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Power Grid Modernization

(Portland, OR) -- Two Portland utilities will get 450-million dollars from the federal government to modernize the power grid. Portland General Electric will get 250-million dollars to upgrade renewable generation resources east of the Cascades and on the Warm Springs reservation. PGE will also receive 50-million dollars to deploy grid-edge computing to 10 percent of its distribution system. PacifiCorp will receive 100-million dollars for grid resilience and 50-million dollars for wildfire prevention.

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