Dawn L. Farrell will join Portland General Electric board of directors, effective January 1, 2022

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Oct 29, 2021, 05:00 ET

PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Dawn L. Farrell has been appointed to the Portland General Electric (NYSE:POR) ("PGE" or the "Company") board of directors, effective January 1, 2022.

"We are pleased to welcome Dawn to the PGE Board," said Jack Davis, chair of the PGE's board of directors. "Dawn's considerable experience in the electric sector during a time of intense regulatory changes, increased competition and technological advances, as well as her leadership in the transformation of a carbon base company into a leading clean and renewable focused company will support our own transformation."

Farrell comes to PGE with more than 35 years of energy industry experience with TransAlta and BC Hydro. Farrell was most recently the President and Chief Executive Officer of TransAlta Corporation (TransAlta) since 2012, before retiring in March of this year. Prior to serving as CEO, she held a variety of executive leadership positions at TransAlta and British Columbia Hydro & Power Authority (BC Hydro) including leading the commercial operations and development at TransAlta and generation and engineering at BC Hydro.

Farrell holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Master of Arts in Economics, both from the University of Calgary. She attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University.

Farrell serves as the lead director of The Chemours Company and is a board member of Canadian Natural Resources, Limited. She also serves as a member of the Trilateral Commission and is the Chancellor of Mount Royal University. Ms. Farrell has held past board positions including the Business Council of Canada and the Alberta Business Council.

Farrell will serve on the Nominating, Governance and Sustainability Committee and Finance Committee.

About Portland General Electric Company
Portland General Electric (NYSE: POR) is a fully integrated energy company based in Portland, Oregon, with operations across the state. The company serves approximately 900,000 customers with a service area population of 2 million Oregonians in 51 cities. PGE owns 16 generation plants across Oregon and other Northwestern states and maintains and operates 14 public parks and recreation areas. For over 130 years, PGE has delivered safe, affordable and reliable energy to Oregonians. Together with its customers, PGE has the No. 1 voluntary renewable energy program in the U.S. PGE and its 3,000 employees are working with customers to build a clean energy future, with goals of achieving at least an 80% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030 and 100% reduction in GHG emissions by 2040. In 2021, PGE became the first U.S. utility to join The Climate Pledge. In 2020, PGE, employees, retirees and the PGE Foundation donated $5.6 million and volunteered 18,200 hours with more than 400 nonprofits across Oregon. For the eighth year in a row PGE achieved a perfect score on the 2021 Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Corporate Equality Index, a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ workplace equality. For more information visit www.PortlandGeneral.com/news.

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Source: Portland General Company (POR)

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