Ted Sickinger

Portland General Electric announced Tuesday that it will buy most of PacifiCorp’s utility assets in the state of Washington for $1.9 billion, including two wind farms, a natural gas-fired power plant, transmission and distribution lines, plus about 140,00... See more

More than five years after wildfire devastated vast tracts of Oregon on Labor Day 2020, litigation against utilities whose lines were implicated in starting the conflagrations continues to grind its way through the court system. Judges at the Oregon Court... See more

Utilities and other energy providers in the West need to add more than 12,600 miles of new electric transmission lines in the next decade — at an estimated cost of $60 billion — in order to reliably meet rising demand, integrate renewable energy and addre... See more