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DEAR FELLOW SHAREHOLDERS,
We are pleased to invite you to attend Portland General Electric’s (PGE) Annual Meeting of shareholders to be held virtually on Friday, April 21, 2023, at 8:00 a.m. Pacific.
The Proxy Statement describes PGE's corporate governance policies and practices that foster the Board’s effective oversight of the Company’s business strategies and practices. As an independent Board, we continue to play an important role in providing oversight of PGE’s work in building and operating a safe, reliable, resilient and affordable electric utility that is leading the transition to a clean energy future. Our Board represents a wide range of backgrounds and expertise. We believe this diversity of experiences, perspectives and skills contributes to the Board’s effectiveness in managing risk and providing strategic guidance that positions the Company for long-term success.
In 2022, amidst challenging weather events and significant market volatility, we continued our critical work, delivering safe, reliable energy to our customers. We also made progress in our commitment towards decarbonization and electrification. As described later in this Proxy Statement and in our 2022 Environmental, Social and Governance Report, we supplied retail customers with 39% specified, non-emitting energy, up from 35% in 2021 and 30% in 2020 as we continue making investments in renewable energy and forming important partnerships ranging from regional hydro producers to global technology companies. We recently brought online the first of its scale combined wind, solar and storage facility at Wheatridge and announced plans for the new Clearwater 311 MW wind energy facility. We also invested in substations, transmission line upgrades and improvements to our generating facilities, as well as significant cyber and physical security upgrades to ensure reliability and resilience.
We also extend heartfelt thanks to two Board members, Jack Davis and Rod Brown, as they complete their Board terms, for their service to our company, customers, and community. Mr. Davis served as Board Chair for ten years, and we will greatly miss his leadership and mentorship, as well as Mr. Brown’s significant environmental and legal expertise.
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In 2022, we continued our active engagement with investors, regulators, and other stakeholders to listen, learn and bring input back to the Board. We value your feedback. The Company is well positioned to provide long-term, sustainable value for shareholders and all stakeholders. On behalf of the entire Board, thank you for your continued investment in PGE.
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virtualshareholdermeeting.com/POR2023
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Election to our Board of Directors of the 10 nominees identified in the Proxy Statement.
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Your vote is important to us.
Please exercise your shareholder right to vote as soon as possible, regardless of whether you plan to attend the meeting.
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Online
Vote online in advance of the meeting: proxyvote.com
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Annual Meeting of shareholders to be held on April 21, 2023
As permitted under SEC rules, we are mailing our shareholders a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials containing instructions on how to access our proxy materials and submit proxy votes online. Our Proxy Statement and 2022 Annual Report are available on our website at https://investors.portlandgeneral.com/financial-information/annual-reports.
You may also access our proxy materials at www.proxyvote.com.
We are making the Proxy Statement and the form of proxy first available on or about March 7, 2023.
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Corporate Governance
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| Election to our Board of Directors of the 10 Nominees named in the Proxy Statement | FOR Each Director | |||||||||||||
| The Board, acting upon the recommendation of the Nominating, Governance and Sustainability Committee, has nominated each of the 10 directors for election to our Board. | ||||||||
| James Torgerson | Kathryn Jackson | Patricia Salas Pineda | ||||||
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The Board believes its members encompass a range of talents, skills, expertise and qualifications to sufficiently provide sound and prudent oversight of PGE's business and oversee its operations, risks and long-term strategy. The directors reflect the diversity of PGE's shareholders, employees, customers and the communities in which we serve.
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Our executive compensation program is described in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section of the Proxy Statement.
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The Compensation, Culture and Talent Committee and the Board believe our executive compensation structure is competitive, aligns compensation with shareholder value and serves stakeholders well.
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Shareholders are being asked for an advisory vote to approve the compensation of our named executive officers described in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section and related compensation tables.
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Shareholders are being asked to ratify the Audit and Risk Committee's selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP (Deloitte) as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023.
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This Proxy Statement contains forward-looking statements, including those regarding implementation of our business plans, technology transitions, our business, strategies and financial performance, our offerings of new services, and other statements that are not historical fact, and actual results could differ materially from these forward-looking statements. Risk factors that could cause actual results to differ are set forth in the “Risk Factors” section, as well as other sections of our 2022 Annual Report on Form 10-K, available on our website at investors.portlandgeneral.com/financial-information/sec-filings, as well as, or in addition to, other filings with the SEC. All forward-looking statements are based on management’s estimates, projections, and assumptions as of the date of this Proxy Statement, and we undertake no obligation to update any such statements.
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Served 39% of retail customer load in 2022 from specified non-emitting energy sources.
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Executed agreement to acquire 311 MW Clearwater Wind Project in Montana (208 MW PGE owned + 103 MW purchased power).
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Successfully used flexible load programs, distributed resources and batteries in our "Virtual Power Plant" to contribute to system needs and improve grid reliability, demonstrating that, as distributed energy resources scale, we have the technology to use them to support resource adequacy and decarbonization goals.
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Customer energy usage increased 3.4% or 2% weather-adjusted, with high tech and digital customers up 12%.
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Through PGE programs, we have deployed over 100 public charging sites.
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Electrified 11% of PGE's fleet vehicles, including 26% of light duty vehicles.
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Executed a quality assurance program relating to PGE's utility pole inspections and repairs, resulting in a 95% quality rating of the work performed by crews in the field.
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Overall incidents (recordables and injuries) decreased by 9%.
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Achieved the No. 3 utility ranking in the United States for customer experience according to Forrester (The US Customer Experience Index, 2022).
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Named a “2022 Environmental Champion Utility” according to Escalent (Utility Trusted Brand & Customer Engagement™ Residential Study, 2022).
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Our ESG Report and additional sustainability information and reports are available at
https://investors.portlandgeneral.com/esg.
These reports and any other information on our website are not part of, nor incorporated by reference into, this Proxy Statement.
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311MW
Investment in Renewable Energy Generation
PGE will own 208 MW of the Clearwater Wind project
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OUR CLEAN ENERGY AND GHG EMISSIONS REDUCTION GOALS
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We are preparing a Clean Energy Plan in-line with the legislation in House Bill 2021 that will further articulate our strategy to meet the 2030 and 2040 decarbonization targets outlined in the legislation.
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We continue to work towards our own company-wide goals to achieve net zero emissions by 2040 across our operations, which include fleet and facilities, as well as power generation and supply.
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Our path to meet our goals will be achieved through:
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Increasing non-emitting energy resources and capacity in our portfolio. In 2022, PGE and NextEra Energy Resources, LLC entered into agreements to construct a 311 MW wind energy facility, which will be part of the larger Clearwater Wind development in eastern Montana. PGE will own 208 MW of the 311 MW being acquired.
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Continuing to evaluate the possibility of existing the ownership of Colstrip Units 3 and 4 as part of meeting our regulatory and legislative requirements.
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Supporting decarbonization in other sectors of the economy through energy efficiency, electrification and smart energy use.
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Investing in our generation facilities to reduce emissions.
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Supporting customers' call for clean energy through our voluntary customer programs. For the 13th year, PGE has held the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory's No. 1 ranking for the largest participation of business and residential renewable energy customers in a renewables program of any U.S. electric utility.
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We are committed to pay equity, and offer a wide range of market-competitive benefits to our over 2,800, full-time employees.
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We provide employees with benefits that address their needs holistically and support their wellness. In 2022, we received recognition in Portland Business Journal's Healthy Employer Awards for our Human Resources leadership and commitment to workplace wellness for our employees.
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We continue to follow a flexible workplace model providing our employees with in-person, hybrid, and remote working options based on organization and employee needs.
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We invest in our people: almost 50% of our open positions were filled by internal candidates. We continue to be an employer of choice in our community, with an offer acceptance rate of over 90%.
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We provide a variety of training and development programs for employees, including tuition reimbursement for job-related coursework.
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We launched our updated Guiding Behaviors in 2022, giving everyone a single set of standards to follow, and defining our culture as customer-centric, purpose-driven and results-oriented.
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DE&I Recognition
In 2022, PGE received recognition for our DE&I and Human Rights programs
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DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION
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14% of our total spend with suppliers was with diverse-owned suppliers in 2022.
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We continue to lead in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices:
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Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) comprise over 26% of our employees and nearly 26% of our management.
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A third of our employees and our management, including our CEO, are female.
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Our pay equity practices, racial equity training and development opportunities for women and people of color to advance into management are hallmarks of our commitment to an inclusive workforce.
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We once again received two notable recognitions that reflect our ongoing dedication to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace.
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For the 9th year in a row we scored a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Corporate Equity Index as a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality.
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Bloomberg LP recognized PGE by including us for the fourth time in its annual Gender-Equality Index, which tracks the performance of companies committed to supporting gender equality through policy development, representation and transparency.
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Our Community Benefits and Impact Advisory Group, launching in March 2023, will work at the intersection of environmental, social, and racial justice on topics of distribution infrastructure and community benefits, so that we hear from and address impacts on all of the communities we serve.
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We reached over 46,000 students though Project Zero, an innovative and award winning program that empowers young adults and students to create cleaner, greener and more equitable communities.
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The PGE Foundation, employee/retiree donations and PGE contributed close to $5.5 million to non-profits. The PGE Foundation improves the quality of life for Oregonians and has awarded approximately $28 million to community organizations across the state since its inception in 1997.
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22% of our employees volunteered in the community, contributing to over 18,000 volunteer hours from employees and retirees.
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PGE’s Renewable Development Fund awarded twelve projects with grants totaling $2.4 million.
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PGE's Drive Change Fund awarded 15 projects with grants totaling $2.25 million.
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Habitat Restoration
PGE is committed to caring for natural habitat and creating conditions that are safe and restorative for fish and wildlife.
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We have invested more than $200 million since 2006 to modernize and improve passage for salmon and steelhead to move past our dams on the Clackamas, Willamette, and Deschutes Rivers. Additionally, we continue to invest annually on fish passage, habitat, water quality and wildlife protection at our hydropower projects.
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Through adaptive management changes and improving ocean conditions, we had record-breaking adult Chinook salmon runs above Round Butte Dam — the highest number since 2012. On the Clackamas River, we are helping fish migrate safely around our dams and achieving record returns. In 2021 and 2022 over 10,000 coho returned to North Fork Dam, compared to an average of approximately 3,000 coho between 2010 and 2020.
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In 2022, we added or replaced more than 4,290 poles and 1,950 transformers with ones that feature avian-safe protective covers or design features. We also installed nesting platforms for birds found nesting on poles to keep them away from electrical equipment.
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PGE established a green financing program to support investments in decarbonization projects
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In 2021, we established a Green Financing Framework. This framework highlights our ongoing commitment to a wide range of sustainability and social issues and should allow us to leverage our work in these areas to help optimize our balance sheet and benefit customers.
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We issued $460 million in debt, $100 million of which was funded in 2023 under our Green Financing Framework to tie debt financing to our sustainability strategy through capital investments.
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In October 2022, we executed a $499 million equity forward sale agreement to improve balance sheet metrics, fund system improvements, and accelerate clean energy investments.
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The Green Financing Framework can be found at https://investors.portlandgeneral.com/green-financing.
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WORKING TOGETHER WITH OUR CUSTOMERS
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We launched a new income-qualified bill discount program that provides a 15-25% discount for income qualified customers, with over 47,000 customers participating in the first year.
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We achieved customer delight of 56% among PGE residential customers, remaining in the top decile of utilities nationwide according to Escalent's national Utility Energy Benchmark.
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We continued our focus on supporting our customers impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic in finding personalized solutions to catch-up on bills, and empowering customers with personal consumption tips. In 2022, PGE also provided $3.5 million to residential customers through the COVID-19 Bill Assistance Program.
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Active Board refreshment program (4 new directors since the beginning of 2021)
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Annual Board review of succession planning and talent development for senior leadership
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Regular Board training focused on significant business risks and opportunities
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Annual independent compensation risk analysis
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Find our Corporate Governance Guidelines and other governance documents online.
The Board has adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines, which, together with our articles of incorporation and bylaws, establish the governance framework for the management of the Company. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines address, among other matters, the role of our Board, Board membership criteria, director retirement policies, director independence criteria, director and officer stock ownership requirements, Board committees and leadership development. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines, Board committee charters, and certain other corporate governance policies are available on our website at https://investors.portlandgeneral.com/corporate-governance. These documents are also available in print to shareholders, without charge, upon request to Portland General Electric Company at its principal executive offices at 121 SW Salmon Street, 1WTC1301, Portland, Oregon 97204, Attention: Corporate Secretary.
