American Can Co. v. Lobdell

Appellants, large industrial customers of Portland General Electric (PGE) and Pacific Power & Light (PP&L), brought suit under ORS 756.5801 to vacate and remand the Public Utility Commissioner’s (Commissioner’s) orders granting rate increases to PGE and PP&L, which intervened in the suit. Appellants alleged that the “rate spreads” adopted in those orders unlawfully discriminate against appellants because the spreads shift to them, as industrial customers, costs incurred by residential customers. The circuit court upheld the orders. See ORS 756.598. On appeal, appellants contend that 1) the…