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Dane Sabo NUCE 2122 - Summer 2025
Instructions:
Pick a metropolitan area in the US and identify the responsible electric utility. For that utility, summarize the following based on internet information:
- Number, type, MWE rating and age of power plants producing electricity for that utility
- Published strategy for new power plants to be added and plans for specific plants to be shutdown
- % of gas fired plants compared to coal, nuclear, and resource energy*
Send the completed summary to chris67ta@gmail.com
Submission
For my selection of a metropolitan area, I chose the Portland Oregon MSA.
There are two major electric utilities in Portland: Portland General Electric serves most of Portland west of the Wilamette River, while Pacific Power and Portland General Electric share the eastern side of the metro area.