Oregon Utilities Promote Wildfire Awareness: Get Ready For Fire Season By Preparing Now And Staying Informed - 05/06/26

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                 Date: May 6, 2026

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Oregon Utilities Promote Wildfire Awareness: Get Ready for Fire Season by Preparing Now and Staying Informed

PGE, Pacific Power, Idaho Power and the PUC share tips and guidance as fire season approaches

Portland, Ore. – In recognition of National Wildfire Awareness Month, the Oregon Public Utility Commission (PUC), Portland General Electric, Pacific Power and Idaho Power encourage Oregonians to prepare for wildfire season. Everyone has a part to play this summer in keeping our communities safe.

PGE, Pacific Power and Idaho Power invest year-round to prevent wildfire and deliver safe, reliable power to the homes and communities that depend on it. They partner with tribes and federal, state and local agencies to plan and prepare for the upcoming wildfire season.

“We’ve had an unusually dry winter across much of Oregon, and that means wildfire season may arrive earlier and with greater intensity,” said Commissioner Chair Letha Tawney. “Even as Oregon electric utilities invest billions to reduce wildfire risk, customers need to be ready for potential outages when fire danger is high. The changing risk of extreme wildfires touches every Oregon community and requires all of us to take steps now to reduce the chance of catastrophe.”

Resources to help Oregonians prepare for wildfire season are available at wildfire.oregon.gov, including guidance on staying informed, evacuation planning and creating defensible space to help prevent wildfire.

PGE, Pacific Power and Idaho Power also share these additional tips on ways to stay safe and be prepared this fire season.

Have a plan

• Consider relocating with a friend, family member or shelter, especially if medication or treatment of a medical condition requires electricity.
• Businesses should communicate their outage-response plans to key employees, plan for workarounds to computers and cash registers and make a plan to bypass electronic door locks.
• Plan for livestock water needs in case well pumps lose power.
• Know how to open and close electric garage doors and security gates.
• Learn how to protect home and business electronics and appliances against data loss and surge damage when power is restored.

Make an outage kit

Prepare your home and businesses by making an outage kit to use in case wildfire leads to a power outage.

• Be sure to include shelf-stable food, water for people, pets and livestock, medications, flashlights, batteries and solar or car chargers for electric devices. Keep ice packs or frozen water in the freezer to help keep food cold until ice is available.

• Outage kits should also include flashlights or camp lights for all areas, including restrooms, battery-powered or hand-crank radios for information, battery-powered fans, extra batteries, car chargers for cell phones and electric devices, bottled water and emergency phone numbers.
• Businesses should prepare to minimize disruption, keep employees safe and protect equipment.

Stay informed

Here are a few steps you can take to make sure you receive up-to-date wildfire information:

• Contact your electricity provider or log in to your account and make sure all contact information is current so you can receive alerts and messages.
• If you rely on electricity to store medication or operate medical equipment, enroll in your electric provider’s Medical Certificate Program, if available, to receive proactive communications about outages. Make a backup plan with your doctor and other medical providers.
• Visit Oregon Alert to find your local alert system. Provide current contact details and sign up for wildfire alerts.

Information, resources and checklists

• PGE customers can visit portlandgeneral.com/wildfiresafety for information about how PGE works to protect people, property and public spaces.
• Pacific Power customers can visit pacificpower.net/wildfiresafety for resources and information including an outage preparation checklist for customers, an interactive map outlining public safety power shutoff areas.  
• Idaho Power customers can visit idahopower.com/wildfire to learn more about summer outage preparedness and what Idaho Power is doing to protect the grid from wildfires.   

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About Portland General Electric Company
Portland General Electric is an integrated energy company that generates, transmits and distributes electricity to nearly 960,000 customers serving an area of approximately 2 million Oregonians. Since 1889, Portland General Electric (PGE) has been powering economies, delivering safe, affordable and reliable electricity while working to transform energy systems to meet evolving customer needs. PGE continues to make progress towards emissions reduction targets, and customers have set the standard for prioritizing clean energy with the No. 1 voluntary renewable energy program in the country. PGE is ranked a top ten utility in the 2025 Forrester U.S. Customer Experience Index. In 2025, PGE employees and retirees volunteered over 18,300 hours to more than 400 nonprofits organizations. Through the PGE Foundation, along with corporate contributions and the employee matching gift program, more than $5 million was directed to charitable organizations supporting economic growth and community resilience across our service area. For more information visit www.PortlandGeneral.com/news

About Pacific Power

Pacific Power provides safe and reliable electric service to 800,000 customers in Oregon, Washington and California. The company supplies customers with electricity from a diverse portfolio of generating plants including hydroelectric, thermal, wind, geothermal and solar resources. Pacific Power is part of PacifiCorp, one of the lowest-cost electricity producers in the United States, with 2 million customers in six western states. For more information, visit www.pacificpower.net.

