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Who should pay for Rocky Mountain Power’s rising insurance costs, Utah customers or Warren Buffett?

$115 million jump in rates came after PacifiCorp was found liable for Oregon wildfire damages.

(Mark Ylen | Albany Democrat-Herald via AP) Chairs stand at the Gates Post office in the aftermath of a fire in Gates, Ore., Sept 9, 2020. The post office was destroyed along with several other buildings in the Santiam Canyon community as a result of the Santiam Fire. A jury verdict found Rocky Mountain Power's parent company PacifiCorp liable for devastating wildfires in Oregon in 2020, and the company is looking to its Utah customers to help cover a jump in insurance costs after the verdict.