Utility Reform Project v. Public Utility Commission

Pursuant to ORS 756.610(1), petitioners Utility Reform Project and Ken Lewis (collectively referred to as URP) seek judicial review of an order of the Public Utility Commission (PUC) denying URP’s request under ORS 757.259 to direct respondent Portland General Electric (PGE) to amortize certain deferred amounts into future rates. URP asserts that legislation passed in 2005 required the PUC to order PGE to refund amounts over-collected from ratepayers for taxes from October 5, 2005 to December 31, 2005, and that, in denying its request for amortization of the excess taxes collected, the PUC…