About Idaho Power

Idaho Power, headquartered in vibrant and fast-growing Boise, Idaho, has been a locally operated energy company since 1916. Today, it serves a 24,000-square-mile area in Idaho and Oregon. The company has a long history of safely providing reliable, affordable, clean energy. With 17 low-cost hydroelectric projects at the core of its diverse energy mix, Idaho Power’s residential, business, and agricultural customers pay among the nation’s lowest prices for electricity. Its 2,100 employees proudly serve more than 660,000 customers with a culture of safety first, integrity always and respect for all.

About the Oregon Public Utility Commission (PUC)
The PUC regulates customer rates and services of the state’s investor-owned electric and natural gas utilities, including Portland General Electric, Idaho Power, Pacific Power, Avista, Cascade Natural and NW Natural. The PUC also regulates landline telephone providers and select water companies. The PUC’s mission is to ensure Oregonians have access to safe, reliable, and fairly priced utility services that advance state policy and promote the public interest. We use an inclusive process to evaluate differing viewpoints and visions of the public interest and arrive at balanced, well-reasoned, independent decisions supported by fact and law. For more information about the PUC, visit oregon.gov/puc.

Pacific Power Working Toward Rate Stability For Oregon Customers - 05/05/26

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Pacific Power working toward rate stability for Oregon customers 

General rate case seeks stable rates in 2026, lower rates in first half of 2027 

Portland, Ore. (May 5, 2026) — Pacific Power has filed a general rate case with the Oregon Public Utility Commission with a plan that would keep rates stable in the near-term, deliver lower rates in early 2027 and delay a minimal residential rate increase until the third quarter of 2027.  

Under the proposal, residential customers would see stable bills in 2026, followed by decreases in the first half of 2027 and a minimal net rate increase in July 2027. If approved, interim rates would take effect June 5, 2026, and remain in place while regulators review the full general rate case. 

The company’s proposal addresses the rising costs of doing business and ensures critical investments in the grid, while keeping rates stable for customers. More information is available on the company’s Oregon rate proposal page. 

“Affordability is an ongoing concern for our customers,” said Rick Link, senior vice president of regulation and planning. “Our job is to deliver safe, reliable power and keep costs as low as possible, while making the necessary investments needed for long-term reliability. We’ve worked hard to manage what we can and provide predictability for our customers.” 

While reflecting Pacific Power’s commitment to affordability, the proposal also acknowledges several cost pressures affecting the delivery of safe and reliable electric service, including higher cost of materials needed to maintain and replace power lines, poles and other equipment, as well as rapidly rising insurance costs for wildfire risk. 

Participation in the Extended Day-Ahead Market showcases how Pacific Power is innovating to deliver value and help keep customer costs low. Since helping pioneer the Western Energy Imbalance Market, an energy market that provides access to the lowest-cost power available, the company has delivered more than $297 million in customer benefits to Oregon customers. Building on that proven track record, EDAM will further optimize how electricity is bought and sold on the open market, creating additional savings opportunities that will benefit customers. 

To assist vulnerable customers, the company offers the Oregon Low-Income Discount Program, which is helping over 70,000 of our most vulnerable customers across the state lower their power bills from 20% to 80%, depending on their income. More information is available at PacificPower.net/LID. Customers can also access a variety of bill support programs through local community action agencies, including the Oregon Energy Fund, Oregon Energy Assistance Program and Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.   

Pacific Power also offers a variety of ways to budget for energy expenses, including time of use and equal pay billing options, and energy use tracking offered online and through the company’s mobile app. In partnership with Energy Trust of Oregon, Pacific Power customers can access information and rebates to help improve their energy efficiency and lower their bills. Customers can call 1-888-221-7070 to discuss options.   

