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Question: Peter J. Bourdon - Mizuho Securities USA LLC, Research Division - Analyst
: Just to follow up on the power cost side of things. Is there any more color you can give on what drove the volatility that you saw this quarter? And
then secondly, what gives you comfort that that volatility is not I guess the new normal going forward?
Question: Paul Patterson - Glenrock Associates LLC - Analyst
: And so listen, so much of my questions have been answered. Just I really appreciate your comments, Maria, about your focus on customer costs,
et cetera and I was just a little surprised, and maybe you can sort of explain if you can, the disconnect in the staff testimony, which seems to highlight
right upfront if they're concerned that there is some sort of trade-off between this and an environmental focus? At least that they seem to be
somewhat concerned about that. And I'm just wondering if you could sort of explain where you think they might be coming from or if this is a
communications issue or what do you think? Because I know you guys are just the opposite or at least that's my impression so --.
Question: Paul Patterson - Glenrock Associates LLC - Analyst
: Sure. But sort of outside the context of the rate case itself and the back and forth and what have you on that, is there sort of -- when you guys are
making -- you guys are forward-thinking and you're looking at all this, are there ways perhaps of using technology and renewables to actually lower
cost for customers? Or I mean, do you see any of these things as perhaps being from a -- sort of a cost reduction perspective perhaps in terms of
delivering this? I mean, in other words, it seemed to me from reading it that they felt that there was some sort of trade-off, at least in terms of focus.
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OCTOBER 29, 2021 / 3:00PM, POR.N - Q3 2021 Portland General Electric Co Earnings Call
And that's why I was sort of just wondering, strategically speaking, just in general how should we think of that when you're looking at all this? Or
is it just, look, if we're going to be going green, we're going to have to pay a lot more for it. Do you follow what I'm saying?
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