Utility watchdogs accuse PGE of skirting new law meant to make data centers pay for rising demand
By Alex Baumhardt (Oregon Capital Chronicle)
Dec. 15, 2025 7:25 p.m.
The company doesn’t plan to simply assign the costs of energy investments needed to support data centers, to data centers, but to focus on all drivers of “peak demand.”
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