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About Pacific Power

Pacific Power provides safe and reliable electric service to more than 800,000 customers in Oregon, Washington and California. The company supplies customers with electricity from a diverse portfolio of generating plants including hydroelectric, natural gas, coal, wind, geothermal and solar resources. Pacific Power is part of PacifiCorp, one of the lowest-cost electricity producers in the United States, with over two million customers in six western states. For more information, visit PacificPower.net.

Pacific Power To Host Wildfire Safety And Preparedness Open House - 05/05/26

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Pacific Power to host wildfire safety and preparedness open house

EDAM Is Live: PacifiCorp And CAISO Successfully Launch New Market May 1 - 05/01/26

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EDAM is live: PacifiCorp and CAISO successfully launch new market May 1 

PORTLAND, Ore. (May 1, 2026) — The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) and PacifiCorp have successfully launched EDAM, the Extended Day-Ahead Market. Through EDAM, millions of electricity consumers will benefit from coordinated day‑ahead operations across the region. 

“Customers across the West are the big winners with today’s go-live, an innovative change to how we plan and deliver power across the region,” said Ryan Flynn, president of Pacific Power. “By coordinating across a broader footprint in the day-ahead, EDAM can more effectively deploy the most efficient resources, strengthening reliability, lowering costs, and enabling greater integration of diverse energy resources.” 

Elliot Mainzer, President and CEO of the ISO, said, “The successful launch of EDAM marks the next chapter in the evolution of a geographically diverse and electrically connected Western electricity market.”

“We are grateful for the partnership with PacifiCorp and a broad coalition of Western energy stakeholders who helped bring EDAM to fruition. By working together, we are delivering greater reliability and affordability for energy consumers across the region, and we remain committed to continually strengthening the market to meet the challenges and opportunities facing the Western grid.”

EDAM was developed through a collaborative, transparent and highly iterative stakeholder process that engaged utilities, regulators and a broad range of energy interests across the West and builds on the success of the Western Energy Imbalance Market (WEIM). Since its 2014 launch, the real-time market has balanced electricity supply and demand every five minutes using the lowest‑cost energy across a large, interconnected footprint. 

By expanding regional coordination into the day-ahead timeframe, when most electricity deliveries are planned, EDAM will leverage the West’s diverse resource mix and increasingly interconnected transmission system. Larger scale and regionally coordinated day‑ahead planning allows operators to make more optimized resource commitments and transmission usage across major supply and load centers, to better prepare the system to meet real‑time needs, improving both efficiency and reliability.

Since joining the Western Energy Imbalance Market when it was launched, PacifiCorp has generated more than $1.1 billion in benefits for its customers, according to quarterly market benefit reports. 

PacifiCorp, headquartered in Portland, Oregon, owns and operates the largest privately owned transmission system in the Western U.S. The utility operates two balancing authority areas and serves 2.1 million customers through its two retail divisions: Pacific Power in California, Oregon and Washington and Rocky Mountain Power in Idaho, Utah and Wyoming. In addition to balancing electricity supply and demand for about 80% of California and part of Nevada, the ISO operates the real-time Western Energy Imbalance Market, EDAM, and RC West, which is the reliability coordinator for the bulk electric system across a large portion of the Western United States.

Continued Market Growth 

The WEIM currently includes 22 participating entities across 11 states, representing about 80% of electricity demand in the West. BHE Montana and Black Hills Energy are scheduled to join shortly, bringing South Dakota into the market as the 12th participating state. 

Since its launch, the WEIM has generated more than $8.6 billion in benefits for participating utilities and their customers, largely by reducing unnecessary production costs through efficient energy transfers. Those transfers have strengthened reliability by enabling regions with excess supply to assist areas facing grid stress from extreme weather, wildfires or other emergencies. The real‑time market has also supported emissions reductions by facilitating increased use of available clean energy resources. 

EDAM is also positioned for steady expansion. Portland General Electric has signed an implementation agreement and is scheduled to begin participating in October.  

Additional utilities have signed implementation agreements and plan to join EDAM in 2027, including the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the Balancing Authority of Northern California (which includes the Sacramento Municipal Utility District), the Public Service Company of New Mexico and the Turlock Irrigation District. Once these entities are participating, EDAM is expected to serve approximately 42% of electricity demand in the West, based on data from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation. 

The Imperial Irrigation District has committed to join both WEIM and EDAM in 2028, and several other Western utilities are evaluating participation, including NV Energy and Idaho Power. 

