Our Power Plants

PGE meets our area’s growing energy demands with a diverse mix of generation facilities that includes water power, wind, coal and natural gas combustion. See the chart below for the generating capabilities of our seven hydroelectric plants, two wind farms and seven 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 the output of 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

Wind

Location

Net Capacity (MW) (a)

Wholly owned plants

Wheatridge Renewable Energy Facility

Location

Morrow Co., Ore.

Net Capacity (MW) (a)

100

Wholly owned plants

Biglow Canyon Wind Farm (b)

Location

Sherman Co., Ore.

Net Capacity (MW) (a)

450

Wholly owned plants

Tucannon River Wind Farm (b)

Location

Dayton, Wash.

Net Capacity (MW) (a)

267

Wholly owned plants

Hydro

Location

Net Capacity (MW) (a)

Wholly owned plants

Faraday

Location

Clackamas River

Net Capacity (MW) (a)

46

Wholly owned plants

North Fork

Location

Clackamas River

Net Capacity (MW) (a)

58

Wholly owned plants

Oak Grove

Location

Clackamas River

Net Capacity (MW) (a)

45

Wholly owned plants

River Mill

Location

Clackamas River

Net Capacity (MW) (a)

25

Wholly owned plants

T.W. Sullivan

Location

Willamette River

Net Capacity (MW) (a)

18

Wholly owned plants

Natural Gas/Oil

Location

Net Capacity (MW) (a)

Wholly owned plants

Beaver

Location

Clatskanie, Ore.

Net Capacity (MW) (a)

510

Wholly owned plants

Carty

Location

Boardman, Ore.

Net Capacity (MW) (a)

438

Wholly owned plants

Coyote Springs

Location

Boardman, Ore.

Net Capacity (MW) (a)

258

Wholly owned plants

Port Westward Unit 1

Location

Clatskanie, Ore.

Net Capacity (MW) (a)

411

Wholly owned plants

Port Westward Unit 2

Location

Clatskanie, Ore

Net Capacity (MW) (a)

225

Jointly owned plants (d)

Hydro

Jointly owned plants (d)

Pelton

Deschutes River

55

Jointly owned plants (d)

Round Butte

Deschutes River

172

Jointly owned plants (d)

Coal

Jointly owned plants (d)

Colstrip Units 3 & 4

Colstrip, Mont.

296

Jointly owned plants (d)

Purchased Power Agreements (e)

964

(a) Based on generation under normal operating conditions. (b) For wind- and solar-powered generating facilities, nameplate ratings are used in place of net capacity. (c) Includes PGE-owned solar generation and purchased power. (d) Represents PGE’s ownership share. (e) Comprised of 46 contracts at year-end 2018.