Each utility will submit to the PUC for approval portfolio rate tariffs by June 1, 2001. Senate Bill 1149 passed by the 1999 Oregon legislature requires the portfolio. An advisory committee appointed by the Commission developed the portfolio options. When they sign up consumers will know what the rates are for the year. This option provides consumers with the ability to shift some of their power use from high-cost peak periods to times when rates are low by running the dishwasher at night, doing laundry on weekends to putting timers on water heaters, for example.
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The utilities will be responsible for an education and awareness campaign for all options. Consumers will receive enrollment materials in August. It is the way rates are currently set. It reflects the market only to the extent the utility must purchase power on the market to serve load. The purpose is to motivate less on-peak usage without exposing the customer to significant risk or inconvenience.