Fortnightly Magazine - February 24, 2025

Innovating to Keep Electricity Affordable

Portland General Electric

“In recent years, PGE has secured and contracted major grant support and tax credits that accelerate the pace of deployment and lower the cost of new technologies and renewable energy projects – savings that are directly passed on to customers.”

Still More Energy Affordability by the Numbers

CPI, Electricity, Gas

Electric rate inflation has come in at one tenth of a percent less than the CPI increase in the last two years. Of course, electric rate inflation two years earlier was a setback for American households. It was 14.3 percent, while the CPI increase was 6.5 percent.
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