PacifiCorp

PacifiCorp is an electric power company in the north-western United States.

PacifiCorp has three primary subsidiaries:
# Pacific Power is a regulated electric utility with service territory throughout Oregon, northern California, and southeastern Washington.
# Rocky Mountain Power is a regulated electric utility with service territory throughout Utah, Wyoming, and southeastern Idaho.
# PacifiCorp Energy operates 69 generation facilities in the six states that Pacific Power and Rocky Mountain Power operate in, plus two facilities in Montana, three in Colorado, and one in Arizona.

Since 2006, PacifiCorp has been a wholly owned subsidiary of MidAmerican Energy Holdings, itself an affiliate of Berkshire Hathaway. In 2001, PacifiCorp was purchased by ScottishPower. PacifiCorp is currently headquartered at 825 N.E. Multnomah Street, Portland, Oregon, in the Lloyd District. Pacific Power is also headquartered in the same building. Rocky Mountain Power and PacifiCorp Energy are headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Pacific Power and Rocky Mountain Power combined serve over 1.4 million residential customers, 202,000 commercial customers, and 34,000 industrial and irrigation customers - for a total of approximately 1,668,000 customers. The service area is convert|136000|sqmi|km2. Pacific Power and Rocky Mountain Power own and maintain convert|15622|mi|km of long distance transmission lines, convert|43850|mi|km of overhead distribution lines, convert|14510|mi|km of underground distribution lines, and 900 substations.

Pacific Power

Pacific Power serves customers in Washington, Oregon and California.

Major cities served include:

CaliforniaCrescent CityDunsmuirMount ShastaYreka

OregonAlbanyAstoriaBendCoos BayCorvallisDallasHermistonHood RiverIndependenceKlamath FallsLebanonLincoln CityMedfordNorth BendPendletonPortland (areas north of I-84, east of I-5, west of N.E. 122nd Avenue, south of the Columbia River; also some areas downtown)PrinevilleRedmondRoseburgStaytonSweet Home

Washington:YakimaWalla Walla

As of May 1, 2007, Pacific Power serves approximately 545,000 customers in Oregon, 124,000 customers in Washington, and 45,000 customers in California. Prior to 2006, Pacific Power also included service territory throughout much of central and eastern Wyoming. After the purchase of PacifiCorp by MidAmerican Energy, this service territory became part of Rocky Mountain Power, formerly known as Utah Power which was the operating name in western Wyoming.

Rocky Mountain Power

Rocky Mountain Power serves customers in Idaho, Utah and Wyoming. Until July 2006, the company was known as Utah Power, however the name was changed due to the fact that the company also served Idaho and western Wyoming. This name change coincided with the consolidation of service in Wyoming under the Rocky Mountain Power name; previously western Wyoming was served by Utah Power and central and eastern Wyoming was served by Pacific Power; even though the two companies had merged in 1987.

Major cities served include:

Idaho

Ammon,Lava Hot Springs,Malad City,Montpelier,Preston,Rigby,Saint Anthony,Shelley

Utah

Rocky Mountain Power serves virtually most major cities in Utah, with the following exceptions:

Bountiful,Eagle Mountain,Kaysville,Lehi,Provo,Murray,Logan

Wyoming

Buffalo,Casper,Cody,Douglas,Evanston,Green River,Kemmerer,Lander,Laramie,Rawlins,Riverton,Rock Springs,Thermopolis

As of May 1, 2007, Rocky Mountain Power serves approximately 758,000 customers in Utah, 129,000 customers in Idaho, and 67,000 customers in Wyoming.

PacifiCorp Energy

PacifiCorp Energy was created after the purchase of PacifiCorp by MidAmerican Energy Holdings to separate out generation assets from local distribution assets (Pacific Power and Rocky Mountain Power). PacifiCorp Energy owns 68 generating plants with a capacity of 9,140 megawatts. 70.6% of the generation is from thermal sources (i.e. coal or natural gas), 6.7% from hydroelectric sources, and .2% from wind sources. 22.5% of PacifiCorp Energy's generation is purchased from other suppliers or under contracts.

Major generation facilities include:

Thermal

External links

* [http://www.pacificorp.com Pacificorp home page]
* [http://www.pacificpower.net Pacific Power home page]
* [http://www.rockymountainpower.net Rocky Mountain Power home page]
* [http://www.midamerican.com MidAmerican Energy Holdings home page]