BOARDMAN — The Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council is holding public meetings Thursday and Friday, May 30 and 31, in Boardman on big energy projects in Eastern Oregon. The meetings
Operator
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Portland General Electric Company s Fourth Quarter 2020 Earnings Results Conference Call. Today is Friday, February 19, 2021. This call is being recorded and as such, all lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise.
After the speakers remarks, there will a question-and-answer period. [Operator Instructions] For opening remarks, I will turn the conference call over to Portland General Electric s Senior Director of Investor Relations, Jardon Jaramillo. You please go ahead, sir.
Jardon Jaramillo
Senior Director, Investor Relations, Treasury, and Risk Management
Thank you, Shelon. Good morning, everyone. I am pleased that you are able to join us today. Before we begin this morning, I d like to remind you that we have prepared a presentation to supplement our discussion, which we will be referencing throughout the call. The slides are available on our website at investors.portlandgeneral.com.
UMATILLA COUNTY â Historically, when the East Oregonian has compiled top-10 stories of the year lists, it has polled the staff on the top stories and compiled the list based on those results. When we went down that path, it was apparent that the voting was for stories two through 10, because there is no question what the yearâs top story would be â the COVID-19 pandemic.
That left stories like the February flooding that ravaged Umatilla County, summer protests in Hermiston and Pendleton, the sudden death of a Pendleton city councilor and the permanent closure of the Boardman Generating Station competing for space with COVID-19 stories on the list.
The first phase of the Wheatridge Renewable Energy Facility in Morrow County is now operational.
The commercial power generation project, a joint venture between Portland General Electric Company and a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, came online Dec. 8. According to a news release from PGE, the facility is âone of the first large-scale energy facilities in the United States to combine wind, solar and battery storage resources at a single location.â
A 300-megawatt wind farm with 120 turbines was the first phase of the project and is now generating power. The 50-megawatt solar farm and 30-megawatt battery storage are expected to be operational in 2021.
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