U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden took the uncommon step of pressing Portland General Electric to provide some straight answers following a wave of complaints about recent hikes in electricity rates and the impact they were having on people across the state.
PGE has since reacted, citing rising open-market electricity prices as well as growing industrial demand from large consumers like data centers.
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