Applicants request approval for WWP, Sierra Pacific, and Sierra Pacific's parent company, Sierra Pacific Resources, to merge into a single new corporation, Resources West. WWP and Sierra Pacific would operate as separate utility divisions of Resources West.
Applicants plan to effect the merger through an exchange of stock among their stockholders.
Applicants filed evidence to support their merger request with their application. The application requests Commission approval under ORS 757.205, 757.410, 757.440, 757.480, 758.015, and 758.460. Lowell Bergen, a Hearings Officer for the Commission, presided over a prehearing conference on November 16, 1994. Portland General Electric Company, Pacific Gas Transmission Company, the Northwest Conservation Act Coalition, the Utility Reform Project, and Idaho Power Company filed petitions to intervene and were admitted as parties. In Oregon, it provides natural gas service to approximately 54,000 customers in the northeast and southwest regions of the state.