(Salem, OR) -- The Public Utility Commission will take public comment this week on a proposed seven-percent rate increase for customers of Portland General Electric. The hearing will be held on Zoom Thursday evening at 6 p.m. on the PUC's website. The proposed rate hike follows another large rate hike last January. PGE says it's for a battery power storage facility, transmission and distribution, technology upgrades and generation facilities. The increase would cause an average residential bill to go up eleven dollars a month.