Oregon Nixes Wind Power Component of Utility's Latest IRP

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While conceding that an electric utility could be in danger of missing long-range targets for procuring renewable energy under the state's renewable portfolio standard (RPS), the Oregon Public Utility Commission nevertheless has rejected that part of the utility's most recently filed integrated resource plan (IRP) that calls for acquisition of 175 average megawatts (MWa) of wind capacity by 2020. 

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