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The 1.5 million Oregon households who receive electric service through Pacific Power or Portland General Electric will pay more this year. The state’s Public Utility Commission — a three-person governor-appointed group charged with regulating the rates of privately owned electric and gas utilities in Oregon — approved both monopoly electric utilities’ requests to raise rates […]

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PORTLAND (AP) — Portland General Electric's agreement to close its only coal-fired power plant won praise seven years ago as an environmental victory with national implications in the fight against air pollution and climate change.

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Participants, volunteers and sponsors of Columbia Gorge Community College Foundation’s 14th Annual Founder’s Cup Golf Tournament helped raise $16,000 this year for Columbia Gorge Community College Foundation’s Scholarship Fund. The PGE and Hire Electric teams earned first place trophies in the benefit tournament at Indian Creek Golf Course on Saturday, Aug. 3.

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Participants, volunteers and sponsors of Columbia Gorge Community College Foundation’s 14th Annual Founder’s Cup Golf Tournament helped raise $16,000 this year for Columbia Gorge Community College Foundation’s Scholarship Fund.

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BOARDMAN, (AP) — The Boardman Coal Plant is generating electricity again after repairs to a steam pipe that cost $10 million.

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Portland General Electric is bringing a shorter, retooled Cascade Crossing high-capacity transmission line project back before property owners and the public.