Pacific Power is asking us all to “get to know your new smart meter.” I don’t know about you, but as for me, that’s one complication I didn’t ask for and don’t need.
Puzzled by what new meter says
Written March 19th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Pacific Power left a door hanger inviting me to “meet your new smart meter… Go ahead: Take a look.” So I did. And now I wish that along with the door hanger, the installer had left instructions on what the readouts on the meter mean.
A ‘pub talk’ about smart meters
Written January 31st, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Pacific Power picked Independence to launch its Oregon conversion to “smart meters” because the town in Polk County is striving to be a tech-savvy place. I went there Tuesday night to take in an event the power company put on, and I learned a couple of things.
Smart meters about to arrive
Written January 24th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
So-called smart electric meters are coming to our houses and businesses in the mid-valley starting next month, whether anybody needs one or not.
When power fails, tell us why
Written June 30th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
Years ago, whenever the lights went out you were pretty much left in the dark where information was concerned. Now, Pacific Power does a good job keeping customers informed. But sometimes a little more detail would help.
Klamath dams: What was left out
Written April 8th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
There were some big holes in the news coverage of the new agreements to tear out four dams on the Klamath River. One was what we’re paying for this. And it was curious that for once nobody worried about carbon, the bogeyman of our age.
Climate? Our bills reflect no crisis
Written February 29th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
At the risk of getting on the wrong side of Leonardo DiCaprio, the Oscar-winning climate expert, I like to look at facts I can see. Like, for instance, utility bills.
Posted in: Commentary
Tags: climate change, DiCaprio, Northwest Natural, Pacific Power, utility bills
Tags: climate change, DiCaprio, Northwest Natural, Pacific Power, utility bills
Power deal looks suspicious
Written January 18th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
How electricity is produced is not exactly at the top of my list of worries as I’m riding along and taking advantage of Orange County’s excellent bikeways. Still, I could not escape the news that Pacific Power and Portland General Electric had agreed to support a bill to stop selling coal-derived power in Oregon by […]
River’s rise stops Albany hydro
Written December 16th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
Trying to make money from its small hydropower generator, the city of Albany can’t seem to catch a break. Much of last year there was too little water to run the turbine, and now there is too much.
It’s to keep our power on …
Trimming branches above power lines is not the only thing that has to be done from time to time. Sometimes, as in this case, the whole top of a dead tree has to come down.
Tags: Pacific Power, power outages, tree trimming, Trees Inc.