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UE 423 PGE 2022 POWER COST ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM (PCAM) PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC
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UE 423-1 11/8/2023 7:52:57 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web Shani Center MILWAUKIE It is already an affordable to keep the heat on. Another increase will be detrimental.
UE 423-10 1/8/2024 3:43:29 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web PORTLAND PGE is a monopoly and the new rate hike is ridiculous for local consumers, who are already struggling financially. Portland needs to make this a PUD and put control into the hands of the consumers, since there is no other option for electrical resources in Portland.
UE 423-11 1/8/2024 4:06:41 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web HILLSBORO 17+% Rate Hike for residential customers? This is insanity.
UE 423-12 1/8/2024 4:28:27 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web Nate Hoover PORTLAND PGE should not be able to increase rates like this when the top 5 employees make millions! This is insane. Hard working Oregonians shouldn't be footing the bill when their executives make this much money.
UE 423-13 1/8/2024 4:32:17 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web Shannon Weston PORTLAND It is untenable to me that the electrical grid in Oregon is owned and operated by a for-profit business that can gouge at a whim. Millions in profit at the cost of Oregonian general welfare. When will there be protections put in place for us citizens?
UE 423-15 1/8/2024 4:49:41 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web Tawny Fuller SHERWOOD This is not in the best interest of consumers and we are always the ones paying for businesses poor decisions and outrageous salaries. When do tax paying single mothers and families get a break? Why is this even allowed to continue? I am really disappointed that this monopoly of Pge is not more regulated. Please help the people who are just trying to make a livable wage and not go bankrupt from all the rising costs.
UE 423-16 1/8/2024 4:49:41 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web Tawny Fuller SHERWOOD This is not in the best interest of consumers and we are always the ones paying for businesses poor decisions and outrageous salaries. When do tax paying single mothers and families get a break? Why is this even allowed to continue? I am really disappointed that this monopoly of Pge is not more regulated. Please help the people who are just trying to make a livable wage and not go bankrupt from all the rising costs.
UE 423-17 1/8/2024 5:05:55 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web Amanda Schehr PORTLAND It's incredibly distasteful how high the increase for PGE was. 17.5%. What is the point of having this go through the commission if this is allowed? It is disappointing that their top 5 make 12 million dollars and average citizens are expected to tolerate over a 400% the rate of inflation rate increase (inflation in 2023 was ~4.1%).
UE 423-18 1/8/2024 5:27:18 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web MULTNOMAH I'm considered upper middle class but even this rate hike seems absurd to me. I can't imagine what good this is going to do both short-term and long-term. The fact that your leadership makes seven figures a year is also abhorrent. Way to kick the can down to the working class while appeasing your shareholders and profit margins.
UE 423-19 1/8/2024 5:36:23 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web Bryon R PORTLAND Maybe y'all should pay your executives less before deciding on a criminal rate hike? Y'all should be ashamed.
UE 423-20 1/8/2024 5:51:11 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web David OBrien PORTLAND This is an absolute crime. Rates going up 500% over the rate of inflation while their executives are making millions of dollars a year. Should be illegal to do this. Make PGE a PUD and stop fleecing the public with ridiculous rate hikes.
UE 423-21 1/8/2024 6:08:30 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web Jeremy Barton PORTLAND I am a local business owner owner rate hikes like these Drive my prices higher for the local communities. These rate hikes do not equate to better service. They are only lining the pockets of those in charge time to make a PUD.
UE 423-22 1/8/2024 6:12:17 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web Felicia Teba PORTLAND The PGE rate increase is not reasonable for PGE customers. This rate increase will cause undue hardship for many customers. These rates are above keeping up with inflation, especially when people's budgets are not matching said inflation. Keep PGE's rates to a reasonable amount that keeps customer's lights on.
