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PGE meets our area’s growing energy demands with a diverse mix of low-cost generation facilities that includes water power, wind, coal and gas combustion. See the chart below for the generating capabilities of our seven hydroelectric plants, wind farm and five thermal plants.

We also own major transmission rights to the Pacific Intertie, the West Coast electrical superhighway. These power exchange lines give us the flexibility to buy and sell power to other utilities when it’s not needed by our customers.

We manage our own power plants in conjunction with available power supplies on the wholesale market to deliver power to our customers at the lowest price possible.

Wholly owned plants Location Net MW Capacity1
Hydroelectric
Faraday Clackamas River 46
North Fork Clackamas River 58
Oak Grove Clackamas River 44
River Mill Clackamas River 25
T.W. Sullivan Willamette River 18
Natural Gas/Oil
Beaver Clatskanie, Ore. 516
Coyote Spring Boardman, Ore. 231
Port Westward Clatskanie, Ore. 410
Wind
Biglow Canyon Wind Farm Sherman Co., Ore. 450
Jointly owned plants2
Coal
Boardman3 Boardman, Ore. 374
Colstrip 3 & 44 Colstrip, Mont. 296
Hydroelectric
Pelton5 Deschutes River 73
Round Butte5 Deschutes River 225
Total: 2,766 MW

Disptachable Standby Generation6     57 MW

1 Based on generation under normal operating conditions, net of electricity used in the operation of a given facility.
2 Reflects PGE’s ownership share.
3 PGE operates Boardman and has a 65 percent ownership interest.
4 PPL Montana, LLC operates Colstrip 3 and 4; PGE has a 20 percent ownership interest.
5 PGE operates Pelton and Round Butte and has a 66.67 percent ownership interest.
6 PGE remotely starts, operates and maintains customer-owned, standby generators for system operating reserves and peak load management.
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