OLYMPIA, Wash. (Legal Newsline) – Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson is recommending a significant decrease in the 9.5 percent residential rate hike proposed by PacifiCorp, which operates as Pacific Power and Light Company in Washington.

The utility company provides service to approximately 132,000 customers in Yakima, Walla Walla, Garfield and Columbia Counties. It has asked the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) for a residential rate increase that would total $32 million.