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Need to address climate change using clean and renewable energy and new technologies
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Increased interest in sustainability from shareholders, customers, employees and other stakeholders
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Growing need for companies to address social issues and play a broader role tied to sustainability and racial and social justice
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Increasing grid security, resiliency and reliability in the face of extreme weather, cyber and physical threats
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Our customers expect us to deliver safe, reliable, affordable clean power
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Communities rely on us to contribute to economic growth and community development
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Our employees drive our vision and are fueled by purpose
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Shareholders seek confidence in our ability to operate effectively and meet both short-term and long-term objectives, with an increasing focus on sustainability
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Item 1: Election of Directors
OUR BOARD IS EXPERIENCED, DIVERSE AND INDEPENDENT
The Board, acting upon the recommendation of the Nominating, Governance and Sustainability Committee, has nominated the following 10 directors for election to our Board. All elected directors will serve until the 2024 Annual Meeting, or until their successors are elected and qualified, except in the case of earlier death, resignation or removal. Except for Ms. Pineda, who was appointed to the Board in October 2022, all of the nominees were elected at the 2022 Annual Meeting.
Our Board reflects the diversity of skills, attributes, experiences, backgrounds, gender, race and ethnicity needed to provide effective oversight of PGE. Our nominees have held senior leadership roles at public companies or other large organizations and have extensive experience in a variety of fields, including utility operations and regulation, technology, health care, academia, finance and accounting, corporate governance, law, public policy, and consulting. All of our nominees have a reputation for integrity, honesty and adherence to high ethical standards.
We have a strong track record of board refreshment. Six of our independent directors have been added since the beginning of 2019: two in 2019, two in 2021 and two in 2022. This board refreshment brings a variety of perspectives to strategic, financial, operational and sustainability deliberations.
If any of the nominees becomes unable to serve or for good cause will not serve as a director, it is intended that votes will be cast for a substitute nominee designated by the Board, or the Board may elect to reduce its size. The Board has no reason to believe that nominees named in this proxy will be unable to serve if elected. Each of the nominees has consented to being named in this proxy statement and to serve if elected.
The Board selected our director nominees based on their demonstration of the core attributes described above, and the belief that each director can make substantial contributions to our Board and to PGE. See pages 16 to 22 for more information about the backgrounds and qualifications of our nominees.
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What are you
voting on?
We are asking shareholders to elect ten directors to hold office until the 2024 annual meeting.
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"FOR"
The Board of Directors unanimously recommends a vote
"FOR"
the re-election of the nominated directors, as disclosed in this Proxy Statement.
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Dawn Farrell
Independent
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63 | 2022 |
Utilities
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Finance
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Governance
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Mark Ganz
Independent
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62 | 2006 |
Healthcare/Law
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Audit & Risk
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Compensation
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Marie Oh Huber
Independent
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61 | 2019 |
Law/Technology
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Asian/Female |
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Compensation
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Governance
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Kathryn Jackson
Independent
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65 | 2014 |
Technology/Environmental
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White/Female |
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Audit & Risk, Chair
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Finance
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Michael Lewis
Independent
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60 | 2021 |
Utilities
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African American/Male |
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Audit & Risk
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Finance, Chair
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Michael Millegan
Independent
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64 | 2019 |
Technology
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African American/Male |
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Audit & Risk
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Finance
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Lee Pelton
Independent
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72 | 2006 |
Education/
Non-Profit Foundations
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African American/Male |
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Audit & Risk
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Patricia Salas Pineda
Independent
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Maria Pope
President and CEO
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Utilities/Finance
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Jim Torgerson
Independent
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70 | 2021 |
Energy/Finance
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Compensation, Chair
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Governance
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Dawn Farrell
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR SINCE
2022
COMMITTEES
Finance; Nominating, Governance and Sustainability
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EDUCATION
BC, MA Economics, University of Calgary
AMP, Harvard University
SELECTED DIRECTORSHIPS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Chairperson, The Chemours Company
Member, Trilateral Commission
Chancellor, Mount Royal University
SELECTED FORMER DIRECTORSHIPS, MEMBERSHIPS AND POSITIONS
Board member, Business Council of Canada, Alberta Business Council, Canadian Natural Resources Limited
TOP SKILLS
Major Capital Projects
Technology, Cybersecurity and Information Security
Utility Operations
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BACKGROUND AND QUALIFICATIONS
Ms. Farrell served from 2012 until her retirement in 2021 as President and CEO of TransAlta Corporation, one of Canada's largest producers of wind power and Alberta, Canada's largest producer of hydro-electric power. Ms. Farrell is currently serving as President and CEO of the Trans Mountain Corporation, a Canadian federally owned entity operating Canada's only pipeline system. She has over 35 years of experience in the energy industry and held a variety of executive leadership positions in 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. Ms. Farrell’s qualifications to serve on our Board include her in-depth knowledge of the western energy markets, generation operations, energy trading, her leadership in transforming a carbon- based company into a leading clean and renewable focused company, and her extensive leadership experience gained in senior executive positions at energy companies.
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Mark Ganz
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR SINCE
2006
COMMITTEES
Audit and Risk; Compensation, Culture and Talent
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EDUCATION
BA, History/Theology, Georgetown University
JD, Georgetown University
SELECTED DIRECTORSHIPS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Board of Regents, University of Portland, Georgetown University
Board member, Coalition to Transform Advanced Illness Care
SELECTED FORMER DIRECTORSHIPS, MEMBERSHIPS AND POSITIONS
Board member, Cambia Health Solutions, Inc.
Board & Executive Committee, Oregon Business Council
BlueCross Blue Shield Association
Chair, America's Health Insurance Plans, Greater Portland Inc.
TOP SKILLS
Finance and Accounting
Regional Business and Community Ties
Strategic Planning
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BACKGROUND AND QUALIFICATIONS
Mr. Ganz served from 2003 until his retirement in 2020 as President and CEO of Cambia Health Solutions, Inc. (Cambia), a parent corporation of several companies offering healthcare products and services. He is the founder and managing principal of Lion Creek Partners LLC. Previously, Mr. Ganz held a number of positions with Cambia, including president and CEO of Regence BlueCross of Oregon, chief legal officer, corporate secretary, and chief ethics and compliance officer; he also had responsibility for federal public policy. Mr. Ganz was a member of Cambia’s board of directors until his retirement in 2020, as well as a board member of a number regional and national organizations. Mr. Ganz’s qualifications to serve on our Board include his experience overseeing multiple companies within a large diversified corporate group, including oversight of the financial functions, his knowledge of health care as a regulated industry, his experience in various executive roles, his 29 years of experience in the practice of corporate and regulatory law, and his expertise in executive compensation and compensation structures, corporate governance, and ethics and compliance programs.
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Marie Oh Huber
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR SINCE
2019
COMMITTEES
Compensation, Culture and Talent;
Nominating, Governance and Sustainability
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EDUCATION
BA, Economics, Yale University
JD, Northwestern Pritzker University School of Law
SELECTED DIRECTORSHIPS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Board member, Adevinta
University Council, Yale University Law Board, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
SELECTED FORMER DIRECTORSHIPS, MEMBERSHIPS AND POSITIONS
Board member, Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Board member, James Campbell Company LLC
TOP SKILLS
Corporate Governance
Government, Regulatory, Public Policy
Technology, Cybersecurity, Information Security
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BACKGROUND AND QUALIFICATIONS
Ms. Huber has over 25 years of strategic business, legal and public policy experience in global Fortune 500 companies. She heads the global legal and government relations and public policy functions for eBay, Inc., where she serves as Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Secretary. Ms. Huber joined eBay in 2015 from Agilent Technologies, where she served as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary since 2009. At Agilent Technologies, Ms. Huber held positions of increasing responsibility, and was responsible for communications, regulatory affairs and quality assurance, government affairs and philanthropy. She started her career at large firms in New York and San Francisco. Ms. Huber's qualifications to serve on our Board include her extensive track record as a business leader in advising boards of directors and her executive leadership of legal and operational matters, M&A, corporate governance, legal and compliance, public policy, IP, litigation, privacy and cybersecurity matters.
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Kathryn Jackson, PhD
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR SINCE
2014
COMMITTEES
Chair, Audit and Risk; Finance
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EDUCATION
BS, Physics, Grove City College
MS, Industrial Engineering Management, University of Pittsburgh
MS and PhD, Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
SELECTED DIRECTORSHIPS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Board member, Cameco Corporation, and EQT Corporation
Advisory Board, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Pittsburgh Swanson School
Member, National Academy of Engineering
SELECTED FORMER DIRECTORSHIPS, MEMBERSHIPS AND POSITIONS
Board member, Duquesne Light Holdings, Inc., Duquesne Light Company, Inc.
TOP SKILLS:
Finance and Accounting
Risk Management and Compliance
Technology, Cybersecurity, Information Security
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BACKGROUND AND QUALIFICATIONS
Dr. Jackson is a senior advisor at Energy Impact Partners, and from 2016 to 2021 served as the director of Energy and Technology Consulting at KeySource, Inc. where she provided strategic consulting services to clients in business growth, technology development and energy services. From 2014 to 2015, Dr. Jackson was chief technology officer and senior vice president at RTI International Metals, Inc., a leading U.S. producer of titanium mill products. She served as chief technology officer and senior vice president of Research and Technology at Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC, from 2009 to 2014; she served as vice president of Strategy, Research and Technology from 2008 to 2009. Prior to joining Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC, Dr. Jackson served for 17 years at the Tennessee Valley Authority where she held various executive positions including executive vice president of River System Operations and Environment, and was the corporate environmental officer. Dr. Jackson’s qualifications to serve on our Board include her background in engineering, her experience in senior executive roles and as a member and chair of the board of the Independent System Operator of New England, and her knowledge and experience in the areas of technology, large capital projects, risk management, generation facilities and energy trading operations, research and development on utility assets and systems, and environmental health and safety.
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Michael Lewis
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR SINCE
2021
COMMITTEES
Chair, Finance; Audit and Risk
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EDUCATION
BS, Electrical Engineering, University of Florida
MBA, Nova Southeastern University
AMP, Duke University
EMP, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School
SELECTED DIRECTORSHIPS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Board member, Newpark Resources, Inc., Osmose Utilities Services
Senior Advisor, TRC Consulting, Engineering and Construction
SELECTED FORMER DIRECTORSHIPS, MEMBERSHIPS AND POSITIONS
Pacific Gas & Electric Interim President; Board member, Association of Edison Illuminating Companies Member, California Governor's Earthquake Advisory Commission
TOP SKILLS
Human Capital Management
Major Capital Projects
Utility Operations
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BACKGROUND AND QUALIFICATIONS
Mr. Lewis is a retired senior executive with more than 35 years of experience in electric utility operations. He served as Interim President of Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) from August to December 2020. During that time, he oversaw PG&E's gas and electric operations including wildfire prevention and response efforts, grid resiliency initiatives, vegetation management programs and emergency preparedness. Prior to that, Mr. Lewis served as PG&E's senior vice President of Electric Operations and vice president of Electric Distribution. Before joining PG&E in 2018, Mr. Lewis held a number of senior executive positions at Duke Energy, including senior vice president and chief distribution officer from 2016 to 2018, with responsibility for distribution operations across six states, and senior vice president and chief transmission officer from 2015 to 2016. Before the Duke Energy and Progress Energy merger in 2012, he was a senior vice president of energy delivery for Progress Energy Florida, where he was responsible for hurricane preparedness and grid hardening initiatives. Mr. Lewis’s qualifications to serve on our Board include his executive leadership experience and in-depth knowledge of utility operations, including electric transmission and distribution, wildfire prevention and response, disaster preparedness, grid resiliency, large capital projects and risk management and safety programs.
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Michael Millegan
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR SINCE
2019
COMMITTEES
Audit and Risk; Finance
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EDUCATION
BA, MBA, Angelo State University
SELECTED DIRECTORSHIPS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Board member, Axis Capital Holdings, Wireless Telecom Group, Inc., Virginia Mason Foundation, Network Wireless Solutions
Strategic advisor and investor, Windpact, Inc., Vettd, Inc.
SELECTED FORMER DIRECTORSHIPS, MEMBERSHIPS AND POSITIONS
Board Member, CoreSite Realty Corp.
