Featured Investor
Jim Piro, President & CEO, Portland General Electric.
Portland General Electric (PGE) is a fully integrated electric utility that serves approximately 814,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers in Oregon. Our mission is to provide safe, reliable power at a reasonable price for our customers. H eadquartered in Portland for more than 120 years, we are one of the largest employers in Oregon with approximately 2,700 employees.
We strive to be an industry leader in power supply, system reliability and service quality as well as excel at customer satisfaction. In 2009, PGE ranked highest in the Western region in overall business customer satisfaction according to J.D. Power and Associates. PGE also ranked first in the region for power quality and reliability and second in the region in customer service and corporate citizenship. All the while our prices continued to stay below the national average.
PGE cares about Oregon’s economic vitality. We know that when our customers are successful, we are successful. That’s why w e are proactive in working with our customers to deliver the necessary supply, reliability and service to meet their operational requirements. And why we continue to invest in Oregon’s energy future by building new generation resources to meet our customers growing energy demands and helping them to use energy efficiently. We are also instrumental in helping recruit and retain Oregon businesses by partnering with state and regional agencies and our community.
We are pleased to support Greenlight Greater Portland and their mission to help increase the vibrancy of the greater Portland-Vancouver economy.
