The order shifts more infrastructure costs and interconnection obligations to hyperscale customers while positioning Oregon’s 2025 POWER Act as an early test of how states manage AI-driven load growth.
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The order shifts more infrastructure costs and interconnection obligations to hyperscale customers while positioning Oregon’s 2025 POWER Act as an early test of how states manage AI-driven growth.
Published May 28, 2026
A Google data center at The Dalles, Oregon. The Oregon Public Utility Commission recently approved a new large-load tariff framework for Portland General Electric.
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