TOP SKILLS
Consumer Products/Customer Expectations
Regional Business and Community Ties
Technology, Cybersecurity, Information Security
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BACKGROUND AND QUALIFICATIONS
Mr. Millegan is the Founder and CEO of Millegan Advisory Group 3 LLC where he advises early-stage companies on strategy that drives technology innovation and shareholder value since 2018. Previously, he held a variety of executive leadership and management positions within Verizon, where he led large-scale and scope business units. As president of Verizon Global Wholesale Group, he was responsible for $11 billion in sales revenue, 13,000 employees and $1 billion in annual capital spending. Mr. Millegan’s qualifications to serve on our Board include his experience overseeing significant business units within a large corporate group, his experience in various executive and management roles, and his background in operations in a regulated industry, global sales and marketing, digital media platforms, network infrastructure deployment, cloud computing, cybersecurity,and supply chain management and communications infrastructure.
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Lee Pelton, PhD
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR SINCE
2006
COMMITTEES
Chair, Nominating, Governance and Sustainability; Audit and Risk
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EDUCATION
BA, English/Psychology, Wichita State University
PhD, English, Harvard University
SELECTED DIRECTORSHIPS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Board and executive committee, Boston Chamber of Commerce
Chair, Boston Racial Equity Fund
Chair Emeritus, Boston Arts Academy Foundation,
Trustee, Barr Foundation Boston Municipal Research Bureau
SELECTED FORMER DIRECTORSHIPS, MEMBERSHIPS AND POSITIONS
Chair, American Council on Education
Board member, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, Association of American Colleges and Universities, Museum of African American History in Boston, Harvard University Board of Overseers
TOP SKILLS
Corporate Governance
Environmental and Sustainability
Government, Regulatory, Public Policy
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BACKGROUND AND QUALIFICATIONS
Dr. Pelton is President and CEO of The Boston Foundation, a philanthropic organization with over $1 billion in assets. Before joining The Boston Foundation, he served as president of Emerson College from 2011 to May 2021. Prior to that, Dr. Pelton served as President of Willamette University from 1999 to 2011, dean and professor of English Literature at Dartmouth College from 1991 to 1998 and dean of students and later dean of Colgate University from 1986 to 1991. In 2020, he was recognized by the Boston Chamber of Commerce as a 2020 Distinguished Bostonian and included in the Boston Business Journal's 50 Most Powerful Leaders in Boston list. Dr. Pelton’s qualifications to serve on our Board include his executive leadership at academic institutions, his civic leadership, his experience serving on boards of other companies, and the unique perspective he brings to various issues considered by the board as a result of his professional background and accomplishments.
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Patricia Salas Pineda
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR SINCE
2022
COMMITTEES
Compensation, Culture and Talent; Finance
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EDUCATION
BA, Government, Mills College JD, University of California at Berkeley
SELECTED DIRECTORSHIPS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Board member, Levi Strauss & Co., Omnicom Group, Frontier Group Holdings, Earthjustice
SELECTED FORMER DIRECTORSHIPS, MEMBERSHIPS AND POSITIONS
California Air Resources Board
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
TOP SKILLS
Consumer Products/ Customer
Government, Regulatory, Public Policy
Human Capital Management
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BACKGROUND AND QUALIFICATIONS
Ms. Pineda has held diverse leadership roles in human resources, marketing, legal, communications, philanthropy, and stakeholder relations. Prior to her retirement, Ms. Pineda was the Group Vice President, Hispanic Business Strategy Group at Toyota Motor North America, Inc. Before that, Ms. Pineda was the Group Vice President, national Philanthropy and also Group Vice President Corporate Communications/ Administration and General Counsel. Ms. Pineda began her career at New United Motor Manufacturing Inc., where she held leadership positions in Human Resources, Legal, Government and Environmental Affairs. Ms. Pineda is the founder and Chair emeritus of the Latino Corporate Directors Association.
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Maria Pope
President and Chief Executive Officer, Portland General Electric Company
DIRECTOR SINCE
2018
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EDUCATION
BA, College of Arts and Sciences, Georgetown University
MBA, Stanford Graduate School of Business
SELECTED DIRECTORSHIPS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Board member, Columbia Banking System
Vice chair, Electric Power Research Institute
Executive committee, Edison Electric Institute (EEI) and Oregon Business Council
Board member, Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Portland Branch
SELECTED FORMER DIRECTORSHIPS, MEMBERSHIPS AND POSITIONS
Chair, OHSU Governing Board, Canadian Council of Forest Industries, Oregon Symphony
TOP SKILLS
Environmental and Sustainability
Finance and Accounting
Utility Operations
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BACKGROUND AND QUALIFICATIONS
Ms. Pope is President and CEO of Portland General Electric Company. She was appointed President on October 1, 2017 and Chief Executive Officer on January 1, 2018. She served from 2013 to 2017 as senior vice president of Power Supply, Operations and Resource Strategy, overseeing PGE's generation plants, energy supply portfolio, and long-term resource strategy. Ms. Pope joined PGE in 2009 as senior vice president of finance, Chief Financial Officer and treasurer. She served on PGE's Board of Directors from 2006 to 2008. Prior to joining PGE, she served as Chief Financial Officer for Mentor Graphics Corporation and held senior operating and finance positions within the forest products and consumer products industries. She began her career in banking with Morgan Stanley. Ms. Pope’s qualifications to serve on our Board include her current role as President and CEO, her extensive knowledge of the Company and the utility industry, her experience as Chief Financial Officer of three publicly traded companies, her diverse leadership experience in business and financial roles, and her corporate and civic board experience.
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James Torgerson
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR SINCE
2021
COMMITTEES
Chair, Compensation, Culture and Talent;
Nominating Governance and Sustainability
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EDUCATION
BBA, Accounting, Cleveland State University
SELECTED DIRECTORSHIPS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Board of trustees, Yale-New Haven Hospital, Yale-New Haven Health System
SELECTED FORMER DIRECTORSHIPS, MEMBERSHIPS AND POSITIONS
CEO, AVANGRID, Inc., UIL Holdings Corporation
Executive committee, Edison Electric Institute (EEI)
Co-Chair, EEI Committee on Reliability, Security and Business Continuity
Chair, American Gas Association
Board member, Archaea Energy, Inc.
TOP SKILLS
Environmental and Sustainability
Human Capital Management and Culture
Utility Operations
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BACKGROUND AND QUALIFICATIONS
Mr. Torgerson served as CEO of AVANGRID, Inc., an energy company with approximately $30 billion in assets and operations in 24 states from 2015 until his retirement in 2020. Previously, he was president and CEO of UIL Holdings Corporation from 2006 to 2015, when it merged with Iberdrola USA to form AVANGRID. During his time at UIL Holdings, he oversaw its expansion from a regional electric utility to a diversified energy delivery company and one of the largest generators of wind electricity in the U.S., serving natural gas and electric utility customers across multiple states. Before joining UIL Holdings, he was president, CEO and director of the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. from 2000 to 2006. He also previously served as chief financial officer for several natural gas and electric utilities including Puget Sound Energy and Washington Energy Company. Before transitioning to the utility industry, he served as vice president of development for Diamond Shamrock Corporation, where he also held various finance and strategic planning positions. Mr. Torgerson’s qualifications to serve on our Board include his executive leadership experience and extensive knowledge of the utility industry, including clean energy development, finance and accounting, energy markets, regulation, risk management and strategic planning.
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Committee Composition
Chair:
Kathryn Jackson
Other Members:
Mark Ganz
Michael Lewis
Michael Millegan
Lee Pelton
Meetings in 2022:
6
Independence/Qualifications:
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All members are independent within the meaning of the NYSE listing standards, SEC standards and the Company's Director Independence Standards.
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All members are “financially literate” within the meaning of the NYSE listing standards.
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Mr. Ganz is an “audit committee financial expert” within the meaning of applicable SEC rules.
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Assists the Board in its oversight of our financial statements, independent auditors’ qualifications, independence and performance, and internal controls over financial reporting
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Appoints and oversees the work of our registered public accounting firm
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Reviews the annual audited financial statements and quarterly financial information with management and the independent registered public accounting firm
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Pre-approves all audit, audit-related, tax and other services, if any, provided by the registered independent public accounting firm
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Appoints and oversees the work of PGE's Director of Internal Audit Services and approves our annual internal audit plan and budget
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Approves the Audit and Risk Committee Report for inclusion in our proxy statement
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Oversees the development and implementation of our ethics and compliance programs
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Assists the Board with the oversight of our enterprise risk management program
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The Audit and Risk Committee's role in risk oversight and ESG are described above under Board Oversight of Risk and Board Oversight of ESG
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Compensation, Culture and Talent Committee
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Committee Composition
Chair:
James Torgerson
Other Members:
Rodney Brown
Mark Ganz
Marie Oh Huber
Patricia Salas Pineda
Meetings in 2022:
5
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All members are independent within the meaning of the NYSE listing standards and the Company's Director Independence Standards.
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Evaluates the performance of the CEO and determines her compensation together with the independent directors
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Approves the compensation of the executive officers other than the CEO
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Reviews PGE's non-management director compensation program and recommends appropriate levels of compensation for non-employee directors
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Advises on human capital management matters, including talent management strategies, programs and initiatives, including DEI programs and results, workforce health and safety and any required human capital disclosures including the DEI commitments
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Reviews the Compensation Discussion and Analysis contained in our proxy statement and approves the Compensation, Culture and Talent Committee Report for inclusion in the proxy statement
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Together with the other independent directors, oversees our incentive compensation clawback policy and recovery of performance-based compensation awards
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Reviews succession plans and diversity pipeline for executive roles
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Oversees our culture metrics and employee engagement
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Reviews and approves severance or termination payment arrangements for executive officers
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Committee Composition
Chair:
Michael Lewis
Other Members:
Rodney Brown
Dawn Farrell
Kathryn Jackson
Michael Millegan
Patricia Salas Pineda
Meetings in 2022:
4
Independence/Qualifications:
•
All members are independent within the meaning of the NYSE listing standards and the Company's Director Independence Standards.
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Key Responsibilities
•
Reviews and recommends to the Board annual financing plans and capital and operating budgets
•
Reviews and approves or recommends to the Board certain costs for projects, initiatives, transactions and other activities within PGE's ordinary business
•
Reviews our capital and debt structure, approves or recommends to the Board the issuance of debt, and recommends to the Board the issuance of equity
•
Reviews and recommends to the Board dividends, dividend payout goals and objectives
•
Reviews earnings forecasts
•
Assists the Board in overseeing the management of results associated with PGE’s power operations, capital projects, finance activities, credit and liquidity
•
Reviews and recommends to the Board investment policies and guidelines
•
Oversees the management of benefit plan assets
•
The Finance Committee's role in risk oversight and ESG is described above in Board Oversight of Risk and Board Oversight of ESG
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Committee Composition
Chair:
Lee Pelton
Other Members:
Jack Davis
Dawn Farrell
Marie Oh Huber
James Torgerson
Meetings in 2022:
4
Independence/Qualifications:
•
All members are independent within the meaning of the NYSE listing standards and the Company's Director Independence Standards.
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Key Responsibilities
•
Reviews the size of the Board and recommends to the Board any appropriate changes
•
Identifies and recommends to the Board individuals qualified to serve as directors and on committees of the Board
•
Takes a leadership role in shaping our corporate governance, including the policies and practices described in our Corporate Governance Guidelines
•
Reviews succession plans for the CEO, either as a committee or together with the full Board
•
Oversees the self-assessment of the Board and its committees
•
Reviews any company transactions involving directors, nominees, executive officers and other “related persons” in accordance with the Company’s Related Person Transaction Policy
•
Provides strategic oversight on the (i) formulation of sustainability and ESG strategy and policies, including our engagement with stakeholders, and its ESG report and (ii) issues related to board leadership, ethics, and integrity
•
Reviews and reports to the Board on environmental, climate change, sustainability, social and other related ESG matters affecting PGE
•
Reviews and approves our Political Engagement Policy and reviews our strategic priorities on political and policy lobbying, political contributions and charitable contribution programs
•
The Nominating, Governance and Sustainability Committee's role in risk oversight and ESG is described below in Board Oversight of Risk and Board Oversight of ESG
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| Item 1: Election of Directors | |||||
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BOARD OVERSIGHT OF STRATEGY FOR CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE
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| Decarbonize Power | Electrify the Economy | Advance our Performance | ||||||||||||
| Reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with electricity served to retail customers by at least 80% by 2030 and 100% by 2040. | Increase beneficial electricity use to capture the benefits of new technologies while building an increasingly clean, flexible and reliable grid. | Improve efficiency, safety, and system and equipment reliability while maintaining affordable energy service and growing earnings per share 5% to 7%. | ||||||||||||
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Ensure resource adequacy
as we decarbonize |
Scale customer solutions
that deliver value |
Drive enterprise operational excellence and innovation | ||||||||||||
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| Committee | Risk Oversight Responsibilities | |||||||
| Audit and Risk |
•
Oversees the activities of the Executive Risk Committee (described below)
•
Assists the Board in providing oversight of our Enterprise Risk Management Program including review of risks, mitigations and metrics
•
Oversees key risks, including:
◦
Financial reporting and internal controls including the internal controls related to ESG disclosures and metrics
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Financial risk exposure and mitigations
◦
Litigation and compliance risks
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Cybersecurity and information technology risks
◦
Physical security risks
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and Talent
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•
Assesses and monitors the risks in our compensation plans and programs. The Compensation, Culture and Talent Committee's risk assessment processes are discussed under Other Compensation Policies and Practices - Risk Management on page 66.
