Portland General Electric has struck a deal to buy the wind, natural-gas generation and distribution assets of Berkshire Hathaway’s PacifiCorp unit in Washington state for $1.9 billion. - Reuters Portland General Electric has struck a deal to buy the wind, natural-gas generation and distribution assets of Berkshire Hathaway’s PacifiCorp unit in Washington state for$1.9 billion. Portland General and PacifiCorp on Tuesday said the deal includes three generation facilities, 4,500 miles of transmission and ...