A Market Designed for Flexibility and Collaboration 

EDAM is a voluntary market that preserves balancing authority autonomy while accommodating the West’s diverse policy and planning frameworks. Participation decisions are made independently by each entity, and CAISO will continue to fully support participation in the WEIM regardless of whether entities choose to join EDAM. 

The market is built on a proven technology platform to help minimize entry costs, includes no exit fees, and uses a daily resource sufficiency evaluation that is compatible with the range of resource adequacy programs used across the West. EDAM supports efficient energy transfers across existing transmission lines and compliance with multiple state greenhouse gas regulatory programs. The EDAM design and related tariffs have been approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.  

Successful implementation of a market of this scale depends on disciplined execution, performance monitoring and ongoing coordination with participants. Now that EDAM is operating, the focus will be on tracking outcomes and working collaboratively with stakeholders to make refinements as needed. 

As PacifiCorp and CAISO prepared for the market’s launch, CAISO and market participants across the West embraced significant governance reforms. In July of 2025, the Western Energy Markets Governing Body assumed primary authority over market rules and gained independent filing rights at FERC. 

Following passage of California Assembly Bill 825, decision-making over market rules could shift - no earlier than January 2028 – from the Governing Body to the newly established, independently governed Regional Organization for Western Energy, or ROWE.  The bill allows California utilities and CAISO to participate in a market governed by an independent entity, provided specific conditions are met. The ROWE was incorporated last year to fulfill this role.  Those conditions are grounded in the West-wide Governance Pathways Step 2 proposal and emphasize open, transparent, inclusive and public interest-focused governance. 

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About the California ISO 

250 Outcropping Way, Folsom, CA 95630 | www.caiso.com  

The California Independent System Operator (ISO) is a nonprofit public-benefit corporation dedicated, in partnership with stakeholders, to the secure and reliable operation of the grid for the benefit of electricity consumers. The ISO leads comprehensive grid planning, provides open and nondiscriminatory access to a major high-voltage transmission network, and operates competitive electricity markets that promote reliability and efficiency. 

About the Western Energy Markets

The Western Energy Imbalance Market (WEIM) is a real-time wholesale energy trading market that enables participants across the West to buy and sell energy when needed. Launched in 2014, WEIM has delivered over $8 billion in benefits to market participants.

Building on WEIM’s proven economic, reliability, and environmental benefits, the Extended Day-Ahead Market (EDAM), launched May 1, 2026, optimizes the use of existing transmission and resources across a broader Western footprint. This enables balancing authorities to pre-position least-cost generation to meet next-day demand and unlock significantly greater regional benefits.

About PacifiCorp

PacifiCorp is one of the lowest-cost electrical providers in the United States, serving two million customers. The company operates as Rocky Mountain Power in Idaho, Utah and Wyoming and as Pacific Power in California, Oregon and Washington. PacifiCorp provides safe and reliable service through a vast, integrated system of generation and transmission that connects communities as the largest regulated utility owner of wind power in the West. For more information, visit PacifiCorp.com.

Pacific Power To Host Wildfire Safety And Preparedness Open House - 04/28/26

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Pacific Power Expands Cool Keeper To Portland, Hood River And NE Oregon - 04/20/26

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Pacific Power Expands Cool Keeper to Portland, Hood River and NE Oregon 

Customer incentive program increases reliability and grid efficiency while helping keep costs low 

PORTLAND, Ore. (April 20, 2026) — Pacific Power is expanding a customer incentive program to include more Oregonians. The company’s Cool Keeper program is now available to customers in Portland, Hood River and parts of Northeast Oregon.   

Cool Keeper is a simple way for residential customers to both earn a credit on their bills and help keep the power grid stable and running smoothly. Through a simple device installed free of charge on air conditioners and heat pumps, Pacific Power customers can temporarily reduce their energy use without missing out on home comfort. 

More about the program: 

• How it works: Cool Keeper devices are installed on central cooling systems. When the power grid needs a quick break, the device briefly turns off the AC compressor – typically for no more than 5 minutes. When lots of homes with these devices do this at the same time, it helps balance the grid and keep electricity flowing reliably. Most people don’t notice because the indoor fan keeps running, moving cool air through the home while the compressor is paused. 

• Free installation: The outdoor-only installation is quick, easy and requires no appointment. Once a customer signs up for the program, Pacific Power’s trained technicians will provide and install the device free of charge. 
     
• Annual incentive: Participants sign up just once and then receive $30 in bill credits every year, distributed in monthly increments from May through September.   
   