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Oversees key risks, including:
◦
Talent acquisition, people management and retention
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Workforce health and safety
◦
Company-wide succession planning
◦
Human capital management disclosures
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| Finance |
•
Oversees and monitors potential financial and liquidity risks to PGE
•
Oversees key risks, including:
◦
Liquidity
◦
Capital markets, including volatility and access to the market
◦
Capital projects
◦
Insurance
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Nominating, Governance
and Sustainability |
•
Assesses risks associated with our governance and sustainability initiatives and goals
•
Oversees key risks, including:
◦
Board composition and refreshment, including directors skills and qualifications
◦
ESG strategy and policies, environmental issues, climate change, sustainability and social issues
◦
Political engagement and contributions, and charitable contributions
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| Item 1: Election of Directors | |||||
| Cybersecurity |
We have identified cybersecurity as a key enterprise risk. The Board has assigned primary responsibility for cybersecurity oversight to the Audit and Risk Committee, which received quarterly cybersecurity updates as well as an annual deep dive in 2022 that focused on cybersecurity threats, defenses, and data analytics that impact our most critical assets as well as cybersecurity risks in the key risk reports discussed above. In addition to the deep dive, in 2022, management and the Board participated in a half-day simulated cybersecurity exercise facilitated by a third party, designed to test procedures and communication in the event of a cyber-attack. The Board has established a Cyber Incident Response Committee, which functions as a standby committee authorized to act on behalf of the Board in the event of a significant cybersecurity incident. This Cyber Incident Response Committee is composed of all the members of the Audit and Risk Committee and the Chair of the Board. The Chair of the Board serves as the Chair of that committee.
Management established an integrated security steering committee comprised of a multidisciplinary management team to provide governance and integrated strategic direction for the identification, protection and detection of cybersecurity and physical risks. This committee reports to the Integrated Security Executive Committee and the Executive Risk Committee. We identify and manage information security risk using the National Institute of Standard and Technology Cybersecurity Framework (NIST), work closely with public and private sources for intelligence and monitoring, and periodically subject our program to external audit and review. All employees are required to take annual cybersecurity awareness training. We conduct monthly phishing campaigns in which employees are expected to report suspicious emails. If employees click on the training phishing email, they are provided immediate feedback on how to avoid phishing, in addition to being required to complete additional training. Quarterly security awareness is provided to all employees and focuses on cyber and physical security best practices. In 2022, we are not aware of any material breaches due to cybersecurity threats.
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| Item 1: Election of Directors | |||||
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| Item 1: Election of Directors | |||||
| Diversity, Equity and Inclusion |
The Board’s commitment to review and guide management on our corporate culture and DEI initiatives is also reflected in our Corporate Governance Guidelines. The Board reviews the Company’s DEI progress semi-annually, and monitors our commitments, metrics and trends related to workforce representation, pay equity, advancement opportunities and culture/employee sentiment. The Board will continue to monitor our DEI commitments to enhance transparency and accountability.
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Political Engagement
and Disclosure |
Political developments can have a significant impact on the Company and our stakeholders. Therefore, we participate in the political process through regular engagement with public officials and policy makers, and by making contributions to candidates, parties and political action committees from across the political spectrum that support policies that help advance our business strategy, including clean and renewable energy and efficient electrification. We will only make political contributions that comply with the law and adhere to our Political Engagement Policy. All contributions are approved by the most senior officer responsible for government affairs or the President and CEO. Exceptions to the Political Engagement Policy must be approved by the Vice-President of Public Affairs and the General Counsel.
Management publishes an annual report disclosing contributions from corporate funds to campaign committees, political action committees and ballot measure committees. The Nominating, Governance and Sustainability Committee reviews the annual report and the Political Engagement Policy annually and receives a report on any significant exceptions or waivers to the Political Engagement Policy. The Nominating, Governance and Sustainability Committee also annually reviews with management the strategic priorities for PGE’s political and policy lobbying and political contributions.
Additional information about our political contributions policies, including the annual report of political contributions, can be found on our website at https://investors.portlandgeneral.com/corporate-governance
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Find Our Ethics Codes Online
The Code of Business Ethics and Conduct and the Code of Ethics for Chief Executive and Senior Financial Officers are available on our website at https://investors.portlandgeneral.com/corporate-governance or in print to shareholders, without charge, upon request to Portland General Electric Company, 121 SW Salmon Street, 1WTC1301, Portland, Oregon 97204, Attention: Corporate Secretary. Any amendments to either of these codes, and any waiver of the Code of Ethics for Chief Executive and Senior Financial Officers, and of certain provisions of the Code of Business Ethics and Conduct for directors, executive officers or our Controller, will be disclosed to our shareholders to the extent required by law.
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| Item 1: Election of Directors | |||||
| Annual Cash Retainer and Equity Awards |
Amount
($) |
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| Annual Cash Retainer for Board Service | 70,000 | |||||||
| Annual Cash Retainer for Board Chair | 125,000 | |||||||
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Annual Cash Retainer for Audit and Risk Committee Chair
(1)
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20,000 | |||||||
| Annual Cash Retainer for Other Active Standing Committee Chairs | 15,000 | |||||||
| Annual Cash Retainer for Committee Service (per committee) | 20,000 | |||||||
| Grant-Date Value of Annual RSU Award | 130,000 | |||||||
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| Item 1: Election of Directors | |||||
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| Item 1: Election of Directors | |||||
| Name |
Fees Earned or Paid in Cash
($)
(1)
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Stock Awards
($)
(2)
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All Other Compensation
($)
(3)
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Total
($) |
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| Rodney Brown | 110,000 | 129,982 | 239,982 | |||||||||||
| Jack Davis | 215,000 | 129,982 | 344,982 | |||||||||||
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Kirby Dyess
(4)
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55,000 | — | 55,000 | |||||||||||
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Dawn Farrell
(5)
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110,000 | 194,960 | 304,960 | |||||||||||
| Mark Ganz | 110,000 | 129,982 | 239,982 | |||||||||||
| Marie Oh Huber | 110,000 | 129,982 | 239,982 | |||||||||||
| Kathryn Jackson | 127,500 | 129,982 | 257,482 | |||||||||||
| Michael Lewis | 125,000 | 129,982 | 254,982 | |||||||||||
| Michael Millegan | 110,000 | 129,982 | 239,982 | |||||||||||
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Neil Nelson
(4)
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55,000 | — | 55,000 | |||||||||||
| Lee Pelton | 125,000 | 129,982 | 254,982 | |||||||||||
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Patricia Pineda
(6)
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27,500 | 97,481 | 124,981 | |||||||||||
| James Torgerson | 125,000 | 129,982 | 254,982 | |||||||||||
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Item 2: Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation
Our executive compensation programs are designed to attract and retain highly qualified executive officers and to provide them with incentives to advance the interests of our stakeholders, which include our shareholders, our customers, our employees and the communities we serve. Our programs are described in accordance with the requirements of Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the related rules of the SEC, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the compensation tables, and the accompanying narrative discussion.
We are asking our shareholders to indicate their support for the compensation of our named executive officers as described in this Proxy Statement by voting to approve the resolution set forth below. This vote is not intended to address any specific item of compensation, but rather the overall compensation of our named executive officers and the philosophy, policies and practices described in this Proxy Statement.
Accordingly, we will ask our shareholders to vote “FOR” the following resolution at the Annual Meeting:
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What are you
voting on?
We are asking shareholders to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid for 2022 to the executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table.
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"FOR"
The Board of Directors unanimously recommends a vote
"FOR"
the approval of the compensation of our named executive officers, as disclosed in this Proxy Statement.
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“RESOLVED, that the shareholders of the Portland General Electric Company (the “Company”) approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the 2022 Summary Compensation Table and the other related tables and disclosure in the Proxy Statement for the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of shareholders.”
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Approval of this proposal will require that the number of votes cast in favor of this proposal exceeds the number of votes cast against this proposal. As an advisory vote, this proposal is not binding on PGE or the Compensation, Culture and Talent Committee. However, the Compensation, Culture and Talent Committee and the Board value the opinions expressed by shareholders in their votes on this proposal and will consider the outcome of the vote when making future compensation decisions regarding named executive officers.
It is expected that the next say-on-pay vote will occur at the 2024 annual meeting of shareholders.
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MS. POPE
is President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of PGE. She was appointed President on October 1, 2017 and Chief Executive Officer on January 1, 2018. She served from 2013 to 2017 as senior vice president of Power Supply, Operations and Resource Strategy, overseeing PGE’s generation plants, energy supply portfolio, and long-term resource strategy. Ms. Pope joined PGE in 2009 as Senior Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. She served on PGE’s Board of Directors from 2006 to 2008. Prior to joining PGE, she served as Chief Financial Officer for Mentor Graphics Corporation and held senior operating and finance positions within the forest products and consumer products industries. She began her career in banking with Morgan Stanley.
EDUCATION
BA, College of Arts and Sciences, Georgetown University
MBA, Stanford Graduate School of Business
For more information, see Ms. Pope’s bio in Our Board of Directors
page 21.
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Maria Pope
President and CEO
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| Compensation Discussion and Analysis | |||||
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MR. AJELLO
has served as the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance and Treasurer at PGE since January 1, 2021 and also became the Corporate Compliance Officer in 2022. He joined PGE in November 2020 as a senior advisor prior to his transition to the CFO role, bringing an extensive background in both energy and finance, including serving as executive vice president and CFO for Hawaiian Electric Industries (HEI) from 2009 to 2017, where he helped lead its clean energy transformation. In 2020, he became an independent director of HEI’s Hawaiian Electric Company, where he serves on the Audit Committee and from 2017 was an independent director of HEI’s American Savings Bank and a member of its Risk Committee and member of HEI’s compensation committee. He also currently serves on the Board of Dimension Renewable Energy, a developer, owner and operator of community solar solutions. Prior to joining HEI, Mr. Ajello served as senior vice president of Business Development at Reliant Energy and spent 15 years as managing director of the Energy and Natural Resources Group of UBS Warburg/UBS Securities. He has also chaired the U.S. Department of Energy’s Environmental Management Advisory Board.
EDUCATION
BA, State University of New York Oneonta
MPA, Syracuse University
Graduate, Advanced Management Program of the European Institute of Business Administration (INSEAD)
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James Ajello
Senior Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Corporate Compliance Officer
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MS. ESPINOSA
is responsible for all of PGE’s legal affairs, and coordinates the Company's ethics and governance activities. She joined PGE in 2021 as Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Ms. Espinosa has over 18 years of legal and risk management experience in the utility and energy industries with a focus on board governance and power operations structuring and origination. Before joining PGE, she held leadership positions with Sempra Energy and General Electric. Ms. Espinosa is on the boards of the Portland Business Alliance and the PGE Foundation. Ms. Espinosa has served on the boards of Big Brothers Big Sisters and the Corporate Director Forum.
EDUCATION
Law, Universidad de Los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia)
JD, magna cum laude, Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law
LLM, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law.
Ms. Espinosa is admitted to the Texas State, New York State and Oregon State Bar.
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Angelica Espinosa
Vice President, General Counsel
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MR. BEKKEDAHL
oversees PGE operational areas and is responsible for advancing PGE’s integrated smart grid strategy since 2019.
Mr. Bekkedahl joined PGE in 2014 and until 2019 served as Vice President of Transmission & Distribution, bringing more than three decades of leadership experience in the energy industry. Before joining PGE, he was Senior Vice President for transmission services at the Bonneville Power Administration and held leadership positions at Clark Public Utilities, PacifiCorp and Montana Power Company. Mr. Bekkedahl serves on the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Research Advisory Committee, the Stanford University Bits and Watts Advisory Council, the University of Akron Energy Advisory Committee, and the All Hands Raised board for Portland Public Schools Foundation.
