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Key PUC Dockets 

Below is a listing of key Oregon Public Utility Commission (PUC) dockets on common topics of interest. For a listing of all dockets, view the eDocket system, which provides various search options for your convenience. 
 

PUC IRP GUIDELINES

INVESTIGATION: TREATMENT OF CO2 RISK IN IRP PROCESS
ELECTRIC IRPs
 

Idaho Power 

Pacific Power

Portland General Electric

NATURAL GAS IRPs
 

Cascade Natural Gas

NW Natural

Avista

Below we've provided the links to the dockets for easy access to all documents, including orders, posted there.

ELECTRIC

Portland General Electric

Pacific Power

 Idaho Power

NATURAL GAS

NW Natural

Avista

Cascade Natural Gas

WATER


​The PUC approves adjustments annually to the rates of regulated utilities to reflect changes in the actual cost of purchasing power to meet customer demand.

​POWER COST ADJUSTMENTS - ELECTRIC
Pacific Power

  • Power Cost Adjustment Mechanism (PCAM) - TRUE-UP:

Portland General Electric

​Idaho Power

Purchase Gas Adjustment - Natural Gas
Avista

Cascade Natural Gas


NW Natural

GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS

UM 1147 - Deferred Accounting Guidelines

 

IMPORTANT DECISIONS

  • UM 1713 - Investigation into Large Customer Energy Efficiency Limitations
  • UM 1256 - Applications for Defer Development Expenses of Grid West
  • UE 196 - PGE Request to Amortize Boardman Outage Costs
  • UM 1234 - PGE Request for Deferral of Boardman Outage Costs
  • UM 1261 - Idaho Power Request for Deferral of Net Power Supply Expenses
  • UM 1224 - Utility Reform Project (URP) v. PGE
  • UM 1071 - PGE Request for Deferral of Hydro Replacement Costs

UM 1129 - PURPA Investigation

UM 1396 - Resource Sufficiency

UM 1401 - Standard Interconnection > 20 MW

UM 1610 - General Investigation

QF Disputes

  • UM 1734 - PacifiCorp QF contract term and eligibility cap
  • UM 1733 - Gardner Capital Solar Development, LLC vs Idaho Power
  • UM 1731 - Pacific NW Solar, LLC vs Idaho Power
  • UM 1725 - Idaho Power application to lower standard contract eligibility cap and reduce the standard term
  • UM 1546 - Threemile Canyon Wind LLC vs PacifiCorp
  • UE 235 - Third party transmission costs
  • UM 1449 - International Paper vs. PacifiCorp
  • UM 1443 - Review of PGE's avoided costs
  • UM 1442 - Reivew of PacifiCorp's avoided costs
  • UM 1854​ - PGE request to lower standard contract eligibility cap (interim relief)

 

UM 2040​OUSF Investigation

AR 640 - Implementation of SB 1603 - Expanding OUSF to include wireless and VoIP providers

UM 1594 - Annual OUSF surcharge rate is set or changed ​

UM 1017 - Oregon Universal Service Fund (OUSF) - GENERAL




Wildfire Mitigation Plans

​Resource Adequacy Rulemaking - AR 660

Direct Access Investigation - UM 2024

Network Upgrade Costs for Qualifying Facilities - UM 2032

Implementation of HB 2021 - UM 2273

Community Solar Implementation - UM 1930

Distribution System Planning (DSP) - UM 2005

Valuing Capacity - UM 2011​ (General Capacity Investigation)