Portland General Electric has asked Oregon regulators for a rate increase that would add about $8.33 a month to the bill of a household using 780 kilowatt-hours, a 3.9% rise for residential customers. The Oregon Public Utility Commission is hosting a public comment hearing on Zoom on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 6 p.m. If the commission approves the request as filed, the new rates would take effect July 1, 2027.
The filing is a general rate case, the process a regulated utility uses to ask for higher base rates. PGE announced the plan on July 31 and said it would file with the commission the following week. Across every customer class the company wants an overall increase of 4.8%, so residential customers would see a smaller percentage than the average.
What PGE says the money is for
PGE’s rate case page puts the overall request at 4.8% and the residential piece at 3.9%, with the $8.33 figure tied to an average residential customer using 780 kilowatt-hours a month. The company says the filing opens a public review in which regulators, customer advocates and other parties examine its costs, investments and plans…