On July 24, 2025, the Oregon Public Utility Commission (Commission) issued an order conditionally acknowledging Portland General Electric’s (PGE) proposed 2025 All-Source Request for Proposals (RFP) for new generating resources. Acknowledgment is akin to a determination that the RFP is reasonable at the time of the Commission’s decision, and the acknowledgment decision will make it easier for PGE to recover costs of any resources ultimately procured from this RFP later in customer rates. [Read more…]
Washington Commission Approves Avista’s 2025 RFP
At the May 22, 2025 Open Meeting, the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (the Washington Commission) approved Avista’s 2025 Request for Proposals (RFP) with conditions in Docket No. UE-250155. The order approving the RFP was issued on May 23, 2025. [Read more…]
Sanger Law Becomes Sanger Greene
We are pleased to announce that Sanger Law PC is now Sanger Greene PC. The addition of partner Max Greene to the firm’s name reflects his commitment to carrying on the firm’s mission of providing creative legal and consulting services to clients on energy, electric and water utility, and administrative law, and helping to shape energy policy in the Pacific Northwest and Intermountain West. [Read more…]
Settlement Stipulation Reached in Rocky Mountain Power Utah General Rate Case
On April 25, 2025, the Utah Public Service Commission adopted new rates, and also approved a settlement stipulation between PacifiCorp and ten of the eleven intervening that resolved all cost of service and pricing issues. [Read more…]
Sunthurst Final Order
On April 9, 2025, the Oregon Public Utility Commission (the Commission) issued an order establishing a one-time allocation of interconnection costs for community solar projects being developed by Sunthurst Energy, LLC, to PacifiCorp’s Oregon retail customers. [Read more…]