UE 423-23 1/8/2024 6:15:19 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web Blaise Rogers PORTLAND How are we, the people of Portland suppose to keep the lights on? Face it most Portlanders are working class citizens. We don't often have the time to watch and protest simple legislative acts that will have such a profound impact on our lives. With all of the cost increases this year due to inflation (rent, food, transit, etc) most of us are living paycheck to paycheck. Those who are unable due to mental illness or family circumstances (divorce, job loss, having children) will end up on the street. This rate increase is inhumane, and unsustainable. The PUC is supposed to be here to represent us, the regular folks of PDX. Why would you agree to this incredible amount? 17.2% is entirely too much. PGE moved their headquarters to Tualatin so they are not even paying Portland taxes. This rate increase is inhumane, and unsustainable.
UE 423-24 1/8/2024 6:20:44 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web Aidan Nolan PORTLAND My utility bills are already through the roof. It is entirely unreasonable that with inflation the way it is, and PGE's executives making 100 times what I make in a year each, I should have to pay to subsidize their deep pockets. Once PGE executives take a pay cut then you can justify the cost increase.
UE 423-25 1/8/2024 7:09:46 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web Jonathan BEAVERTON With the CEO getting paid $12M+ in 2022. This is clearly a profit grab to please the shareholders. Do not increase the cost, decrease her pay to cover for this, I'm sure she's set for life at this point.
UE 423-26 1/8/2024 7:11:02 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web PORTLAND How is a company like Portland General Electric going to afford these million dollar bonuses if they don't raise rates? A bonus equivalent to a year's salary isn't going to pay for itself now, is it?
UE 423-27 1/8/2024 7:16:42 PM OTHER ELECTRIC General Comment Web Justin Knobbe CLACKAMAS This is criminal. Reduce the pay rate of executives before raising rates for the public. This needs to be a public owned utility. Insane.
UE 423-28 1/8/2024 7:45:42 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web Marcella Wentz PORTLAND The rate hike is egregious in times like these. Executive leadership continues to line their pockets with bigger salaries and bonuses, and we the customer are paying for it. We don’t approve of this rate hike.
UE 423-29 1/8/2024 7:52:46 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web Madeline Smith PORTLAND I'd like to comment on the absolutely ridiculous 17.2% increase PGE is fleecing from their residential customers with no other option for power. In this post-COVID age where inflation and price-gouging are rampant and wages are stagnant while companies all over this country continue to report record profits, PGE has decided to get in on all the fun that other corporations are having in America by making Portlander's lives even more financially difficult than they already are. This is a prime example of why utilities MUST be publicly owned. I vehemently oppose this outrageous price increase that will literally make or break the financial lives of many in our area who are struggling to survive. And to raise rates in the middle of winter and in an area where homelessness is at an all time high... Despicable and evil doesn't even begin to cover it while Maria Pope, CEO makes a whopping $6.2 MILLION DOLLARS in total compensation. John Kochavatr, VP IT and CIO, $1.2 million. Larry Bekkedahl, Senior VP Advanced Energy Delivery, $1.3 million. James Ajello, Senior VP, Finance, CFO, Treasurer, & Corporate Compliance Officer, $2 million. Angelica Espinosa, VP General Counsel, $1.4 million.
UE 423-3 1/8/2024 1:36:14 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web KERRY EICHHOLZ PORTLAND Why is my electric bill going up nearly 20% when Maria Pope makes 6.2mm dollars per year, John Kochavatr makes 1.3mm dollars per year, Larry Bekkdahl makes 1.3mm dollars per year, James Ajello makes 2.1mm dollars per year, and Angelica Espinosa makes 1.5mm dollars per year? I cannot afford to see my bill go up to ensure that these executives continue to make over 12mm dollars every year. This is unconscionable.
UE 423-30 1/8/2024 7:55:37 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web PORTLAND The rate hikes far exceeding inflation in combination with the PGE executive compensation is despicable.
