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Commitments and Guarantees (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]

Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligations Disclosure [Table Text Block]

As of December 31, 2014, PGE’s estimated future minimum payments pursuant to purchase obligations for the following five years and thereafter are as follows (in millions):

	Payments Due
	2015				2016				2017				2018				2019				Thereafter				Total
Capital and other purchase commitments	$	242			$	21			$	2			$	2			$	2			$	74			$	343
Purchased power and fuel:
Electricity purchases	179				167				140				143				143				833				1,605
Capacity contracts	27				26				6				6				5				20				90
Public utility districts	8				7				5				4				2				23				49
Natural gas	56				37				40				40				36				244				453
Coal and transportation	23				14				11				5				5				—				58
Operating leases	10				11				12				11				8				192				244
Total	$	545			$	283			$	216			$	211			$	201			$	1,386			$	2,842

Schedule of Long-term Contracts for Purchase of Electric Power [Table Text Block]

PGE has long-term power purchase agreements with certain public utility districts in the state of Washington and with the City of Portland, Oregon. Under the agreements, the Company is required to pay its proportionate share of the operating and debt service costs of the hydroelectric projects whether or not they are operable. The future minimum payments for the public utility districts in the preceding table reflect the principal payment only and do not include interest, operation, or maintenance expenses. Selected information regarding these projects is summarized as follows (dollars in millions):

	Revenue Bonds as of December 31, 2014				PGE’s Share as of December 31, 2014						Contract Expiration		PGE Cost, including Debt Service
					Output			Capacity					2014				2013				2012
								(in MW)
Priest Rapids and Wanapum	$	1,102			8.6	%		163			2052		$	14			$	14			$	14
Wells	215				19.4			150			2018		10				10				10
Portland Hydro	4				100.0			36			2017		4				4				4

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Tabular disclosure of information concerning the terms and significance of long term contracts to purchase power (generally referred to as purchase power agreements (PPAs) or power sale agreements (PSAs)) including date of contract expiration, share of plant output being purchased, estimated annual cost, annual minimum debt service payment required and amount of related long-term debt or lease obligations outstanding.

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Tabular disclosure of unconditional purchase obligations that are not recognized as a liability on the balance sheet, including the nature and significant terms of an unconditional purchase obligation; the amount of the fixed and determinable portion of the obligation as of the date of the latest balance sheet presented in the aggregate and, if determinable, for each of the five succeeding fiscal years; the nature of any variable components of the obligation; the amount purchased under the obligation (for example, the take-or-pay or throughput contract) for the reporting period; and may include the amount of imputed interest necessary to reduce the obligation to present value.

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