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NW Natural’s customers have filed lawsuit claiming the company misled them about how its carbon reduction program works.

The Bonneville Power Administration is proposing 13 new projects that would strengthen and increase energy capacity in the Pacific Northwest as electricity demands rise.

The federal government postponed a floating offshore wind auction off the coast of Southern Oregon. Many still see the potential, but the state must first tackle a combination of issues that led to the postponement.

The state's utility commission expects to announce NW Natural’s approved rates on Tuesday, as well as rate decisions for other regulated Oregon gas utilities.

NW Natural customers will see a 4.7% rate hike starting Friday, while Avista an Cascade Natural Gas customers will see their rates go down.

Customers from Oregon’s largest gas utility will see smaller rate increases than they’ve grown accustomed to starting Friday, while customers from Oregon’s other gas utilities, including one that serves Southern

Ridwill will pick up election signs from Nov. 15 through early December. There will be a limit of three yard signs per household.

Portland General Electric produced gigawatt of wind energy on a single day earlier this year, after the company acquired the renewable resource from an eastern Montana wind farm.

More than 3% of registered vehicles in Oregon are EVs, making up 102,461 electric vehicles.

On Thursday, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality’s commission voted to unanimously adopt a revamped version of the Climate Protection Program, which main goal is to reduce 90% of carbon emissions from diesel, gasoline and natural gas companies by 2050.