In Oregon: The state PUC has approved Portland General Electric’s nearly 30% rate hike for large customers like data centers. It’s the first utility to increase data center rates under the state’s 2025 POWER Act, which carved out a rate class for projects over 20 MW. This will offer PGE’s residential customers a 1.3% bill decrease and knock 2% off commercial customers’ bills.
And in the Carolinas: Duke’s proposed tariff would charge a 75% minimum on demand for customers over 100 MW (and for some over 50 MW). The issue? Duke isn’t creating a new rate class for data centers…so nearly $200M in costs for the utility’s proposed grid upgrades would fall on other customers, including residential ratepayers.
Molly Glick
Energy Central Team
Thu, Jul 9