20260818News Release.pdf

Idaho Public Utilities Commission Brad Littie,Governor
PO. Box 83720. base. ID 83720-00?d Edward Lodge, President
John R.Hammond, Jr., Commissioner
Dayn Hardie,Commissioner
Case No. PAC-E-26-04
Order No. 37134
Contact: Adam Rush
Office: 1-208-334-0339
E-mail Address: [e-mail]
NEWS RELEASE: Commission Sets Written Comments Deadline for Electric Utility's Application to Sell
Service Area
BOISE(Aug. 18,2026)—The Idaho Public Utilities Commission is accepting written comments until early
January on an application submitted by PacifiCorp seeking approval to sell its service area and assets in
Washington state. The Washington service area includes approximately 137,000 customers in Yakima,
Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield and Benton counties.
PacifiCorp is a multi-state electric utility that does business in eastern Idaho as Rocky Mountain Power and
in Washington state as Pacific Power. The utility is proposing to sell its service area and assets to Gem Sub
LLC for a base purchase price of$1.9 billion. The assets include the Chehalis thermal plant,Marengo wind
facility, Goodnoe Hills wind facility and the distribution infrastructure required to provide electricity to
customers.
PacifiCorp also is requesting an accounting order if the sale is approved by the Commission as filed. The
accounting order would allow the utility to record an $8.9 million balance that would be credited to
customers over a three-year period in the utility's next general rate case. The credit would partially offset
requested increases at the time of the rate case.
PacifiCorp said the proposed sale is intended to simplify operations across the utility's multi-state service
area and ensure it has enough resources to serve approximately 2 million customers in the west and
intermountain west.
The Commission is accepting written comments on the application through Jan. 7, 2027. Comments are
required to be filed through the Commission's website or by email unless computer access is unavailable.
To submit comments online,visit puc.idaho.gov and click on the "Case Comment Form" link on the upper
left side of the homepage. Please reference case number PAC-E-26-04 when submitting comments.
Comments submitted by email should be sent to the email addresses listed below. Commenters must include
their name, address and case number PAC-E-26-04. If computer access is unavailable, comments may be
mailed to the addresses listed below and must include the commenter's name, address and case number
PAC-E-26-04 in the correspondence.

For the Idaho Public Utilities Commission:
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Commission Secretary
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83702-0074
[e-mail]
For PacifiCorp:
Jana Saba
Director, Regulatory Affairs
1407 West North Temple, Suite 310
Salt Lake City,UT 84116
Telephone: [phone]
[e-mail]
Adam Lowney
McDowell Rackner Gibson PC
419 SW I Ith Ave, Suite 400
Portland, OR 97205
Telephone: [phone]
[e-mail]
Additional information on PacifiCorp's application is available at:
https://puc.idaho.gov/case/Details/7728.