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Pacific Power customers in Oregon will see lower rates on their electric bills next month — in part because of the utility’s shift away from coal-fired power.

 

Oregon regulators have decided Pacific Power should reduce the rates it charges customers for electricity by an average of about 5.2%, and about half that reduction is tied to the lower fuel costs and tax credits that come with adding renewable wind and solar power.

 

But Pacific Power’s parent company PacifiCorp, which serves 1.9 million customers across six Western states, still gets about half of its electricity from coal, and the utility had actually asked the state to approve a rate increase.

 

Source : https://www.dailyastorian.com/news