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FACTS & FIGURES
PacifiCorp
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Overview
PacifiCorp, a regulated utility based in Portland, Ore., serves more than
1.7 million customers across 136,000 square miles in six Western states.
The company comprises three business units that provide safe, reliable
electricity to customers at a reasonable cost. Pacific Power serves customers
in Oregon, Washington and California. Rocky Mountain Power serves customers
in Utah, Wyoming and Idaho. PacifiCorp Energy operates a broad portfolio of
generating assets to ensure low-cost energy is available for customers.
Electrical Facilities
PacifiCorp’s generating plants have a net owned capacity of 10,623 megawatts.
The company operates 78 generating facilities across the West, including
thermal, hydroelectric, wind and geothermal facilities.
PacifiCorp has 62,800 miles of distribution line and approximately 16,200
miles of transmission line – more than any other single entity in the
West. The company’s Energy Gateway Transmission Expansion Program will add
approximately 2,000 miles of new high-voltage transmission lines, addressing
customer load growth; improving system reliability; easing grid constraints;
providing access to diverse resource areas, including renewable resources;
and improving the flow of electricity throughout its service area and the
Western U.S.
Renewable Resources
PacifiCorp has pursued additional renewable resources as a viable, economical
and environmentally prudent means of supplying electricity. Wind, hydro,
geothermal and other non carbon-emitting resources currently make up
approximately 24 percent of PacifiCorp’s owned and contracted generating
capacity, accounting for nearly 10 percent of total energy output.
At year-end 2010, PacifiCorp had more than 1,000 megawatts of owned wind
generation capacity and long-term purchase agreements for more than 600
megawatts from wind projects owned by others. Since 2006, PacifiCorp’s
owned and contracted wind-powered generation capacity has increased by more
than 1,400 megawatts.
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