PacifiCorp seeks to pass wildfire costs to customers.
PacifiCorp has filed a request with Oregon regulators to track its costs stemming from wildfire litigation, which could potentially be passed on to customers. The company faces billions of dollars in liabilities after a Multnomah County jury awarded 17 victims of four Labor Day 2020 wildfires $90 million in damages this week. Ratepayer advocates oppose the move, and any decision to allow the company to charge ratepayers would come in a future rate case, where utilities are required to prove that those costs are "prudent and reasonable."