PGE debriefs after January storm that left thousands without power in Portland metro

The company wants regulators to approve a new mechanism for more frequent rate hikes in order to pay for safety and resiliency work on its system.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Once the clouds lift, the streets thaw and power gets restored after a winter storm, it’s easy to move on and forget just how impactful it was. The ice storm that hit the Portland metro area in January left hundreds of thousands of people without heat amid below-freezing temperatures — some of them for roughly a week.

The snow, ice and winds took out 850 distribution lines owned by Portland General Electric. Over the course of that

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