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FACTS & FIGURES
PacifiCorp
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Overview
PacifiCorp, a regulated utility based in Portland, Ore.,
serves 1.7 million customers across 136,000 square miles in six Western states.
The company is comprised of 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 10,483 megawatts. The company operates 78 generating facilities across the
West, including thermal, hydroelectric, wind and geothermal facilities.
PacifiCorp has more than 62,000 miles of distribution line and approximately
15,900 miles of transmission line – more than any other single entity in the
West. The company’s Energy Gateway initiative will add approximately 2,000 miles
of new high-voltage transmission lines, addressing customer load growth; easing
grid constraints; improving system reliability; providing access to diverse
resource areas, including renewable resources; and improving the flow of
electricity throughout its service territory and the western U.S.
Renewable Resources
PacifiCorp is pursuing additional renewable energy as a viable, economical and
environmentally prudent means of generating electricity. A leader in renewable
energy, the company added 265 megawatts of owned wind generation in 2009 and
plans to have 2,000 megawatts of renewable resources in its portfolio by 2013.
Approximately 3,100 megawatts – or 22 percent of the company’s owned and
contracted generating capacity – are produced from renewable and noncarbon
sources.
In 2009, PacifiCorp’s 99-megawatt Rolling Hills, 39-megawatt Glenrock
III, 99-megawatt High Plains and 28-megawatt McFadden Ridge I wind-powered
generating facilities were placed in-service. The 111-megawatt Dunlap I project
is expected to be placed in-service during 2010.
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