• Benefits: Through Cool Keeper, Pacific Power and customers work together to use less electricity for short periods – reducing the need for costly power purchases and helping keep bills lower. 

“Cool Keeper is a win-win for our customers and the community,” said Shawn Grant, director of customer solutions at Pacific Power. “It’s an easy way to contribute to energy reliability and sustainability without compromising comfort in your home.” 

To participate, customers must have an eligible cooling system. Most central air conditioning units and central heat pumps qualify. Eligibility will be confirmed during an on-site visit by a trained technician.    

To learn more or sign up, visit PacificPower.net/CoolKeeper or call 1-800-357-9214.   

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About Pacific Power 

Pacific Power provides safe and reliable electric service to more than 800,000 customers in Oregon, Washington and California. The company supplies customers with electricity from a diverse portfolio of generating plants including hydroelectric, natural gas, coal, wind, geothermal and solar resources. Pacific Power is part of PacifiCorp, one of the lowest-cost electricity producers in the United States, with over two million customers in six western states. For more information, visit PacificPower.net.  

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Pacific Power Foundation Announces 115 Grants Supporting Safety And Wellness - 04/16/26

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Pacific Power Foundation announces 115 grants supporting safety and wellness

PORTLAND, Ore. (April 16, 2026) — Throughout Oregon, Washington and California, there are dedicated organizations working tirelessly to support their neighbors and provide essential services when they need it most. The Pacific Power Foundation recognizes their commitment to the safety and wellness of their communities and has awarded 115 grants totaling $344,002.

The grants will support a variety of programs, including those that provide meals for individuals experiencing food insecurity, offer shelter for the unhoused and facilitate healthcare for underserved communities.

“These organizations play a vital part in helping address the urgent needs of individuals and families across the region," said Ryan Flynn, director of the Pacific Power Foundation and president of Pacific Power. “This funding by the foundation will help amplify their efforts to support our neighbors and improve the day-to-day lives of people in all parts of our communities.”

The Pacific Power Foundation’s Safety and Wellness grant cycle is one of four cycles throughout the year. Below is a list of some of the organizations that received a grant:

California:

Del Norte County:

• North Coast Rape Crisis Team

Siskiyou County:  

• Hornbrook Community Association
• Madrone Hospice
• Mercy Foundation North

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About the Pacific Power Foundation:

The PacifiCorp Foundation, doing business as the Pacific Power Foundation in Oregon, Washington and California, is one of the largest utility-endowed foundations in the United States. The foundation was created by PacifiCorp, an energy company that serves over 2 million customers across a diverse six-state region in the West as Pacific Power (Oregon, Washington and California) and Rocky Mountain Power (Utah, Wyoming and Idaho). The foundation’s mission, through charitable investments, is to support the growth and vitality of the communities served by Pacific Power and Rocky Mountain Power. Since it started in 1988, the PacifiCorp Foundation has awarded more than $80 million to nonprofit organizations. For more information, visit PacificPower.net/Foundation. 

California Climate Credit To Appear On Customer Power Bills - 04/15/26

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California Climate Credit to appear on customer power bills

YREKA, CA (April 15, 2025) — Pacific Power residential and small business customers in California can expect to see a credit of $111.83 on their April electricity bill as part of California's efforts to fight climate change. The twice annual California Climate Credit provides ratepayers with their share of the benefits of California’s Cap-and-Invest Program, which requires large industries that emit greenhouse gases to buy carbon pollution permits.

The majority of Pacific Power’s proceeds are split evenly across each residential household and qualifying small business after covering administrative and outreach expenses and funding clean energy programs.

The California Climate Credit is designed to help customers as the state transitions to a low-carbon future. Each year, the state issues a limited number of greenhouse gas emission allowances in line with California’s goal of reducing its overall emissions to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030.

Customers can call Pacific Power at 888-221-7070 for information about their bill and can learn more about the California Climate Credit at the CPUC website.

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About Pacific Power

Pacific Power provides safe and reliable electric service to more than 800,000 customers in Oregon, Washington and California. The company supplies customers with electricity from a diverse portfolio of generating plants including hydroelectric, natural gas, coal, wind, geothermal and solar resources. Pacific Power is part of PacifiCorp, one of the lowest-cost electricity producers in the United States, with over two million customers in six western states. For more information, visit PacificPower.net.