POWER OF ATTORNEY
                    PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY



     KNOW  ALL  MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that in connection with the filing
by the Company of  its  Annual  Report  on  Form  10-K for the year ended
December  31,  1999,  with  the Securities and Exchange  Commission,  the
undersigned director(s) of the  Company  hereby  constitute  and  appoint
Alvin  L.  Alexanderson  and  Mary  K. Turina, and each of them with full
power (any one of them acting alone),  as  true  and lawful attorneys-in-
fact and agents, for and on behalf and in the name,  place,  and stead of
the  undersigned, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute,  and  file
such Annual  Report  on  Form  10-K,  together  with  all  amendments  or
supplements thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents required
to  be filed with respect thereto with any regulatory authority, granting
unto  each  above-mentioned individual the full power and authority to do
and perform each  and  every act and action requisite and necessary to be
done in and about the premises  in  or to effectuate the same as fully to
all  intents  and  purposes  as the undersigned  might  or  could  do  if
personally  present,  hereby  ratifying   and  confirming  all  the  said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

Effective as of February 28, 2000.



_/S/ JAMES V. DERRICK, JR. ______  _/S/ PEGGY Y. FOWLER_____________
James V. Der