Residents press council on PGE terms, data centers and utility bill transparency

During the public comment period and council discussion, several residents criticized the proposed PGE supplemental agreement and urged postponement pending more outreach. Elijah Radford and Jacob Roloff presented detailed objections, arguing the 3.5% right‑of‑way fee is effectively recovered from residential customers and that the city should consider privilege taxes or other mechanisms to require large users such as data centers to shoulder a bigger share of costs. "I urge you to vote against passing this resolution until the community is given a chance to participate in such a serious matter," one commenter said.