Oregon Energy Co. v. Public Utility Commission

Plaintiff Oregon Energy Company, LLC (OEC), appeals a judgment of the Marion County Circuit Court affirming a decision of defendant Public Utilities Commission (PUC). In that decision, the PUC concluded that neither federal nor state law required defendant Portland General Electric (PGE) to purchase electricity from a proposed cogeneration facility under the terms of a contract that OEC had presented to PGE. We do not reach the merits because we hold that the complaint did not give the circuit court jurisdiction over the dispositive PUC order. We therefore vacate the judgment and remand with…