PGE will host dinner and a discussion about their wildfire mitigation plans and power safety shutoffs in 2023 and 2024 June 6 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the North Plains Elementary School.
While most of Banks had originally been slated to avoid an intentional power shutoff, residents in the city are without power anyway following what PGE described as a downed tree on a power line. A small brush fire on the western edge of town was extinguished with the quick action of neighbors, Bank
As power is shut off for rural communities just outside Banks over wildfire concerns, Portland General Electric has established a community resource center at Jim's Market in Banks
Power will be shut off in an effort to reduce wildfire risk in ten areas across PGE's service territory starting Friday. In Gales Creek, power will be cut sometime between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Friday, and may be restored starting Saturday evening.
Nearly all of Oregon’s 41 electric utilities have submitted their final plans to the state for preventing wildfires and managing shutoffs, according to the Public Utilities Commission.
The Banks City Council unanimously approved a new ordinance granting Ziply Fiber a 10-year, non-exclusive franchise agreement to operate their fiber network in the city.
The city of Banks plans to conduct a feasibility study to provide the Banks City Council with a cost analysis for removing utility poles on Main Street and submerging those power lines underground.
Power lines near Forest Grove. File photo: Chas Hundley
Portland General Electric sent an email to some customers on March 10 announcing it will match customer’s payments on past-due
West Oregon Electric Co-op offices in Vernonia. Photo: Chas Hundley
Beginning in the new year, members of the West Oregon Electric Co-op (WOEC) will see an increase in their electricity
Ziply's current broadband network in northwest Oregon. Blue is broadband, green is fiber. Photo courtesy Ziply website
The rural portions of Washington County have always struggled to gain
A Frontier Communications truck in downtown Gales Creek. Photo: Chas Hundley
OREGON - Frontier Communications officially completed the sale of their operations in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana on Friday
