Prix Portland General Electric Co (POR)

Portland General Electric Co. engages in the generation, wholesale purchase, transmission, distribution, and retail sale of electricity in the state of Oregon. The company is headquartered in Portland, Oregon and currently employs 2,915 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2006-04-03. The firm is engaged in the generation, wholesale purchase and sale, transmission, distribution, and retail sale of electricity to customers in the state of Oregon (State). The firm participates in the wholesale market through the purchase and sale of electricity and natural gas in an effort to obtain reasonably-priced power to serve its retail customers. The firm meets its retail load requirement with both Company-owned generation and power purchased on the wholesale market. The firm has five natural gas-fired generating facilities: PW1, PW2, Beaver, Coyote Springs Unit 1 (Coyote Springs), and Carty Generating Station (Carty). The company owns and operates two wind farms, Biglow Canyon Wind Farm (Biglow Canyon) and Tucannon River Wind Farm (Tucannon River). Biglow Canyon is located in Sherman County, Oregon. Tucannon River is located in southeastern Washington.