PacifiCorp Rejiggers 20-Year Plan for New Generation, Transmission and Storage

April 4, 2025--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas--The integrated resource plan (IRP) filed March 31 by PacifiCorp (Portland, Oregon), a unit of Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated (NYSE:BRK.A) (Omaha, Nebraska), said the utility's preferred portfolio of resources for the next 20 years included significant additions of solar, wind and battery energy storage systems (BESS), though the preferred addition of wind generation over the next two decades significantly lags prior plans. The IRP reiterated the utility's commitment to bring on 500 megawatts (MW) of new-build nuclear generation from the planned Natrium advanced nuclear power plant slated to be constructed in Wyoming.