Gov. Kate Brown to nominate port lawyer with green connections to PUC

A Port of Portland lawyer with strong connections to groups that promote renewable energy is Gov. Kate Brown’s pick to fill a seat on the Oregon Public Utility Commission.Megan Walseth Decker, assistant general counsel at the port, will be nominated to fill the seat now held by John Savage, a commissioner since 2003 whose current term is expiring at the end of March.The selection, first reported by Willamette Week, comes as the PUC wrestles with a number of complex issues, many stemming fr