UE 423-31 1/8/2024 8:59:22 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web M P PORTLAND Oregon Public Utility Commission, I am writing as a deeply concerned homeowner, PGE utilities customer, and resident of Portland to oppose the proposed whopping 17% increase in monthly bills outlined in Docket UE 423. The financial hardship this hike would impose on Portland homeowners is significantly alarming, especially in the context of recent findings highlighted in a KOIN article (https://www.koin.com/news/oregon/portland-among-largest-u-s-cities-paying-highest-utility-bills-report/amp/). Portland stands among the largest cities in the United States paying the most expensive utility bills on average. The U.S. spends $436 billion annually on utility bills, with bills averaging $351 per month. In Oregon, average utility bills exceed the national average at $363 per month, and Portlanders pay even more than the national average at $417 per month. The report ranks Portland as having one of the highest monthly average utility bills among the 50 largest U.S. cities, further detailing the financial strain on residents. These rising costs, coupled with the proposed 17% increase, paint a bleak picture for homeowners already grappling with financial challenges. I must emphasize that I am personally experiencing great difficulty affording my monthly costs and am already strained to the maximum. Many Portlanders, including myself, could be pushed into homelessness with an increase in utilities. The proposed hike not only challenges the affordability of essential services but also poses a significant threat to the well-being and stability of our community. Among other notable findings, the report highlights the complexities behind the rise in utility costs, noting a 7% increase in 2023, with expectations of further climbs throughout winter. In this dire scenario, I implore the Public Utility Commission of Oregon to reconsider the proposed increase and work towards alleviating the financial burden on homeowners. The escalating costs underscore the urgent need for a transparent and equitable solution that takes into account the challenges faced by the Portland community. Furthermore, I advocate for a thorough examination of the potential benefits of transitioning Portland General Electric into a Public Utility District (PUD). Such a shift could provide a more community-centric approach to utility management, offering greater transparency, accountability, and affordability for consumers. Transparent communication and collaboration with the community are paramount in finding a resolution that safeguards the interests and financial stability of Portland residents. I appreciate your attention to this matter and trust that you will champion the concerns of homeowners and residents in the decision-making process.
UE 423-32 1/8/2024 9:36:54 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web Danielle Rubio PORTLAND PGE Executive salaries are 12 million and we are pricing people out of a basic service.
UE 423-33 1/8/2024 9:38:33 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web S Cain PORTLAND Price gouging residential customers while executives make MILLIONS A YEAR, and get bonuses is disgusting. How about cutting their pay instead of raising bills of people who are barely surviving during a housing crisis? You should be ashamed.
UE 423-34 1/8/2024 9:45:05 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web PORTLAND I am flabbergasted by the PGE rate increase. It seems inhumane to bump rates such a dramatic percentage on the heels of recent years' inflation. This is a cruel usage of PGE's monopoly status to inflict financial hardship on the people of Oregon for the sake of corporate profit. I'm disgusted by the OPUC's role in this and hope you change course.
UE 423-35 1/8/2024 9:46:18 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web Danie Meyer PORTLAND The price hike of over 15% will be directly impacting all Oregonians, who are already struggling under the weight of our struggling economy. Doing this will be harming the community, without benefit to anyone but PGE shareholders. PGE should be ashamed.
UE 423-36 1/8/2024 9:52:51 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web Stephanie Ko PORTLAND Higher costs that are double inflation are unreasonable, especially given the level of exec compensation.
UE 423-37 1/8/2024 10:12:22 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web Christian Martinez Guzman BEAVERTON Shame on PGE for paying their leadership so much while further squeezing out the average Oregonian.
UE 423-38 1/8/2024 10:35:57 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web Robert Peterson PORTLAND Over 17% raise on my electricity bill is absolutely insane. Electricity is a public utility. The top executives at PGE make millions of dollars. Are those executives adjusting their pay to help the company so the citizens do not have to suffer as much? I know the answer, obviously. The answer is NO -- they're a bunch of scumbags. Thanks for nothing.
UE 423-39 1/8/2024 10:37:07 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web Max G PORTLAND Allowing PGE to raise their rates by 17.2% this month is a disgrace and against the public’s interest. As a citizen of Portland, I’m embarrassed by Megan Decker and Letha Tawney placing more value on PGE’s shareholders in front of us Portlanders.