EDUCATION
BS, Electrical Engineering, Montana State University
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Larry Bekkedahl
Senior Vice President, Advanced Energy Delivery
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MR. KOCHAVATR
is responsible for customer solutions, supply chain and information systems at PGE. He joined the Company in 2018.
Before joining PGE, Mr. Kochavatr was Senior Vice President and CIO at SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions. Prior to that, he held several CIO and global leadership roles during his 16 years at General Electric (GE) across the Energy, Aviation, Oil & Gas and Capital divisions, focused on building and integrating technologies to grow large-scale infrastructure businesses. Mr. Kochavatr began his career in early stage, venture capital funded technology start-up companies. He currently serves as Chair Emeritus of the Technology Association of Oregon and has served on the board of Pearl S Buck International.
EDUCATION
BA, University of California, Los Angeles
MBA, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
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John Kochavatr
Vice President Customer & Digital Solutions and Chief Information Officer
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| Compensation Discussion and Analysis | |||||
| COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS TABLE OF CONTENTS | |||||||||||
| Setting Executive Compensation | 47 | ||||||||||
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PGE VS. 2022 PEER GROUP
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2022 Executive Compensation
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51 | ||||||||||
| COMPENSATION ELEMENTS | 51 | ||||||||||
| PERFORMANCE -CONDITIONED COMPENSATION | 51 | ||||||||||
| BASE SALARIES | 52 | ||||||||||
| ANNUAL CASH INCENTIVE AWARDS | 52 | ||||||||||
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2022 ACI PROGRAM TARGET AWARDS
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2022 ACI PROGRAM RATIONALE FOR SELECTION OF PERFORMANCE METRICS
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2022 ACI PROGRAM GOAL WEIGHTINGS
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2022 ACI PROGRAM PERFORMANCE RESULTS
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56 | ||||||||||
| NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER ANNUAL INCENTIVE AWARD PAYOUTS | 58 | ||||||||||
| LONG-TERM INCENTIVE AWARDS | 59 | ||||||||||
| CALCULATION OF TOTAL LTI AWARD OPPORTUNITY | 59 | ||||||||||
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2022 PSU AWARDS
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60 | ||||||||||
| RATIONALE FOR LTI AWARDS DESIGN | 60 | ||||||||||
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2022 PSU AWARD METRICS AND PAYOUT CALCULATION
|
61 | ||||||||||
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2022 RSU AWARDS
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61 | ||||||||||
| OTHER TERMS OF THE PSU AND RSU AWARDS | 61 | ||||||||||
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2022 PSU AWARD PAYOUT
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62 | ||||||||||
| BENEFITS PLANS | 64 | ||||||||||
| Other Compensation Policies and Practices | 66 | ||||||||||
| RISK MANAGEMENT | 66 | ||||||||||
| ANNUAL INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION RISK ASSESSMENT | 66 | ||||||||||
| ANTI-HEDGING AND PLEDGING POLICY | 67 | ||||||||||
| STOCK OWNERSHIP POLICY | 67 | ||||||||||
| EQUITY GRANT PRACTICES | 68 | ||||||||||
| INCENTIVE COMPENSATION CLAWBACK AND CANCELLATION POLICY | 68 | ||||||||||
| IMPACTS OF REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS | 69 | ||||||||||
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| Compensation Discussion and Analysis | |||||
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Key Actions of Compensation, Culture and Talent Committee
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Annual review of executive officers' performance | |||||||||||||
| Establishes base salaries, annual cash awards and equity awards for all executive officers other than the CEO, unless approved by the independent directors acting as a committee | ||||||||||||||
| Recommends base salary, annual cash awards and equity awards for the CEO | ||||||||||||||
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Key Actions of Independent Directors
|
Annual review of CEO performance | |||||||||||||
| Considers recommendations of the Compensation, Culture and Talent Committee and approves base salary, annual cash awards and equity awards for the CEO | ||||||||||||||
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| Compensation Discussion and Analysis | |||||
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Key Actions of Independent Consultant
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Advises the Compensation, Culture and Talent Committee on compensation plan design | |||||||||||||
| Advises the Compensation, Culture and Talent Committee on appropriate compensation levels, trends and legislative developments | ||||||||||||||
| Performs annual compensation risk assessment for consideration by the Compensation, Culture and Talent Committee | ||||||||||||||
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Key actions of CEO
|
Provides input on executive officers' performance | |||||||||||||
| Makes recommendations on compensation plan design | ||||||||||||||
| Provides information about Company's performance relative to incentive plan goals | ||||||||||||||
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| Compensation Discussion and Analysis | |||||
| Named Executive Officer | Title |
Utility Industry
(1)
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General Industry
(1)
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| Maria Pope | President & CEO | ✓ | |||||||||
| James Ajello | SVP, Finance, CFO, Treasurer & Corporate Compliance Officer | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| Angelica Espinosa | VP, General Counsel | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| Larry Bekkedahl | SVP, Advanced Energy Delivery | ✓ | |||||||||
| John Kochavatr | VP, Information Technology & Chief Information Officer | ✓ | |||||||||
| Our Practice |
Beginning in 2022, in keeping with our guiding principles of reasonable competitive pay, with the assistance of FW Cook, salaries for certain positions including named executive officers in the chief financial officer and chief legal officer positions were benchmarked at a market reference point that weights equally the Utility Industry and General Industry benchmarking survey data.
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2022 Peer Group
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| ALLETE, INC. | Black Hills Corporation | NiSource, Inc. | Pinnacle West Capital Corporation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alliant Energy Corporation | Evergy, Inc. | Northwest Natural Gas Company | PNM Resources, Inc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Avista Corporation | Hawaiian Electric | NorthWestern Corporation | Puget Energy, Inc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IDACORP, Inc. | OGE Energy Corp. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Revenue | PGE 50th Percentile | |||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | ||||||||||||||||
| Market Capitalization | PGE 51st Percentile | |||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Element | Form | Key Objective and Characteristics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fixed | Base Salaries | Cash | Establish a market-competitive pay foundation that reflects each officer's experience, skills and performance and is intended to attract and retain executives | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Performance Conditioned and Variable |
Annual Cash
Incentive Awards |
Cash | Focus executive's attention on achievement of relatively short-term financial, operating and strategic goals that we believe will increase long-term shareholder value and benefit our customers | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Based on Earnings Per Share (weighted at 40%), Operational Measures (weighted at 25%), Strategic Initiatives (weighted at 25%) and Culture (weighted at 10%).
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| Long-Term Equity-Based Incentive Awards | Equity | Directly aligns executives' pay with long-term value provided to shareholders, and benefits customers by enhancing executives' focus on the Company's long-term goals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units (weighted at 70% collectively)
ROE/Allowed ROE EPS Growth Clean Energy TSR (used as a multiplier) |
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| Service Base Restricted Stock Units (weighted at 30% collectively). Vest ratably over three years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2022 Target Direct Compensation for Chief Executive Officer
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| 17% | 19% | 45% | 19% | ||||||||
| 64% PERFORMANCE-CONDITIONED | |||||||||||
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Base Salary
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Annual Cash Incentive
n
PSUs
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RSUs
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| Compensation Discussion and Analysis | |||||
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2022 Target Direct Compensation for Other Named Executive Officers
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| 33% | 21% | 29% | 17% | ||||||||
| 50% PERFORMANCE-CONDITIONED | |||||||||||
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Annual Cash Incentive
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PSUs
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RSUs
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2021 Salary
($)
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2022 Salary
($)
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Annual Increase | |||||||||
| Maria Pope | 970,000 | 1,000,000 | 3% | ||||||||
| James Ajello | 550,000 | 650,100 | 18% | ||||||||
| Angelica Espinosa | 350,000 | 424,900 | 21% | ||||||||
| Larry Bekkedahl | 406,613 | 450,121 | 11% | ||||||||
| John Kochavatr | 374,850 | 430,000 | 15% | ||||||||
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| AWARD EARNED | = | TARGET AWARD | X |
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE %
X 40%
|
+ |
OPERATING PERFORMANCE %
X 25%
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+ |
STRATEGIC IMPERATIVE PERFORMANCE %
X 25%
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CULTURE X 10%
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In 2023, we will be replacing EPS with Net Income as the primary measure of our financial performance in our Annual Cash Incentive Plan. EPS growth will continue to be measured for our Long Term Incentive Plan. The use of Net Income is consistent with our peers, and maintains the focus on current year financial goals for the broader employee base.
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| Name |
Target Award
($)* |
Target Award as % of 2022
Base Salary* Paid
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| Maria Pope | 1,147,346 | 115% | ||||||
| James Ajello | 449,680 | 70% | ||||||
| Angelica Espinosa | 251,483 | 60% | ||||||
| Larry Bekkedahl | 268,064 | 60% | ||||||
| John Kochavatr | 255,455 | 60% | ||||||
| Metric | Measurement | Why We Use this Metric | |||||||||||||||
| Financial | EPS | Measured by the Company’s net income for the year divided by average shares outstanding during the year. | EPS is a driver of shareholder value creation in the regulated utility industry. | ||||||||||||||
| Operating |
Customer Satisfaction
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Average of the Company’s residential, general business and key customer satisfaction scores on three independent utility industry surveys, where satisfaction is defined as a rating of 9 or higher on a 10-point scale.
These ratings are weighted according to the Company’s annual revenues from each customer group. Customer satisfaction goals are updated annually based on estimated ratings needed to achieve 50th, 65th and 90th percentile rankings of the surveyed companies.
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Customer satisfaction is a measure of our ability to run our business in a way that meets the needs of our customers. | ||||||||||||||
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Electric Service Power Quality and System Reliability
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SAIDI (a standard industry measure for outage duration), which is equal to the total number of minutes an average customer experiences service interruption during the year.
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Delivering reliable electric service is our Company’s core business. Outage duration is a fundamental measure of service reliability that our customers care about. | |||||||||||||||
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Generation Plant Availability
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Amount of time that a generating plant is able to produce electricity during the year (determined by subtracting from total hours in the period all maintenance outage hours, planned outage hours and forced outage hours), divided by the number of hours in the year. To set the maximum, target and threshold performance levels for this goal, we established individual plant goals, which were then weighted to produce overall performance targets.
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Our ability to achieve our financial objectives and serve our customers depends in part on our generation plants’ delivery of reliable and affordable power. | |||||||||||||||
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| Strategic |
Increase operational efficiency
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Measured by progress in the following areas:
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Improve safety
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Increase productivity
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Digital simplification
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Improve grid reliability and resilience
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Improve generation reliability
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Enterprise resource planning system replacement
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Our Company operates in an increasingly competitive business environment and we need to continue to earn our customers' business. | ||||||||||||||
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Deliver clean, integrated solutions
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Measured by progress in the following areas:
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Clean energy solutions
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Energy management and flexible load
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Transportation electrification
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Individual digital experiences
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Building an integrated grid promotes reliability and enables the visible and interoperable connection of customer technologies, a key component of our decarbonization and electrification strategies. | |||||||||||||||
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Increase Structural Parity
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Measured by policy and regulatory outcomes in the following areas:
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Resource adequacy
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Decarbonization implementation
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Retain and grow customers
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Fair cost and risk allocation
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Federal funding for infrastructure and climate
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Executing on our strategic direction requires a policy framework that supports system reliability and fair allocation of costs to all customers. | |||||||||||||||
| Culture |
Employee Engagement
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Measured by the results from the following two questions in the employee satisfaction survey:
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How happy are you working at PGE?
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I would recommend PGE as a great place to work
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PGE is focused on ensuring employees are engaged in a meaningful way in order to achieve our goals and deliver results. | ||||||||||||||
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Leadership Diversity
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Measured by the total percent of leaders who identify as female and the percent of leaders who identify as black, indigenous and people of color
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PGE values gender, racial and ethnic diversity and believes a diverse employee population will achieve better performance. DEI is part of the fabric of how we operate and serve our communities. | |||||||||||||||
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Supplier Diversity
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Measured by the total percentage of spend with diverse suppliers over total addressable procurement spend
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PGE is committed to increased external outreach as part of our belief in diversity. | |||||||||||||||
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Electric Service Power Quality
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Customer Satisfaction
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Employee Engagement
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Leadership Diversity
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Supplier Diversity
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Our 2022 EPS was $2.60, or 92% of target which resulted in a performance percentage of 73% for the named executive officers.
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Operating performance resulted in a performance percentage of 86% for the named executive officers. Customer Satisfaction, Distribution Reliability performance with respect to SAIDI, and Generation Plant Availability were below target level.
