PacifiCorp
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PacifiCorp is an electric power company in the north-western United States.
PacifiCorp has three primary subsidiaries:
- Pacific Power is a regulated electric utility with service territory throughout Oregon, northern California, and southeastern Washington.
- Rocky Mountain Power is a regulated electric utility with service territory throughout Utah, Wyoming, and southeastern Idaho.
- PacifiCorp Energy operates 69 generation facilities in the six states that Pacific Power and Rocky Mountain Power operate in, plus two facilities in Montana, three in Colorado, and one in Arizona.
Since 2006, PacifiCorp has been a wholly owned subsidiary of MidAmerican Energy Holdings, itself an affiliate of Berkshire Hathaway. In 2001, PacifiCorp was purchased by ScottishPower. PacifiCorp is currently headquartered at 825 N.E. Multnomah Street, Portland, Oregon, in the Lloyd District. Pacific Power is also headquartered in the same building. Rocky Mountain Power and PacifiCorp Energy are headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Pacific Power and Rocky Mountain Power combined serve over 1.4 million residential customers, 202,000 commercial customers, and 34,000 industrial and irrigation customers - for a total of approximately 1,668,000 customers. The service area is 136,000 square miles. Pacific Power and Rocky Mountain Power own and maintain 15,622 miles of long distance transmission lines, 43,850 miles of overhead distribution lines, 14,510 miles of underground distribution lines, and 900 substations.
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[edit] Pacific Power
Pacific Power serves customers in Washington, Oregon and California.
Major cities served include:
California Crescent City Dunsmuir Mount Shasta Yreka
Oregon Albany Astoria Bend Coos Bay Corvallis Dallas Hermiston Hood River Independence Klamath Falls Lebanon Lincoln City Medford North Bend Pendleton Portland (areas north of I-84, east of I-5, west of N.E. 122nd Avenue, south of the Columbia River; also some areas downtown) Prineville Redmond Roseburg Stayton Sweet Home
Washington: Yakima Walla Walla
As of May 1, 2007, Pacific Power serves approximately 545,000 customers in Oregon, 124,000 customers in Washington, and 45,000 customers in California. Prior to 2006, Pacific Power also included service territory throughout much of central and eastern Wyoming. After the purchase of PacifiCorp by MidAmerican Energy, this service territory became part of Rocky Mountain Power, formerly known as Utah Power which was the operating name in western Wyoming.
[edit] Rocky Mountain Power
Rocky Mountain Power serves customers in Idaho, Utah and Wyoming. Until July 2006, the company was known as Utah Power, however the name was changed due to the fact that the company also served Idaho and western Wyoming. This name change coincided with the consolidation of service in Wyoming under the Rocky Mountain Power name; previously western Wyoming was served by Utah Power and central and eastern Wyoming was served by Pacific Power; even though the two companies had merged in 1987.
Major cities served include:
Idaho
Ammon Lava Hot Springs Malad City Montpelier Preston Rigby Saint Anthony Shelley
Utah
Rocky Mountain Power serves virtually most major cities in Utah, with the following exceptions:
Bountiful Eagle Mountain Kaysville Lehi Provo Murray Logan
Wyoming
Buffalo Casper Cody Douglas Evanston Green River Kemmerer Lander Laramie Rawlins Riverton Rock Springs Thermopolis
As of May 1, 2007, Rocky Mountain Power serves approximately 758,000 customers in Utah, 129,000 customers in Idaho, and 67,000 customers in Wyoming.
[edit] PacifiCorp Energy
PacifiCorp Energy was created after the purchase of PacifiCorp by MidAmerican Energy Holdings to separate out generation assets from local distribution assets (Pacific Power and Rocky Mountain Power). PacifiCorp Energy owns 68 generating plants with a capacity of 9,140 megawatts. 70.6% of the generation is from thermal sources (i.e. coal or natural gas), 6.7% from hydroelectric sources, and .2% from wind sources. 22.5% of PacifiCorp Energy's generation is purchased from other suppliers or under contracts.
Major generation facilities include:
Thermal
| Plant Name | Fuel | Net Capacity (MW) |
|---|---|---|
| Jim Bridger | Coal | 1,413.4 |
| Hunter | Coal | 1,112.4 |
| Huntington | Coal | 895.0 |
| Dave Johnston | Coal | 762.0 |
| Naughton | Coal | 700.0 |
| Currant Creek | Natural Gas | 540.0 |
| Hermiston | Natural Gas | 540.0 |
| Cholla | Coal | 380.0 |
| Gadsby | Natural Gas | 355.0 |
| Wyodak | Coal | 268.0 |
| Carbon | Coal | 172.0 |
| Craig | Coal | 165.0 |
| Colstrip | Coal | 148.0 |
| Hayden | Coal | 78.1 |
| Little Mountain | Natural Gas | 14.0 |
Hydroelectric
| Name | Net Capacity (MW) |
|---|---|
| Lewis River | 578.2 |
| North Umpqua River | 199.9 |
| Klamath River | 163.8 |
| Bear River | 103.9 |
| Prospect (Rogue River) | 36.0 |
| (30 minor projects) | 78.3 |
Renewable
| Name | Type | Net Capacity (MW) |
|---|---|---|
| Leaning Juniper I | Wind | 100.5 |
| Wolverine Creek | Wind | 64.5 |
| Rock River I | Wind | 50.0 |
| Combine Hills | Wind | 41.0 |
| Foote Creek | Wind | 32.6 |
| Blundell | Geothermal | 23.0 |