UE 423-4 1/8/2024 2:16:13 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web Alex Pope-Heinrich PORTLAND Very disgusting that our for-profit MONOPOLY is raising the rates by such an insane amount. You commissioners should be ashamed of yourselves.
UE 423-40 1/8/2024 10:42:12 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web Paul Z WILSONVILLE "Its crazy that 5 executives who make over 12 million dollars a year between them think that we need to pay a rate hike that exceeds the rate of inflation by over 500%. Why should we subsidize their inability to manage their resources? Maria Pope makes over a million a year off of bonuses alone. How can we combat this blatant, shameless greed"? I oppose this docket proposal.
UE 423-41 1/8/2024 10:47:30 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web David Schulz PORTLAND Absolutely ridiculous. As if the executives don’t make enough already.
UE 423-42 1/8/2024 11:08:12 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web Kara Hedberg ALOHA Until the executives at PGE take a wage cut commensurate to the wage cut the lowest-earning 25% of their customers are taking with the rate hike in UE423, justice will not be served. Time for a PUD!
UE 423-43 1/8/2024 11:15:07 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web Eric Hayward BEAVERTON A 17% raise in rates for a utility the average consumer is powerless to avoid is unacceptable.
UE 423-44 1/8/2024 11:16:53 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web Eric Hayward BEAVERTON A seventeen percent increase in rates to a entirely captive consumer base is wildly unacceptable. Other local publicly owned utility company’s offer far better rates per kilowatt hour.
UE 423-45 1/8/2024 11:22:14 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web Timothy Boles LAKE OSWEGO This is an absurd increase. 17% I mean where can I go that gives me a 17% increase a year... Are you hiring?? I think a serious look at the inflation of your salaries are in order to fall more in line with a SERVICE then a luxury. What ever happened to modest growth & why is that not acceptable anymore?
UE 423-46 1/8/2024 11:43:00 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web Kiel B PORTLAND This price adjustment is criminal without citizens approval. The top 5 executives at PGE made over $12,000,000.00 in compensation in 2022. How do you justify that when they clearly miss used funds. I hope no one dies due to this criminally massive rate increase in the middle of winter. If I can, I'll vote to dissolve this corrupt system. I hope you're all ashamed of yourself, you belong in jail. https://www1.salary.com/PORTLAND-GENERAL-ELECTRIC-CO-Executive-Salaries.html?fbclid=IwAR3izDWPAG5uIMY_6-5s4738e6uVfK8FPfAPpkInSY3X2t7ilRZc0C1e3Ys
UE 423-47 1/9/2024 1:51:20 AM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web Lindsay Schuelke PORTLAND This steep rate increase is harmful to low income households. We all know that there are many very wealthy people working at PGE. This kind of increase damages ratepayers’ wellbeing and deteriorates trust in their utility company.
UE 423-48 1/9/2024 1:54:56 AM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web Julian Varah-Sikes TIGARD In a time when prices are steeply rising and paychecks are stretching thinner and thinner, PGE moves for a rate hike that outpaces even our extreme inflation rate? For shame. The people of Oregon deserve a utility commission that works for them, not for private interests. For that matter, their top executives are making over twelve million dollars a year. Why is this a private service? If PGE is going to squeeze taxpayers for all we've got, we may as well replace them with a public utility.
UE 423-49 1/9/2024 4:24:05 AM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web Christina Kreitzer PORTLAND There are five executives at PGE who make over 12 million dollars a year between them. Yet our community - which is already struggling to stay afloat amid unaffordable home and rental prices - need to pay a rate hike that exceeds the rate of inflation by over 500%!!! I am outraged by this show of greed and power. Why should we subsidize PGE's inability to manage their resources? Maria Pope makes over a million a year off of bonuses alone. PGE has become a monopoly and their hike needs to stop. I hope oversight will happen and the rate increase will instead happen through a salary decrease or FIRING of some of their executive staff.
UE 423-5 1/8/2024 2:49:33 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web J Kelley NEWBERG Stop these unnecessary price hikes to make the rich richer.
