Greg Mason

Staff writer, @CUnewsdata. Formerly @SpokesmanReview, @uticaOD, @The_Citizen. @LeMoyne grad. @Yankees fan. Dog lover. Story tips: [email protected].

[Clearing Up @CUnewsdata]

The Oregon PUC could rescind a site permit for the Boardman to Hemingway transmission line based on allegations that PacifiCorp’s intent to use the project to serve data center loads no longer aligns with the public interest. Read the story by @gregpmason
https://t.co/o8WZl1Q7EE

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PacifiCorp’s 2025 clean-energy plan filing in Oregon outlines its aggressive push to acquire the resources needed to meet the state’s greenhouse gas emissions-reduction standards by 2030. Read the story by @gregpmason
https://t.co/Eu7H2VzV3a

[Grid Forward @GridForward]

Grid Forward and @EnergyNewsData discussed joining @PrvntWildfires, the coalition’s plans to advocate for nationwide best practices and policies, and how GF will utilize its knowledge in #gridmodernization.🌲

Read the full interview: https://t.co/HC5MhZXJ9z

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Oregon lawmakers passed a bill directing energy regulators to create a separate rate class for data centers, cryptocurrency miners and similar energy-intensive industries.
Read the story by @gregpmason
https://t.co/7JK3tHjUtP

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Idaho Power is seeking an approximately 13.1-percent average rate increase in 2026, citing nearly $1 billion in system investments in 2025 that are needed to meet historically high system demand.
Read the story by @gregpmason
https://t.co/T7VfSH8dnG

[California Energy Markets @CEMnewsdata]

News Alert: California to Sue Over U.S. Senate Action Revoking Zero-Emission Vehicle Standards-- by Jim DiPeso and @FordneyEnergy https://t.co/9HQBF0UAH2

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Puget Sound Energy is joining the Southwest Power Pool's Markets+ initiative instead of CAISO’s EDAM, joining BPA and others in a decision that has implications for the West’s power market landscape.

More by @ayla_burnett:
https://t.co/CIjK49lpmm

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Forecast: Northwest Energy Demand Could Double by 2046 (by @gregpmason): https://t.co/8Ifsa0PPuB

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No More Cuts to BPA Staffing, DOE's Wright Tells House Committee (by @stephenernst1): https://t.co/ujRsPUG6NW

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Members of the Portland City Council are backing an appeal to overturn City approvals for Portland General Electric’s proposed transmission upgrades in Forest Park. @gregpmason reports
https://t.co/DgySPUooFZ

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Idaho Power and Meta have a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for Pleasant Valley Solar 1, a 200-MW solar project in Ada County that will serve a Meta data center in Kuna, Idaho.
Full story by @gregpmason
https://t.co/LcriEyyXSi

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The Oregon House of Representatives on April 22 passed a bill directing energy regulators to ensure data centers, cryptocurrency miners and similar high-energy users are paying their fair share of energy costs.
Story by @gregpmason
https://t.co/V9JNVgwguc

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Decker Encourages Oregon PUC to Rise to Governor's Challenge (by @gregpmason) https://t.co/MzPbOGkEiw

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PacifiCorp’s 2025 integrated resource plan proposes includes adding 17.2 GW of renewables and storage by 2045 while keeping most of the company’s coal fleet in service over that span (by @gregpmason) https://t.co/a4G4zXCuqw

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Idaho Power Shortlists 1.4 GW of Renewables, Storage for 2028:
https://t.co/WH1luLMzf4

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Northwest energy groups are calling on the Department of Energy to exempt Bonneville Power Administration from the federal hiring freeze. Leaders argue an exemption would boost the grid and align with DOE's goal of "unleashing American energy dominance." https://t.co/zV6fMoETFK

[Energy NewsData @EnergyNewsData]

EVs will be accelerating (sorry, can't resist) in the NW in coming years. Learn more about the whys, hows and impacts, esp. to the regional electric system, at a Feb. 21 webinar featuring a panel of experts. Please join us! https://t.co/f53Np3SHtN

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Q&A: NW Utilities Face Long-Term Challenges With ZEV Push.
CU's @gregpmason sits down with @PacifiCorp's James Campbell to talk #ElectricVehicles https://t.co/f8of6V3ONH

[Dan Catchpole 📰 (🟦 check) @dcatchpole]

NorthWestern Energy says it’s buying Avista’s 222 MW share of the coal-fired Colstrip power plant.
The deal gives the beleaguered plant better odds of staying open after 2025, when its four PNW owners plan to exit.

[Dan Catchpole 📰 (🟦 check) @dcatchpole]

Worried about an increasingly tight power grid, 18 Western utilities and other entities have signed up for the Western Resource Adequacy Program. The Western Power Pool says one or two others could soon commit.