Portland General Electric (
PGE) is an electrical utility based in
Portland in the U.S. state of
Oregon. It distributes electricity to customers in parts of
Multnomah,
Clackamas,
Marion,
Yamhill,
Washington, and
Polk counties - 44% of the inhabitants of Oregon. Founded in 1888 as the
Willamette Falls Electric Company, the company has been an independent company for most of its existence, though was briefly owned by the
Houston-based
Enron Corporation from 1997 until 2006 when Enron divested itself of PGE during its bankruptcy.