UE 423-50 1/9/2024 4:38:15 AM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web PORTLAND This price hike during an already uneasy economy is only putting a further strain on Oregonians. Power is not something I can opt out of, so prices need to be regulated and adjusted as to not overload the average Oregonian. This price increase will affect everyone, and cause further social and economic unrest. I highly recommend that you take all factors into consideration when determining to make this adjustment. It will only serve as another barrier to an already barricaded system for many.
UE 423-51 1/9/2024 5:47:42 AM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web Max Anderson PORTLAND I vehemently oppose this price hike. The whole point of a regulated monopoly is to prevent crazy price hikes. The CEO's compensation increased by 60% between 2019 and 2022, while the median employee pay went up 2.4%. Disgusting.
UE 423-52 1/9/2024 7:48:26 AM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web James Haskell HAPPY VALLEY Hearing that there is a nearly 17.2% increase in utility fees would be debilitating to paying the bills. I know I'm not the only one that'll be unable to easily pay the new bill without a decrease in quality of life or more financial insecurity. Please, don't do this price hike.
UE 423-53 1/9/2024 9:19:15 AM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web Simoan Hunter TIGARD Pge should be a public utility
UE 423-54 1/9/2024 9:36:21 AM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web Janelle Parish PORTLAND How can you let PGE raise our cost this much? I can't believe their profit margins are more important than the lives of many who can't afford this change. PGE should not be allowed to give their CEOs millions of dollars of bonuses and then screw us over like this. Please make PGE a PUD.
UE 423-55 1/9/2024 9:43:58 AM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web Dylan Lynch PORTLAND Please don’t hike rates. Families cannot afford higher prices.
UE 423-56 1/9/2024 11:40:49 AM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web Kate Welch PORTLAND The recent PGE rate hikes are unacceptably high when PGE leadership takes home millions. This move will undoubtedly put many households into further hardship and force people to live in cold homes this winter in order to pay the bill. Nice to know PGE shareholders are more important than the average Oregonian. Portland should adopt a public utility district to reduce costs and increase cost equity and transparency.
UE 423-57 1/9/2024 12:49:20 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web Jamie Hennessy ALOHA Why is PGE raising rates 17% in a single year when they have executives making 7 figures a year? They should be utilizing their current resources better before requesting this sharp of an increase.
UE 423-58 1/9/2024 7:36:53 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web Kirby Nelsen PORTLAND It’s completely wrong of PGE to raise their residential rates by 17.2% this month. Which exceeds the rate of inflation by over 500%. All while top 5 executives bring home combined salary of over 12 million dollars.
UE 423-59 1/9/2024 9:32:23 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web Stephen Ossey PORTLAND This is an unreasonable increase for many residents. A significant increase in cost like this shows a level of unpreparedness and mismanagement for a utility that should be serving the interests of the citizens first and foremost.
UE 423-6 1/8/2024 2:58:04 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web Nader Absood PORTLAND This new rate hike is outrageous, many hundreds of times greater than the rate of inflation, and appears intended for the sole purpose of subsidizing the salaries of PGE's grossly over-paid executives.
UE 423-60 1/10/2024 1:33:30 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web Grace Alston PORTLAND This too crazy high of a rate hike. This is bridging on completely unaffordable for my household.
UE 423-61 1/10/2024 2:06:32 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web Brittney Porterfield CLACKAMAS People can barely afford utility bills as it is. Why is residential increase greater than that of industrial?
UE 423-62 1/10/2024 2:11:52 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web Patience Kaufman PORTLAND Electricity is already too much. A price increase will drive people out of homes.
UE 423-63 1/10/2024 2:25:07 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web Lana Ungnade PORTLAND I am extremely dissapointed with the increase in electric cost. The people and buisnesses of this city are struggling while the CEO of PGE is recieving a huge wage increase. Electricity should not be a for-profit industry! It is a basic human need.
