Ore. PUC rejects Portland General’s attempt to saddle ratepayers with deferred tax bill

摘要

Oregon has a long history of battling its investor-owned utilities nover tax bills charged to ratepayers, and on April 23 the Public Utility nCommission unanimously refused Portland General Electric Co.’s nrequest for rate recovery of $5.3 million in deferred taxes as a result nof what a staffer said were sales and hedging losses at the Mid-C ntrading hub.