By Nicole Montesano • Staff Writer • 

PGE rates to increase sharply in January

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blackberry

This is robbery! If the wholesale costs of power have gone up so dramatically, then why is Mac W&L able to maintain their low power rates? Don't they both buy their power from Bonneville Power? The PUC appears to be nothing more than a rubber stamp of approval on anything PGE wants. I've watched them trot power increases before the commission for the flimsiest reasons over the years and the PUC just grants whatever is put in front of them. I wish now more than ever that PGE was dissolved and become a public utility like Mac W&L. They are a literal monopoly. Too bad their isn't competition in the energy world.

YamCoCan

With inflation slowing, it’s frustrating that prices continue to climb. Margins are vastly improved (in some areas) but there is no incentive to reduce prices when profit can be made. This will be hard on families. And this increase hurts local governments who also need to plan for improvements and upgrades, but if they raise rates by 20% officials would be recalled - like we saw in Lafayette this year. But there is no such accountability for PGE.

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