UE 423-64 1/10/2024 3:00:37 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web Allysa Roberts PORTLAND This has made paying my already expensive bills out of reach. I can't afford to pay my power bill now, but I also can't receive any help. It's putting hard working people into a very terrible spot that we can't get out of, and we have no choice.
UE 423-65 1/10/2024 3:02:56 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web MILWAUKIE This is beyond unacceptable. ENRON
UE 423-66 1/10/2024 3:11:25 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web Becky Clark MILWAUKIE If PGE continues to raise rates as they have been the general population will not be able to continue paying for such services. It seems PGE has passed the bills of the lawsuits onto the public and that is not fair. PGE needs to find better ways to support the system for the good of our communities.
UE 423-67 1/10/2024 3:29:38 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web Michelle MILWAUKIE Dear PUC, I am absolutely appalled with the fact that PGE was approved for the 17% rate hike for consumers. I know many consumers including myself submitted our opinions against any rate increases during the public comment period. I can understand a rate hike, but the huge increase is absolutely not understandable. How could you approve this? Do you not see that wages are stagnant, grocery prices are not going down, and rents are being raised every year? Our rent went up $120 per month in November. Our water bill is going up in January by $20 a month. And now I get to expect an extra $20+ plus per month for PGE? I know some people for whom $20 is what is left in their bank accounts after paying rent at the first of the month. If you truly care about the public or the customers of PGE, you would have negotiated harder to either not pass this rate hike or to approve it in steps with less burden on the public. How can you call yourselves the PUBLIC utility commission when it's clear you don't have any consideration for what the public is actually experiencing in their households right now?
UE 423-68 1/10/2024 3:47:56 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web Nancy L Anderson OREGON CITY This rate increase is going to put some of us out of our homes. We have been paying for the alternate source to try to help the environment,has been which costing us extra for years. Now with this substantial raise in PGE rates, the water rates increasing, it is putting an untenable burden on many of us. We live on Social Security and the increase this year was less than half of the PGE rate increase. Residential rates were increased higher than the commercial rate increases. We can’t afford this.
UE 423-69 1/10/2024 4:14:35 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web Casey Van Winkle PORTLAND I oppose, 17% is ridiculous
UE 423-7 1/8/2024 3:29:17 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web R Stady BEAVERTON Your new rate hikes are INSANE. Not only am I paying 18%+ more now, PGE is stating my overall usage has gone up 100+% in a MONTH. I haven't changed my usage at all. Congrats PGE on screwing over your customers for your executives and shareholders' profits. Hope you feel good about yourself.
UE 423-70 1/10/2024 5:47:38 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web Thea Benson OAK GROVE CEOs get rich and the average family is priced out of their homes.
UE 423-71 1/10/2024 5:55:02 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web Shelley West MILWAUKIE As a retired, fixed income resident, we are unable to afford such a high increase!
UE 423-72 1/10/2024 6:27:27 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web OAK GROVE Everything is going up already. Give us a break
UE 423-73 1/10/2024 6:48:37 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web Marc Schelske MILWAUKIE This percentage increase is too much by far. It wi mean people hungry and even some folks pushed out of their housing. 3-5% increase max is manageable. Anything else is a danger to our community.
UE 423-74 1/10/2024 7:36:02 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web Hamid Bennett MILWAUKIE This puts an undue burden on our most vulnerable populations. Please do not increase the energy rates.
UE 423-75 1/10/2024 7:40:35 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web Michelle Arko GLADSTONE Too much
UE 423-76 1/10/2024 7:41:38 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web Thomas Arko GLADSTONE Not affordable
UE 423-77 1/10/2024 10:35:26 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web Larah Salmon CLACKAMAS An increase that large is not consistent with cost of living or wage increases. I don’t make enough to handle the 3 increases in 1.5 years. It’s a monopoly and bc we don’t have other heating or electricity options we are forced to not eat to keep our lights on.
UE 423-78 1/10/2024 10:35:27 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web Larah Salmon CLACKAMAS An increase that large is not consistent with cost of living or wage increases. I don’t make enough to handle the 3 increases in 1.5 years. It’s a monopoly and bc we don’t have other heating or electricity options we are forced to not eat to keep our lights on.
