PacifiCorp wants to roll $1.7B in wildfire-related costs and liabilities into its transmission rates, but critics aren’t buying it. (Utility Dive)
Bonneville Power, Powerex, and others argue that the costs were imprudently incurred, especially after a jury found PacifiCorp negligent in one 2020 blaze.
The company insists most damages came from other fires and that regulators should stick with the long-standing presumption that utilities act prudently unless proven otherwise.