Portland General Electric Company

I guess we were premature in saying there aren???t any electric plug-in stations planned in the U.S. Today, we learn that the affluent Portland, Ore., suburb of Lake Oswego is adding an electric recharging station to its downtown. Local leaders......

We have good news to report for EV fans. First, Oregon has announced a partnership with Nissan to encourage the production and implementation of EVs across the state. In the deal, Nissan will supply the state with electric cars beginning......

Mitsubishi confirmed yesterday its intention to sell a relatively inexpensive electric vehicle in the U.S. in the near future. The small EV, named i MiEV (Mitsubishi Innovative Electric Vehicle) would be one of the first mass-produced EVs on the global......

Corporate philanthropy has long been a means of soul-cleansing for American businesses. For arts institutions, corporate donations are a lifeblood without which many would cease to exist. The awkward symbiosis is for the most part unique to the U.S....

More than three decades after Congress ordered state and federal officials to clear the haze that obscures vistas from America's national parks and wilderness areas, progress has slowed to a near-halt. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency failed to...

UPDATE: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18TH, 8:19AM   University Park Community Center preschool DELAYED until 10am.  Facility is open regular hours.   Portland Parks & Recreation's Community Music Center has CANCELLED all preschool music classes for today. ...

Portland, Ore.  — Portland General Electric operates one of the most reliable electrical systems in the Northwest, but when winter storms blow our way, they often wreak havoc on our overhead power lines and may result in power outages. If...

Few Washington neighborhoods have been hit harder by recent storms than Tiger Mountain, in Issaquah. Downed trees blocking the main road have caused major problems for power crews – almost all residents who don’t have generators remained...

Enron Corp. traders were skilled at making money by exploiting weaknesses in California's energy markets. But did they cross the line and do anything illegal? That's the question a newly impaneled federal grand jury in San Francisco is weighing, and...

Remember "Fat Boy" of Enron Corp. fame? Now, meet "Thin Man." Fat Boy was one of the many trading schemes that Enron used in California to increase profits and perhaps illegally manipulate the state's electricity market. To this drama, add a new...