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| Progress on Strategic Initiatives. | Culture. | |||||||
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Results for our strategic goals were close to or above target, resulting in an overall performance percentage of 108%. Highlights of our progress toward our 2022 strategic goals are included below.
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Employee Engagement and leadership diversity were close to target and supplier diversity was just below threshold, resulting in an overall performance percentage of 98%.
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Increase Operational Efficiency
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Deliver Clean, Integrated Customer Solutions
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Increase Structural Parity "public support and policy"
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Overall safety incidents (recordables and injuries) decreased by 9%.
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Invested over $800 million in capital, including accruals, for system hardening and resiliency infrastructure, designed for transmission, distribution and grid modernization.
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Outstanding third quarter performance by thermal fleet, increased plant reliability during capacity constraints resulting in plant availability of 95.7% for that quarter.
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Submitted approximately $478 million in Department of Energy federal grant applications to maximize allocation of available climate and infrastructure funding on behalf of customers.
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Achieved a reduction of 1.3 million customer outage minutes during a year of record-breaking heat and peak winter usage.
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Advanced our Virtual Power Plant and lowered costs by successfully scheduling available demand response into the CAISO Energy Imbalance Market.
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Top quartile system reliability according to Edison Electric Institute (EEI).
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Served 39% of customer load from specified non-emitting energy sources.
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Acquired 311 megawatts of energy from the Clearwater Wind project, a 775-megawatt wind site in Montana being developed by NextEra Energy Resources, LLC.
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Issued $460 million of debt and executed a $499 million equity forward sale agreement to improve balance sheet metrics, fund system improvements, and accelerate clean energy investment.
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Continued position as no. #1 ranked renewable power program in the United States with more than 233,000 customers participating.
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Launched an income-qualified customer program that provides a 15-25% discount on energy use.
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Deployed a public, web-based, interactive tool that helps people understand the costs and savings of electric vehicles.
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Settled PGE's first FERC Transmission Rate Case since 2001, with a settled revenue requirement of $81 million, representing 89% of filed value.
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Oregon Public Utilities Commission General Rate Case order received with prices effective May 9th.
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Key leadership in formation and launch of Western Power Pool regional resource adequacy program, preliminary commitment to a 2025 binding season.
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Integrated into the Western Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) to enhance reliability and optimize resources.
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Filed Distribution System Plan Part Two with Oregon Public Utilities Commission, including accelerated deployment of Distributed Energy Resources.
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| Metrics |
Threshold
50% Payout |
Target
100% Payout |
Maximum
200% Payout |
Actual |
Calculated
Performance % |
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| Financial Goal | 72.91% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| EPS | $2.41 | $2.83 | $3.25 | $2.60 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Operating Goals | 85.87% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Generation Plant Availability | 83.94% | 87.07% | 89.43% | 86.27% | |||||||||||||||||||
| Customer Satisfaction | 51.00% | 58.00% | 64.00% | 56.19% | |||||||||||||||||||
| Electric Service Power Quality and System Reliability | 134.00 | 108.00 | 89.00 | 116.68 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Strategic Initiatives
(1)
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2.16 | 108.00% | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Increase Operational Efficiency | "1" rating | "2" rating | "4" rating | 2.25 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Deliver Clean, Integrated Solutions | "1" rating | "2" rating | "4" rating | 1.83 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Public Support and Policy | "1" rating | "2" rating | "4" rating | 2.40 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Culture | 97.69% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Employee Engagement | 70 | 75 | 80 | 73.00 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Leadership Diversity Women | 30% | 34% | 39% | 33.24% | |||||||||||||||||||
| Leadership Diversity BIPOC | 19% | 23% | 25% | 25.89% | |||||||||||||||||||
| Supplier Diversity | 12% | 15% | 16% | 14.13% | |||||||||||||||||||
| Name |
Financial
Performance % |
Operating
Performance % |
Strategic Imperative Performance % | Culture Performance % |
Award Payout
($) |
Award
Payout (% of Target) |
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| Maria Pope | 72.91% | 85.87% | 108.00% | 97.69% | 1,002,781 | 87.40% | ||||||||||||||
| James Ajello | 72.91% | 85.87% | 108.00% | 97.69% | 393,021 | 87.40% | ||||||||||||||
| Angelica Espinosa | 72.91% | 85.87% | 108.00% | 97.69% | 219,797 | 87.40% | ||||||||||||||
| Larry Bekkedahl | 72.91% | 85.87% | 108.00% | 97.69% | 234,289 | 87.40% | ||||||||||||||
| John Kochavatr | 72.91% | 85.87% | 108.00% | 97.69% | 223,268 | 87.40% | ||||||||||||||
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| Our Practice |
Beginning in 2022, a culture metric based on our Guiding Behaviors was incorporated into our annual cash incentive plan. This change was intended to further motivate our executive team to meet high standards driven by our values in addition to strong financial, operations and strategic goals. The metric focuses on workforce engagement and diversity.
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Our 2022 LTI Award program is consistent with our compensation guiding principles
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Compensation Guiding Principle | PSUs | RSUs | ||||||||
| Retention | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| Incentives to achieve specific Company objectives | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Alignment with shareholders | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| Market-competitive pay | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| # of PSUs and RSUs Granted | = |
2022 Base Salary X Award Multiple /
Grant Date Closing Common Stock Price
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| Name | Award Multiple |
Target RSU Value*
($) |
Target PSU Value*
($) |
Total Target LTI Value*
($) |
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| Maria Pope | 3.75 | 1,125,000 | 2,625,000 | 3,750,000 | ||||||||||
| James Ajello | 1.50 | 292,545 | 682,605 | 975,150 | ||||||||||
| Angelica Espinosa | 1.00 | 127,470 | 297,430 | 424,900 | ||||||||||
| Larry Bekkedahl | 1.20 | 162,043 | 378,102 | 540,145 | ||||||||||
| John Kochavatr | 1.00 | 129,000 | 301,000 | 430,000 | ||||||||||
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| Metric | Measurement | Why We Use this Metric | |||||||||
| Return on Equity |
The average of each of three consecutive years’ Accounting ROE as a percentage of Allowed ROE.
•
“Accounting ROE” is defined as annual net income, as shown on the Company’s income statement, divided by the average of the current and prior year’s shareholders’ equity, as shown on the balance sheet.
•
“Allowed ROE” is the return on equity that the OPUC permits the Company to include in the rates it charges its customers.
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Reflects how successful the Company is at generating a return on shareholders' investment. Because the Company’s return on its investment can fluctuate based on OPUC rate case orders, we believe the appropriate measure of our ability to generate earnings on shareholder investments is Accounting ROE as a percentage of Allowed ROE, consistent with SEC reporting. | |||||||||
| EPS Growth | 3-year average of the Company’s EPS growth rate, where EPS growth for a given fiscal year is defined as the percentage change in EPS over the previous fiscal year. | Provides a direct measure of the rate at which the Company has increased its profitability. EPS is a driver of shareholder value creation. | |||||||||
| Clean Energy | Average megawatts of forecasted energy from carbon-free resources, Oregon Renewable Portfolios Standard-qualifying resources, and low-carbon emitting (i.e., > 95% carbon-free) systems of resources added to the Company’s energy supply portfolio during the performance period. | Creates incentive to reduce carbon potential in the Company’s energy supply portfolio in support of Oregon’s greenhouse gas emission reduction goals. | |||||||||
| Relative TSR |
TSR over the 3-year performance period relative to the TSR achieved by a comparison group of companies over the same period.
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The comparison group consists of peer companies approved by the Compensation, Culture and Talent Committee (ALLETE, Alliant Energy, Avista, Black Hills, Evergy, Hawaiian Electric, IDACORP, NorthWestern, OGE Energy, Otter Tail, Pinnacle West Capital and PNM Resources) on December 31, 2022, excluding those that have completed or announced a merger, acquisition, business combination, “going private” transaction or liquidation. Companies that are in bankruptcy will be assigned a negative one TSR.
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TSR measures the change in a Company’s stock price for a given period, plus its dividends (or other earnings paid to investors) over the same period, as a percentage of the stock price at the beginning of the period.
•
To calculate the value of stock at the beginning and end of the period, we use the average daily closing price for the 20-trading day period ending on the measurement date.
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Relative TSR is determined by ranking PGE and the comparison group companies from highest to lowest according to TSR. The percentile performance of PGE relative to the comparison group companies is determined based on this ranking.
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TSR is used as a modifier and is a direct measure of value creation for shareholders.
Use of relative rather than absolute TSR helps ensure that payouts reflect the Company’s relative performance rather than general market conditions. |
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Payout Metric
(1)
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Threshold
(50% Payout) |
Target
(100% Payout) |
Maximum
(167% Payout) |
Metric
Weighting |
Percentage of Target Shares Earned | ||||||||||||
| Return on Equity |
75%
of Allowed ROE |
90%
of Allowed ROE |
100%
of Allowed ROE |
33% | 0% to 55.67% | ||||||||||||
| EPS Growth | 3.0% | 4.0% | 5.0% | 33% | 0% to 55.67% | ||||||||||||
| Clean Energy |
125
(MWa) |
210
(MWa) |
250
(MWa) |
33% | 0% to 55.67% | ||||||||||||
| Payout % Subtotal | 0% to 167% | ||||||||||||||||
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Payout Multiplier Metric
(2)
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(80% multiplier) | (100% multiplier) | (120% multiplier) | ||||||||||||||
| Relative TSR | < 25th Percentile of Peer Companies | 50th Percentile of Peer Companies | > 75th Percentile of Peer Companies |
Payout
Multiplier |
80% to 120% | ||||||||||||
| Total Percentage of Target PSU Award Earned | 0 to 200% | ||||||||||||||||
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| Metric |
Threshold
(50% Payout) |
Target
(100% Payout) |
Maximum
(167% Payout) |
Metric Weight | Actual* | Percentage of Target Award Earned | ||||||||||||||
| Return on Equity |
75%
of Allowed ROE |
90%
of Allowed ROE |
100%
of Allowed ROE |
33% | 84.63% | 27.37% | ||||||||||||||
| EPS Growth** |
4.0%
over prior year |
5.0%
over prior year |
6.0%
over prior year |
33% | 6.31% | 55.67% | ||||||||||||||
| Clean Energy |
70
(MWa)
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120
(MWa)
|
145
(MWa)
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33% | 262 | 55.67% | ||||||||||||||
| Payout % Subtotal: | 138.70% | |||||||||||||||||||
| Payout Multiplier Metric | (80% multiplier) | (100% multiplier) | (120% multiplier) | |||||||||||||||||
| Relative TSR |
< 25th Percentile
of EEI Regulated Index |
50th Percentile
of EEI Regulated Index |
> 75th Percentile
of EEI Regulated Index |
Payout
Multiplier |
17th Percentile | 80.00% | ||||||||||||||
| Total Percentage of Target PSU Award Earned | 110.96% | |||||||||||||||||||
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Number of PSUs Vested
(1)
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Award Payout Value
($)
(2)
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| Maria Pope | 34,043 | 1,668,107 | ||||||
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James Ajello
(3)
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— | — | ||||||
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Angelica Espinosa
(4)
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— | — | ||||||
| Larry Bekkedahl | 3,835 | 187,915 | ||||||
| John Kochavatr | 3,780 | 185,220 | ||||||
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Other Compensation Practices
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Equity grants
•
Payment timing and adjustments
•
Grant policies
•
Stock ownership guidelines and trading policies
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Pay mix
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Performance metrics
•
Performance goals and payout curves
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Payment timing and adjustments
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•
Incentive mix
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Succession planning
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Severance
•
Role of the Board of Directors
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| Executive Level | Stock Ownership Guidelines | ||||
| Chief Executive Officer | 6x base salary | ||||
| Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice Presidents | 3x base salary | ||||
| Vice Presidents | 2x base salary | ||||
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| Name and Principal Position | Year |
Salary
$
(1)
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Bonus
$
(2)
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Stock Awards
$
(3)
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Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation
$
(4)
|
Change in Pension Value and Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Earnings
$
(5)
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All Other Compensation
$
(6)
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Total
$ |
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Maria Pope
President and CEO
