs for October 2011 Allocation Window Set.
 
VIII.    Universal Service
 
a.  OUSF Generally – UM 1017

Order No. 00-312 Implementation
Order No. 03-082 Expansion to Rural Carriers
Order No. 11-472 Denial of OECA Proposal to Expand
 
b.  Investigation: Broadband and Rebalancing – UM 1481

Order No. 10-496 Adoption of interim Reporting Requirements
Order No. 11-132 Reconsideration of Order No. 10-496
Order No. 11-192 Investigation Suspended; Non-Rural ILEC reporting requirements to be addressed in next phase.