SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) November 21, 1995
Registrant; State of Incorporation; IRS Employer
Commission File Number Address; and Telephone Number Identification
No.
1-5532 PORTLAND GENERAL CORPORATION 93-0909442
(an Oregon Corporation)
121 SW Salmon Street
Portland, Oregon 97204
(503) 464-8820
1-5532-99 PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 93-0256820
(an Oregon Corporation)
121 SW Salmon Street
Portland, Oregon 97204
(503) 464-8000
121 S.W. Salmon Street, Portland, Oregon 97204
(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code 503-464-8820
Item 5. Other Events
Regulatory Matters - On November 21, 1995 the Oregon Public Utility Commission
(PUC) issued an order on Portland General Electric Company's (PGE or the
Company) August 1995 consolidated filing (see Portland General's and PGE's
reports on form 8-K dated October 17, 1995 for further information on PGE's
consolidated filing). The order authorizes PGE to increase rates by an
average 2.7% to recover the capital and fixed costs associated with the
Coyote Springs Generation Project (Coyote Springs) and Bonneville Power
Administration's (BPA) October 1995 price increase.
The order grants a $40 million increase in revenues for the Coyote Springs and
BPA price increases which is offset with the cancellation of a current
collection of deferred power costs, resulting in a net increase to Company
annual revenues of approximately $20 million.
While the order authorizes full recovery of $11 million of power costs deferred
from January through March 1995, it allows recovery of only $9 million of
the $50 million of power costs deferred from July 1993 through March 1994.
The order also authorizes the immediate recovery of approximately $29 million
in incentive revenues associated with prior years' achievements of the Company's
energy efficiency programs. PGE had previously recorded a $13 million
after-tax charge to income in the third quarter of 1995 based on an earlier
agreement with the PUC Staff which has been adopted in this order.
The order implements the Company's proposal to offset certain regulatory assets
including the uncollected balance of all power cost deferrals, incentive
revenues and a portion of the remaining Trojan investment, against PGE's
unamortized gain on the prior sale of a portion of the Boardman Coal Plant.
The offset allows for recovery of the deferred power costs and incentive
revenues discussed above, without increasing customer rates while eliminating
approximately $117 million of regulatory assets and liabilities from the
Company's Balance Sheets.
Under the terms adopted in the order, PGE has agreed to promptly dismiss its
appeal of the Boardman gain issue in PGE v. Ronald Eachus, Myron Katz, Nancy
Ryles and the Oregon Public Utility Commission, Marion County Circuit Court
(see Portland General's and PGE's reports on form 10-K dated
December 31, 1995 for further information regarding this case).
New prices are expected to become effective by the end of November, conditional
upon Coyote Springs being placed in-service.
Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Portland General Corporation
Portland General Electric Company
November 22, 1995 By /s/ Joseph E. Feltz
Joseph E. Feltz
Assistant Controller
Assistant Treasurer