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2022 | 1,065,607 | — | 3,882,327 | 1,002,781 | 38,324 | 305,884 | 6,294,923 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 1,025,692 | — | 3,132,499 | 1,114,840 | 49,384 | 85,940 | 5,408,355 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | 971,710 | — | 2,249,979 | — | 167,195 | 121,248 | 3,510,132 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Ajello
Senior Vice President, Finance, CFO, Treasurer & Corporate Compliance Officer
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2022 | 639,517 | — | 1,009,524 | 393,021 | — | 38,006 | 2,080,068 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 542,445 | — | 676,632 | 363,232 | — | 39,969 | 1,622,278 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Angelica Espinosa
Vice President, General Counsel
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2022 | 433,299 | 150,000 | 639,852 | 219,797 | 3,153 | 32,446 | 1,478,547 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Larry Bekkedahl
Senior Vice President, Advanced Energy Delivery
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2022 | 471,795 | 559,157 | 234,289 | 11,105 | 67,472 | 1,343,818 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 420,106 | 416,860 | 267,552 | — | 44,041 | 1,148,559 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | 390,800 | 202,552 | 253,494 | — | — | 92,829 | 939,675 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Kochavatr
Vice President Information Technology and Chief Information Officer
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2022 | 455,188 | — | 545,037 | 223,268 | 5,052 | 71,768 | 1,300,313 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 396,883 | — | 384,296 | 246,652 | — | 45,179 | 1,073,010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | 377,601 | 163,725 | 349,815 | — | — | 72,879 | 964,020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Name |
Maximum 2022 PSU Value
($)
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Maximum Total 2022 Stock Award Value
($)
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| Maria Pope | 5,514,680 | 6,639,667 | ||||||
| James Ajello | 1,434,048 | 1,726,548 | ||||||
| Angelica Espinosa | 624,790 | 952,247 | ||||||
| Larry Bekkedahl | 794,311 | 956,312 | ||||||
| John Kochavatr | 632,264 | 861,168 | ||||||
| Name |
Dividend Equivalent Rights
($)
(1)
|
401(k) Contributions
($)
(2)
|
Contributions to 2005 MDCP
($)
(3)
|
HSA Contributions
($)
(4)
|
Long-Term Disability Insurance
($)
(5)
|
Total
($)
(6)
|
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| Maria Pope | 279,197 | 18,490 | 0 | 1,150 | 7,047 | 305,884 | ||||||||||||||
| James Ajello | 2,689 | 30,816 | — | — | 4,501 | 38,006 | ||||||||||||||
| Angelica Espinosa | 9,065 | 11,659 | 6,839 | 1,950 | 2,933 | 32,446 | ||||||||||||||
| Larry Bekkedahl | 30,599 | 30,656 | 1,925 | 1,150 | 3,142 | 67,472 | ||||||||||||||
| John Kochavatr | 36,936 | 30,694 | 0 | 1,150 | 2,988 | 71,768 | ||||||||||||||
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Estimated Future Payouts Under Non-Equity Incentive Plan Awards
(1)
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Estimated Future Payouts Under Equity Incentive Plan Awards
(2)
|
All Other Stock Awards (Number of Units)
(3)
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Grant Date Fair Value
($)
(4)
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| Name |
Grant Date
|
Threshold
($) |
Target
($)
|
Maximum
($) |
Threshold
(Number of Shares)
|
Target
(Number of Shares)
|
Max (Number of Shares)
|
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| Maria Pope | 2/11/2022 | 573,673 | 1,147,346 | 2,294,692 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2/11/2022 | — | — | — | 20,364 | 50,911 | 101,822 | — | 2,757,340 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2/11/2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21,819 | 1,124,988 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| James Ajello | 2/11/2022 | 224,840 | 449,680 | 899,360 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2/11/2022 | — | — | — | 5,296 | 13,239 | 26,478 | — | 717,024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2/11/2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5,673 | 292,500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Angelica Espinosa | 2/11/2022 | 125,742 | 251,483 | 502,966 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2/11/2022 | — | — | — | 2,307 | 5,768 | 11,536 | — | 312,395 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2/11/2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6,351 | 327,458 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Larry Bekkedahl | 2/11/2022 | 134,032 | 268,064 | 536,128 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2/11/2022 | — | — | — | 2,933 | 7,333 | 14,666 | — | 397,155 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2/11/2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3,142 | 162,002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Kochavatr | 2/11/2022 | 127,728 | 255,455 | 510,910 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2/11/2022 | — | — | — | 2,335 | 5,837 | 11,674 | — | 316,132 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2/11/2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,501 | 128,952 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4/22/2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,882 | 99,953 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Name |
Grant Date
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Number of
Units of Stock That Have Not Vested |
Market Value of Units of Stock That Have Not Vested
($)
(1)
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Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Unearned Units That Have Not Vested
|
Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Market Value of Unearned Units That Have Not Vested
($)
(1)
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| Maria Pope |
02/12/2020
(2)
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10,139 | 496,811 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
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02/17/2021
(3)
|
— | — | 54,245 | 2,658,005 | ||||||||||||||||
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02/17/2021
(4)
|
15,346 | 751,954 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
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2/11/2022
(5)
|
— | — | 52,827 | 2,588,523 | ||||||||||||||||
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2/11/2022
(6)
|
22,640 | 1,109,360 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| James Ajello |
02/17/2021
(3)
|
— | — | 11,717 | 574,133 | |||||||||||||||
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02/17/2021
(4)
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3,315 | 162,435 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
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2/11/2022
(5)
|
— | — | 13,737 | 673,113 | ||||||||||||||||
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2/11/2022
(6)
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5,886 | 288,414 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| Angelica Espinosa |
7/12/2021
(7)
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4,343 | 212,807 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
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2/11/2022
(5)
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— | 5,985 | 293,265 | |||||||||||||||||
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2/11/2022
(6)
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2,565 | 125,685 | — | |||||||||||||||||
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2/11/2022
(8)
|
4,023 | 197,127 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| Larry Bekkedahl |
02/12/2020
(2)
|
1,142 | 55,958 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
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02/17/2021
(3)
|
— | — | 7,217 | 353,633 | ||||||||||||||||
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02/17/2021
(4)
|
2,042 | 100,058 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
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2/11/2022
(5)
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— | — | 7,608 | 372,792 | ||||||||||||||||
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2/11/2022
(6)
|
3,260 | 159,740 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| John Kochavatr |
02/12/2020
(2)
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1,125 | 55,125 | — | — | |||||||||||||||
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02/17/2021
(3)
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— | — | 6,653 | 325,997 | ||||||||||||||||
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02/17/2021
(4)
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1,882 | 92,218 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
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2/11/2022
(5)
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— | — | 6,056 | 296,744 | ||||||||||||||||
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2/11/2022
(6)
|
2,595 | 127,155 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
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| Name |
Number of Shares Acquired on Vesting of Restricted Stock Units
(1)
|
Value Realized on Vesting
($)
(2)
|
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| Maria Pope | 67,549 | 3,476,562 | ||||||
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James Ajello
(3)
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1,629 | 82,639 | ||||||
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Angelica Espinosa
(4)
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4,342 | 212,758 | ||||||
| Larry Bekkedahl | 7,526 | 387,207 | ||||||
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John Kochavatr
(5)
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10,663 | 543,862 | ||||||
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| Name |
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Number of Years Credited Service
|
Present Value of Accumulated Benefit
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| Maria Pope | Pension Plan | 14 | $533,244 | ||||||||
| Monthly Benefit | = |
1.2% of FAE for first 30 years of service
|
+ |
0.5% of FAE in excess of 35-Year Average of Social Security Taxable Wage Base
|
+ |
0.5% of FAE for each year of service over 30 years
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| Name |
Plan
|
Executive Contributions in 2022
($)
(1)
|
Company Contributions in 2022
($)
(2)
|
Aggregate Earnings in 2022
($)
|
Aggregate Balance at 12/31/2022
($)
(3)
|
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| Maria Pope | 2005 MDCP | 73,054 | — | 72,522 | 1,684,226 | ||||||||||||
| James Ajello | 2005 MDCP | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| Angelica Espinosa | 2005 MDCP | 242,949 | 6,839 | 5,873 | 255,661 | ||||||||||||
| Larry Bekkedahl | 2005 MDCP | 144,416 | 1,925 | 20,900 | 526,945 | ||||||||||||
| John Kochavatr | 2005 MDCP | 42,866 | — | 9,532 | 233,140 | ||||||||||||
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| Maria Pope | |||||||||||||||||
| Benefit Plan or Award |
Voluntary Termination
($) |
Involuntary Not for Cause Termination
($) |
Change in Control
($) |
Termination Following Change in Control
($) |
Death or Disability
($) |
||||||||||||
|
Severance Pay Plan
(1)
|
— | 1,539,875 | — | 5,441,459 | — | ||||||||||||
|
PSUs
(2)(3)
|
3,148,740 | 3,148,740 | — | 4,304,993 | 3,148,740 | ||||||||||||
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RSUs
(4)
|
1,196,027 | 1,196,027 | — | 2,236,213 | 1,196,027 | ||||||||||||
|
Annual Cash Incentive Award
(5)
|
1,002,781 | 1,002,781 | — | 1,002,781 | 1,002,781 | ||||||||||||
|
Outplacement Assistance Plan
(6)
|
— | 25,000 | — | 25,000 | — | ||||||||||||
| Total | 5,347,548 | 6,912,423 | — | 13,010,446 | 5,347,548 | ||||||||||||
| James Ajello | |||||||||||||||||
| Benefit Plan or Award |
Voluntary Termination
($) |
Involuntary Not for Cause Termination
($) |
Change in Control
($) |
Termination Following Change in Control
($) |
Death or Disability
($) |
||||||||||||
|
Severance Pay Plan
(1)
|
— | 1,105,199 | — | 2,665,468 | — | ||||||||||||
|
PSUs
(2)(3)
|
1,487,738 | 1,487,738 | — | 1,251,509 | 1,487,738 | ||||||||||||
|
RSUs
(4)
|
429,828 | 429,828 | — | 429,828 | 429,828 | ||||||||||||
|
Annual Cash Incentive Award
(5)
|
— | — | — | — | 393,021 | ||||||||||||
|
Outplacement Assistance Plan
(6)
|
— | 25,000 | — | 25,000 | — | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1,917,566 | 3,047,765 | — | 4,371,805 | 2,310,587 | ||||||||||||
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| Angelica Espinosa | |||||||||||||||||
| Benefit Plan or Award |
Voluntary Termination
($) |
Involuntary Not for Cause Termination
($) |
Change in Control
($) |
Termination Following Change in Control
($) |
Death or Disability
($) |
||||||||||||
|
Severance Pay Plan
(1)
|
— | 706,424 | — | 1,314,575 | — | ||||||||||||
|
PSUs
(2)(3)
|
— | — | — | 292,922 | 115,934 | ||||||||||||
|
RSUs
(4)
|
— | — | — | 514,843 | 240,915 | ||||||||||||
|
Annual Cash Incentive Award
(5)
|
— | — | — | — | 219,797 | ||||||||||||
|
Outplacement Assistance Plan
(6)
|
— | 25,000 | — | 25,000 | — | ||||||||||||
| Total | — | 731,424 | — | 2,147,340 | 576,646 | ||||||||||||
| Larry Bekkedahl | |||||||||||||||||
| Benefit Plan or Award |
Voluntary Termination
($)
|
Involuntary Not for Cause Termination
($) |
Change in Control
($)
|
Termination Following Change in Control
($) |
Death or Disability
($)
|
||||||||||||
|
Severance Pay Plan
(1)
|
— | 470,476 | — | 1,481,097 | — | ||||||||||||
|
PSUs
(2)(3)
|
430,171 | 430,171 | — | 729,169 | 430,171 | ||||||||||||
|
RSUs
(4)
|
153,726 | 153,726 | — | 300,027 | 153,726 | ||||||||||||
|
Annual Cash Incentive Award
(5)
|
234,289 | 234,289 | — | 234,289 | 234,289 | ||||||||||||
|
Outplacement Assistance Plan
(6)
|
— | 25,000 | — | 25,000 | — | ||||||||||||
| Total | 818,186 | 1,313,662 | — | 2,769,582 | 818,186 | ||||||||||||
| John Kochavatr | |||||||||||||||||
| Benefit Plan or Award |
Voluntary Termination
($)
|
Involuntary Not for Cause Termination
($) |
Change in Control
($)
|
Termination Following Change in Control
($) |
Death or Disability
($)
|
||||||||||||
|
Severance Pay Plan
(1)
|
— | 714,584 | — | 1,329,875 | — | ||||||||||||
|
PSUs
(2)(3)
|
— | — | — | 625,338 | 377,986 | ||||||||||||
|
RSUs
(4)
|
— | — | — | 260,435 | 139,114 | ||||||||||||
|
Annual Cash Incentive Award
(5)
|
— | — | — | — | 223,268 | ||||||||||||
|
Outplacement Assistance Plan
(6)
|
— | 25,000 | — | 25,000 | — | ||||||||||||
| Total | — | 739,584 | — | 2,240,648 | 740,368 | ||||||||||||
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| Year | CEO Summary Compensation Table Total $ | CEO Compensation Actually Paid $ | Other NEOs Average Summary Compensation Table Total $ | Other NEOs Average Compensation Actually Paid $ | Value of fixed $100 Initial Investment Based on: | Company Net Income ($ in millions) | Company-Selected Financial Measure (EPS) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Company TSR $ | Peer Group TSR $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
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(1,2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
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(3,4)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
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2020
(5,6)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
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| The financial and non-financial performance measures listed below represent the most important metrics we used to link compensation actually paid for 2022 for our PEO and other named executives (as further described in our Compensation Discussion and Analysis (C&DA). | |||||
| Performance Metrics Selected | Relationship to pay | ||||
|
|
Annual cash incentive plan | ||||
|
|
Long-term incentive plan | ||||
|
|
Long-term incentive plan | ||||
|
|
Long-term incentive plan | ||||
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| Name and Address of Beneficial Owner |
Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned
(1)
|
Percent of Class | ||||||||||||
| 5% or Greater Holders | ||||||||||||||
|
BlackRock, Inc.
