West Linn Waterfront Redevelopment

Over a century ago, the Station A Power Plant began generating power at the Willamette Falls, the home of the first long-distance transmission of electricity in the United States. 

Station A was replaced by Station B in 1895, later renamed after T.W. Sullivan, this certified low-impact hydro facility is the third-oldest hydropower plant in the country. As PGE’s oldest generation facility, it powers roughly 11,000 homes every year. Paper mills have operated on PGE’s property along the West Linn side of the Willamette Falls for over a century.  

In recent years, PGE has engaged with Tribes, stakeholders and community members about our property. 

• 2019: PGE partnered with the City of West Linn to learn the community’s priorities, vision and values for the waterfront, including PGE’s property. Our learnings from feedback is in our comprehensive report.

• 2021-2022: As PGE began planning to address structural, environmental and biological hazards in buildings no longer in use, we captured feedback from the community and stakeholders summarized in this report.  

• 2023: The Oregon Historic Preservation Office and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) reached an agreement for PGE’s preservation of Mill A’s history. PGE and contractors began working to remove Mill A’s superstructure.

• 2023: PGE and the Willamette Falls Trust entered an agreement enabling the Trust to assess a portion of PGE’s Island property, outside of federally regulated boundaries, for a potential future project.