UE 423-79 1/11/2024 12:08:07 AM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web Jennifer Coon MILWAUKIE People are already struggling with paying the rates they have now. Oregon is already dealing with the worst homeless problem ever so let's not add more to it.
UE 423-8 1/8/2024 3:29:52 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web Jay Jacobson LEBANON I think it's time to make our utilities non-profit. Capitalism is wonderful and has allowed for a fantastic standard of living but we are more than capable of maintaining a capitalistic society without profiting on utilities and healthcare. The government may sometimes mess up when managing things, but let's not pretend that private corporations don't mess up just as much.
UE 423-80 1/11/2024 6:04:51 AM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web Serena Warner MILWAUKIE No price or fee increases!
UE 423-81 1/11/2024 7:45:15 AM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web MILWAUKIE Unacceptable.
UE 423-82 1/11/2024 9:02:10 AM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web Pam Cagle GLADSTONE Your rate hikes are impossible to keep up with. You are hurting low income people like myself. Im disabled with a fixed amount to live on. I prefer not freezing to death. And not dying of heat stroke in the summer. I already know most of this hike is to accomidate this idiot idea that electric cars are our future. So thanks for stealing my money to build charging stations for the Fools that bought these vehicles
UE 423-83 1/11/2024 9:02:10 AM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web Pam Cagle GLADSTONE Your rate hikes are impossible to keep up with. You are hurting low income people like myself. Im disabled with a fixed amount to live on. I prefer not freezing to death. And not dying of heat stroke in the summer. I already know most of this hike is to accomidate this idiot idea that electric cars are our future. So thanks for stealing my money to build charging stations for the Fools that bought these vehicles
UE 423-84 1/11/2024 9:13:06 AM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web MILWAUKIE I oppose further rate increase. Families are barely making it now already.
UE 423-85 1/11/2024 9:33:20 AM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web RUBY Bray GLADSTONE I oppose this rate increase.
UE 423-86 1/12/2024 6:23:45 AM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web Jamie Mignone PORTLAND Why does a company that can afford to pay it's CEO over six million dollars in a year need an 18 percent hike in the rates it charges a captive customer base? The answer is greed. This is a local utility monopoly. It should be publicly run to prevent regular people from being gouged for the delivery of basic necessities. This is not Texas.
UE 423-87 1/12/2024 7:18:48 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web Jonathan Pae BEAVERTON I oppose the increase in rates as it will disproportionately affect those who are already struggling with inflation and stagnant wages.
UE 423-88 1/13/2024 6:55:30 AM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web Leah Cofer PORTLAND PG&E is a monopoly and instead of forcing hard-working tax paying citizens to fork up some extra cash to cover the insane millions of dollars in salaries for a handful of executives, they should make budget cut themselves. It is already expensive to live in Portland and this will drive more people out and away.
UE 423-89 1/15/2024 10:57:55 AM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web Will Nacke BEAVERTON This rate hike is unjust. Maria Pope doesn’t deserve a pay hike on the backs of the metro population. Three days without power and no alternative power company to choose from.
UE 423-9 1/8/2024 3:32:19 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web Connor Murphy PORTLAND PGE should not increase prices. This type of action only further affects the economically disenfranchised and maintains economic inequality between those in need and those who have plenty already (the executives). It's amoral and unethical to do this type of increase without any benefit to the consumer.
UE 423-90 1/15/2024 6:18:59 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web Brandon Giraldo PORTLAND This isn't the right why to approve this. Just to make Maria more money, while everyday people suffer and have no choice because it's electric!
UE 423-91 1/15/2024 3:33:24 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC Oppose Docket Web Sherrie Finch PORTLAND Regarding the utility increase for PGE The increase would create further hardship
UE 423-96 1/16/2024 2:25:39 PM PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC General Comment Web HAPPY VALLEY Rollback energy prices to 2018 levels now. PGE and alike have no incentive to cut costs as operating model is a pass thru.