(2)
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
|
12,612,188 | 14.1% | ||||||||||||
|
The Vanguard Group
(3)
100 Vanguard Blvd.
Malvern, PA 19355
|
11.546,522 | 11.4% | ||||||||||||
|
Zimmer Partners, LP
(4)
9 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019
|
5,650,000 | 6.3% | ||||||||||||
| Non-Employee Directors and Director Nominees | ||||||||||||||
| Rodney Brown |
31,525
(5)
|
* | ||||||||||||
| Jack Davis |
23,690
(5)(6)
|
* | ||||||||||||
| Dawn Farrell |
11,819
(5)
|
|||||||||||||
| Mark Ganz |
32,201
(5)(7)
|
* | ||||||||||||
| Marie Oh Huber |
9,265
(5)
|
* | ||||||||||||
| Kathryn Jackson |
15,378
(5)(8)
|
* | ||||||||||||
| Michael Lewis |
5,496
(5)
|
* | ||||||||||||
| Michael Millegan |
9,879
(5)
|
* | ||||||||||||
| Lee Pelton |
7,701
(5)
|
* | ||||||||||||
| Patricia Pineda |
2,243
(5)
|
|||||||||||||
| James Torgerson |
10,496
(5)
|
* | ||||||||||||
| Named Executive Officers | ||||||||||||||
| Maria Pope |
153,039
(9)
|
* | ||||||||||||
| James Ajello |
26,445
(10)
|
* | ||||||||||||
| Angelica Espinosa |
16,381
(11)
|
* | ||||||||||||
| Larry Bekkedahl |
21,204
(12)
|
* | ||||||||||||
| John Kochavatr |
18,489
(13)
|
* | ||||||||||||
|
Executive officers and directors as a group (20 persons)
(14)
|
455,172
(14)
|
* | ||||||||||||
|
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Item 3: Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP
Our Audit and Risk Committee is responsible for the selection, appointment, compensation, and oversight of the independent registered public accounting firm retained to audit the Company’s financial statements. The Audit and Risk Committee has appointed Deloitte & Touche LLP (Deloitte) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2023. The Company is asking shareholders to ratify this appointment.
Deloitte is an international accounting firm which provides leadership in public utility accounting matters. Deloitte has served as our independent registered public accounting firm since 2004. Deloitte has unique experience in auditing the financial books and records of regulated utilities.
The Audit and Risk Committee and the Board believe that the retention of Deloitte to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2023 is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders.
Although ratification is not required by law or under our bylaws or other corporate governance documents, the Board is submitting the appointment of Deloitte to our shareholders for ratification because we value our shareholders’ views on this matter and as a matter of good corporate governance. If our shareholders do not ratify the appointment, this will be considered a recommendation to the Board and the Audit and Risk Committee to consider the selection of a different firm. Even if the appointment is ratified, the Audit and Risk Committee may, in its discretion, select a different independent registered public accounting firm at any time during the year if it determines that such a change would be in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders.
Representatives of Deloitte are expected to be present at our 2023 Annual Meeting and will have an opportunity to make a statement, if they so desire, and will be available to respond to appropriate questions.
|
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|
What are you
voting on?
We are asking shareholders to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche as our independent auditor.
|
||||||||||||||
|
"FOR"
The Board of Directors unanimously recommends a vote
"FOR"
the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm.
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|
2021
($) |
2022
($) |
|||||||
|
Audit Fees
(1)
|
1,914,000 | 2,037,000 | ||||||
|
Audit-Related Fees
(2)
|
38,470 | 29,631 | ||||||
|
Tax Fees
(3)
|
16,630 | |||||||
|
All Other Fees
(4)
|
63,895 | 124,895 | ||||||
| Total | 2,032,995 | 2,191,526 | ||||||
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Item 4: Approval of Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan
We are seeking shareholder approval to amend and restate our Stock Incentive Plan. Our continuing ability to offer equity incentive awards is an important part of our compensation program and our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel. The Board has determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders to approve this proposal.
The principal changes that the amendments will make are to :
•
increase the shares reserved for issuance by 1.0 million
•
extend the plan termination date from March 31, 2024 to April 30, 2034
•
remove obsolete Code Section 162(m) provisions
•
clarify the plan administrators's ability to modify outstanding awards, including to accelerate vesting or lapse of restrictions
The amended and restated Stock Incentive Plan also includes other administrative, clarifying and conforming changes.
BACKGROUND
The Portland General Electric Company Stock Incentive Plan was adopted by the Board of Directors (the "Board") effective March 31, 2006, and was most recently amended and restated by the Board's Compensation, Culture, and Talent Committee on February 9, 2023, and approved for submission to shareholders by the Board on February 10, 2023. The Stock Incentive Plan was last approved by our shareholders on April 25, 2018, with a term ending on March 31, 2024. On December 13, 2022, the Oregon Public Utilities Commission approved the issuance of shares under the Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan.
Shareholder approval of the Stock Incentive Plan will have the effect of (and is required for):
•
Adding 1.0 million shares to the plan;
•
authorizing the extension of the term of the plan through April 30, 2034
The initial reserve for the Stock Incentive Plan was 4,687,500 shares of company common stock were originally approved for issuance and, as of December 31, 2022, 579,461 shares of company common stock were subject to outstanding unvested awards and 2,082,469 shares remain available for future issuance. The Board believes that additional shares are necessary to meet the Company's anticipated equity compensation needs. The proposed share increase is expected to last through the term of the Stock Incentive Plan. This is an estimate that anticipates the rate of growth of our hiring, an estimated range of our stock price over time, and other factors, including the number of shares we have available for grant under our Stock Incentive Plan.
|
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|
What are you
voting on?
We are asking shareholders to approve our Stock Incentive Plan, which includes increasing the number of shares available in the plan and extending the termination date.
|
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|
"FOR"
The Board of Directors unanimously recommends a vote
"FOR"
the approval of the Amended and Restated Portland General Electric Company Stock Incentive Plan, as disclosed in this Proxy Statement.
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| Plan Category | Number of shares to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights | Weighted average price of outstanding options, warrants and rights | Number of shares available for future issuance under Stock Incentive Plan | ||||||||
| Equity Compensation plans approved by shareholders |
980,825
(1)
|
N/A |
1,874,316
(2)(3)
|
||||||||
| Equity compensation plans not approved by shareholders | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||||||
| Total |
980,825
(1)
|
N/A |
1,874,316
(2)(3)
|
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| Item 4: Approval of Long-Term Incentive | |||||
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| Name and Position | Number of Option Shares | Number of Stock Unit Shares | ||||||
| Maria Pope, President and CEO | — | 396,527 | ||||||
|
James Ajello, Senior Vice President, Finance, CFO, Treasurer & Corporate Compliance Officer
|
— | 49,173 | ||||||
| Angelica Espinosa, Vice President, General Counsel | — | 20,432 | ||||||
| Larry Bekkedahl, Senior Vice President, Advanced Energy Delivery | — | 55,694 | ||||||
| John Kochavatr, Vice President Information Technology and Chief Information Officer | — | 41,056 | ||||||
| All current executive officers, as a group | — | 687,579 | ||||||
| All current non-employee directors, as a group | — | 161,841 | ||||||
| All current and former non-executive officer employees, former executives and former non-employee directors, as a group | — | 2,431,276 | ||||||
|
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| Term | Section Where Defined | ||||
| Affiliate(s) | 4(c) | ||||
| Awards | 5 | ||||
| Board of Directors | 4(a) | ||||
| Change in Control | 16(b) | ||||
| Code | 4(a) | ||||
| Committee | 4(a) | ||||
| Common Stock | 1 | ||||
| Company | 1 | ||||
| Dividend Equivalent Right | 12(c) | ||||
| Exchange Act | 4(a) | ||||
| Fair Market Value | 8(g) | ||||
| Grant Agreement | 7(a) | ||||
| Incentive Stock Options | 8(a) | ||||
| Incumbent Board | 7(b) | ||||
| Nonqualified Stock Options | 8(a) | ||||
| Parent Corporation | 8(e) | ||||
| Participant | 6 | ||||
| Plan | 1 | ||||
| Restricted Stock Award | 10(a) | ||||
| Stock Appreciation Rights | 9(a) | ||||
| Stock Option | 8(a) | ||||
| Stock Unit | 12(c) | ||||
| Subsidiary Corporation | 8(e) | ||||
| Substitute Award | 11(c) | ||||
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| ACI | annual cash incentive | ||||
| Annual Meeting |
2023 Annual Meeting of shareholders to be held on April 21, 2023
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| BIPOC |
Black, Indigenous and People of Color
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| Board | Portland General Electric Company Board of Directors | ||||
| CEO | Chief Executive Officer | ||||
| CFO | Chief Financial Officer | ||||
| Company | Portland General Electric Company | ||||
| DEI | diversity, equity and inclusion | ||||
| Deloitte | Deloitte & Touche, LLP | ||||
| DERs | dividend equivalent rights | ||||
| EEI | Edison Electric Institute | ||||
| EPS | earnings per diluted share | ||||
| ESG | environmental, social and governance | ||||
| FAE | Final Average Earnings | ||||
| FASB ASC | Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification | ||||
| FERC | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission | ||||
| FW Cook | Frederic W. Cook & Company, Inc. | ||||
| LTI | long-term incentive | ||||
| 2005 MDCP | Portland General Electric Company 2005 Management Deferred Compensation Plan | ||||
| MDCP | Management Deferred Compensation Plan | ||||
| Named executive officers or NEO(s) | the officers or former officers of the Company identified on pages 43-45 of this Proxy Statement | ||||
| NYSE | New York Stock Exchange | ||||
| OPUC | Oregon Public Utility Commission | ||||
| PCAOB | Public Company Accounting Oversight Board | ||||
| Pension Plan | Portland General Electric Company Pension Plan | ||||
| PGE | Portland General Electric Company | ||||
| PSU | performance-vested restricted stock unit | ||||
| ROE | return on equity | ||||
| RSU | time-vested restricted stock unit | ||||
| SAIDI | System Average Interruption Duration Index | ||||
| SARs | Stock Appreciation Rights | ||||
| SEC | Securities and Exchange Commission | ||||
| TSR | total shareholder return | ||||
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Corporate Governance
https://investors.portlandgeneral.com/corporate-governance
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Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
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Amended and Restated Bylaws
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Board of Directors and Corporate Officers
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Committee Charters
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Code of Business Ethics and Conduct
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Code of Ethics for Chief Executive and Senior Financial Officers
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Communications to the Board of Directors
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Corporate Governance Guidelines
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Related Persons Transactions Policy
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Political Engagement Policy
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Sustainability Policy
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Sustainability, Environmental, Social and Governance
https://investors.portlandgeneral.com/esg
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https://portlandgeneral.com/about/who-we-are/diversity-equity-and-inclusion
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| Proposal | Vote Required | ||||
| Election to our Board of Directors of the 10 nominees named in this Proxy Statement | Votes in Favor Exceed Votes Against | ||||
| Advisory vote on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers | Votes in Favor Exceed Votes Against | ||||
| Ratification of appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP | Votes in Favor Exceed Votes Against | ||||
| Approval of the Amended and Restated Portland General Electric Company Stock Incentive Plan | Votes in Favor Exceed Votes Against | ||||
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