Public Utility Commission 2000 News Releases

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2000 News Releases

News Release History

Date -- December 21, 2000 (2000 - 060)
Qwest Former Customer Refund Deadline Draws Near
Date -- December 19, 2000 (2000 - 059)
Hearing Scheduled on PGE Rate Increase Request
Date -- December 19, 2000 (2000 - 058)
Commission Approves PacifiCorp Rate Decrease
Date -- December 15, 2000 (2000 - 057)
New Pamphlet Helps Consumers Navigate Phone Bills
Date -- December 8, 2000 (2000 - 056)
Commission Approves PGE and PacifiCorp Energy Exchange Tariffs in Response to Pressing Energy Conditions
Date -- December 5, 2000 (2000 - 055)
Commission Orders Springfield Utility Board to Respond to Potential Electrical Hazards
Date -- December 5, 2000 (2000 - 054)
Qwest Quarterly Service Report Shows Continued Improvement
Date -- November 7, 2000 (2000 - 053)
Commission Revises Universal Service Fund Surcharge Rate
Date -- October 30, 2000 (2000 - 052)
Commission Approves Sierra Pacific Resources PGE Acquisition
Date -- October 20, 2000 (2000 - 051)
Commission Endorses Nonprofit Energy Conservation Organization Concept
Date -- October 17, 2000 (2000 - 050)
Commission Streamlines Extended Area Service (EAS) Process
Date -- October 12, 2000 (2000 - 049)
Commission Signs Cease and Desist Order Against Beaver Creek Cooperative Telephone Company for Improper EAS Charges
Date -- September 29, 2000 (2000 - 048)
Natural Gas Supply Costs (Backgrounder)
Date -- September 28, 2000 (2000 - 047)
Commission Approves New Natural Gas Rates, Stresses Ways for Consumers to Reduce Their Bills
Date -- September 27, 2000 (2000 - 046)
971 Area Code Fact Sheet
Date -- September 22, 2000 (2000 - 045)
Press Advisory: Qwest Refund Amounts Adjusted
Date -- September 18, 2000 (2000 - 044)
Press Advisory: Qwest Refund Fact Sheet
Date -- September 1, 2000 (2000 - 043)
New Area Code Draws Near
Date -- August 29, 2000 (2000 - 042)
Commission Adopts First Electric Industry Restructuring Rules
Date -- August 28, 2000 (2000 - 041)
Commission meets to Consider Restructuring Rules
Date -- August 28, 2000 (2000 - 040)
Qwest Maintains Improved Service Quality
Date -- August 23, 2000 (2000 - 039)
Commission Approves Pelton Round Butte Dam Agreement
Date -- August 11, 2000 (2000 - 038)
Commission to Hold Hearing on Power Market Price Spikes
Date -- July 28, 2000 (2000 - 037)
Commission Presses Agency for Power Market Data
Date -- July 24, 2000 (2000 - 036)
Oregon PUC Puts Phone Company Service Quality Data on Internet
Date -- July 21, 2000 (2000 - 035)
PUC seeks to delay ten-digit dialing in 541 area code
Date -- July 10, 2000 (2000 - 034)
Commission Sets Rate for Universal Service Fund Surcharge
Date -- June 30, 2000 (2000 - 033)
Commission Approves PGE Pilot Tariff in Response to High Energy Costs and Threat of Blackouts
Date -- June 27, 2000 (2000 - 032)
Commission Approves PacifiCorp Rate Hike
Date -- June 16, 2000 (2000 - 031)
Commission Approves Universal Service Fund
Universal Service Frequently asked Questions
Date -- June 9, 2000 (2000 - 030)
Commission encouraged by U S WEST service quality progress
Comment by Commissioner Joan Smith
Date -- June 8, 2000 (2000 - 029)
Commission keeps telephone service quality standards High
Date -- June 6, 2000 (2000 - 028)
US WEST Service Quality Data To Be Made Public
Date -- June 2, 2000 (2000 - 027)
Commission Grants Coastal Territory to NW Natural
Date -- June 1, 2000 (2000 - 026)
Community of Interest Found for Northeastern Oregon EAS, Hurdles Remain
Date -- May 11, 2000 (2000 - 025)
PRESS ADVISORY - Commission meets with Power Marketers to discuss Restructuring
Date -- May 5, 2000 (2000 - 024)
EAS Approved for 12 areas involving 28 local exchanges
Date -- May 5, 2000 (2000 - 023)
Madras EAS clears final hurdle
Date -- May 5, 2000 (2000 - 022)
Oakridge EAS clears final hurdle
Date -- May 3, 2000 (2000 - 021)
Electric Contact Incidents Decline for Second Year in a Row
Date -- May 1, 2000 (2000 - 020)
PRESS ADVISORY - PUC to provide Audio News Service
Date -- April 20, 2000 (2000 - 019)
PRESS ADVISORY - Restructuring Proposal To Be Unveiled
Date -- April 14, 2000 (2000 - 018)
PRESS ADVISORY - Commission Schedules RTO Hearing
Date -- April 14, 2000 (2000 - 017)
U S WEST Customers to Receive $270 Million Refund
US WEST Refund Fact Sheet
Separate Statement on UT 125, Commissioner Joan H. Smith
Date -- March 23, 2000 (2000 - 016)
Hearing Set On Pipeline
Date -- March 17, 2000 (2000 - 015)
FCC Area Code Rules Good First Step
Date -- March 17, 2000 (2000 - 014)
PRESS ADVISORY: Hearings Scheduled On PGE-Sierra Pacific Sale
Date -- March 16, 2000 (2000 - 013)
PUC Supports Jefferson Extended Area Service
Date -- March 2, 2000 (2000 - 012)
Commission Seeks FCC Area Code Authority
Date -- March 1, 2000 (2000 - 011)
Public Utility Commission Acts On Sale Requests
Date -- February 29, 2000 (2000 - 010)
Valdez Named Public Utility Commission Public Information Officer
Date -- February 24, 2000 (2000 - 009)
Senate Confirms Joan H. Smith’s Reappointment to the Public Utility Commission
Date -- February 17, 2000 (2000 - 008)
PUC Says PacifiCorp Rate Proposal Deficient, Dismissal Possible Without More Information
Date -- February 10, 2000 (2000 - 007)
Commission Schedules PacifiCorp Rate Increase Public Comment Hearing (Bend)
Date -- February 10, 2000 (2000 - 006)
Commission Schedules PacifiCorp Rate Increase Public Comment Hearing (Klamath Falls)
Date -- February 8, 2000 (2000 - 005)
Commission Schedules PacifiCorp Rate Increase Public Comment Hearing
Date -- January 13, 2000 (2000 - 004)
Press Advisory
Date -- January 11, 2000 (2000 - 003)
Press Advisory
Date -- January 6, 2000 (2000 - 002)
Utilities Pass Final Y2K Test With Flying Colors
Date -- January 4, 2000 (2000 - 001)
Commission Declares U S WEST’s Service Quality Data is Public Information

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