12 Facts About PacifiCorp

1.

PacifiCorp is an electric power company in the western United States.

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2.

PacifiCorp operates one of the largest privately held transmission systems in the US within the western Energy Imbalance Market.

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3.

PacifiCorp owns and maintain 16,500 miles of long distance transmission lines, 64,000 miles of distribution lines, and 900 substations.

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4.

In 1984, it reorganized itself as a holding company, PacifiCorp, headquartered in Portland with Pacific Power as its main subsidiary.

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5.

In 1977, PacifiCorp spun off its coal mining interests into a mining company known as NERCO, which was eventually listed on the New York Stock Exchange and ranked as high as 353 on the Fortune 500 list of the largest American companies.

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6.

Since 2006, PacifiCorp has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy, itself an affiliate of Berkshire Hathaway.

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7.

PacifiCorp owns, maintains and operates generation assets and manages the commercial and trading operations of the company.

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8.

PacifiCorp owns 68 generating plants with a capacity of 9,140 megawatts.

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9.

PacifiCorp owns and operates several captive coal mines located at or very near some of its generation plants.

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10.

In Wyoming, PacifiCorp operates and has partial interest in Jim Bridger Mine and owns the Dave Johnston Mine, which is in final reclamation.

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11.

PacifiCorp owned and operated the Deer Creek Mine in Utah, near the Huntington Plant but closed it in 2015 and has a partial interest in the Trapper Mine in Colorado.

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12.

PacifiCorp is currently headquartered in the Lloyd Center Tower at 825 N E Multnomah Street, Portland, Oregon, in the Lloyd District.

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