Washington Oks Power Deal

Fri., Oct. 15, 1999

From Staff

Washington utility regulators on Thursday joined their Oregon counterparts in endorsing ScottishPower’s purchase of Portland-based PacifiCorp.

The three-member Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission unanimously backed the plan after adding conditions that regulators said will improve customer service and benefit ratepayers.

Under the commission’s adoption of ScottishPower’s proposal, regulators said Washington customers of PacifiCorp could expect fewer power outages, faster response times and money-back guarantees.

The deal still needs approval from regulators in Wyoming, Idaho and Utah, as well as the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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