Company: POR
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000784977-25-000074
Chunk: 178

Company: PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC CO /OR/
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 2
Chunk 178
---
 a regulatory asset for costs associated with repairing damage to transmission and distribution systems and restoring power to customers. 

45

PGE believes that the full amount of the deferral is probable of recovery and anticipates submitting a request for recovery early in the third quarter of 2025, with price changes to be effective during 2026. The OPUC has significant discretion in making the final determination of recovery based on its determination of prudency and interpretation of the earnings test application, either of which could result in all, or a portion of, the deferral being disallowed. As of December 31, 2024, PGE's preliminary return on equity, based on actual results, did not exceed the OPUC's authorized rate of return. Any disallowance would be a charge to earnings, which could be material to the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows. For further information, see “January 2024 storm and damage” in the Regulatory Assets and Liabilities section of Note 3, Balance Sheet Components in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1.—“Financial Statements.” 

Reliability Contingency Event (RCE)—Under the RCE mechanism, PGE is allowed to pursue recovery of 80% of costs for RCEs above amounts forecasted in the Company’s AUT, without application of an earnings test, with the remaining 20% flowing through operating expenses and subject to the existing power cost adjustment mechanism (PCAM). As of March 31, 2025, PGE’s deferred balance related to RCEs was $95 million, which includes $92 million related to RCEs deferred in 2024 and $3 million related to RCEs deferred in 2025. This includes costs from multiple qualified RCEs during 2024, the most significant of which was related to the January storm event, and costs incurred during the first quarter of 2025. PGE files the results of the PCAM annually with the OPUC no later than July 1, initiating a regulatory review process that typically results in a final determination and order from the OPUC by the end of the year of filing, with any resulting refund or collection impacting customer prices effective January 1 of the following year. RCE costs incurred in 2024 will be included in the PCAM for 2024, which the Company expects to file no later than July 1, 2025. PGE believes the deferred amounts as of March 31