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, 1997, with the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission,  the undersigned
director(s)  of  the  Company  hereby  constitute  and  appoint  Alvin   L.
Alexanderson,  Steven N. Elliott and Joseph E. Feltz, 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 order 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.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned  has hereto set his hand this 20th
day of March, 1998.



                                                  \S\   KEN   L.   HARRISON

                                                    Ken L. Harrison

                               
                         
                         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, 1997, with  the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission, the undersigned
director(s)  of  the  Company  hereby  constitute  and   appoint  Alvin  L.
Alexanderson, Steven N. Elliott and Joseph E. Feltz, 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 order 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.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the undersigned has hereto set his hand this 24th
day of March, 1998.



                                                  \S\   JOSEPH   M.   HIRKO

                                                    Joseph M. Hirko
                              
                         
                         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, 1997, with  the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission, the undersigned
director(s)  of  the  Company  hereby  constitute  and   appoint  Alvin  L.
Alexanderson, Steven N. Elliott and Joseph E. Feltz, 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 order 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.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the undersigned has hereto set his hand this 25th
day of March, 1998.



                                                   \S\   KENNETH   L.   LAY

                                                    Kenneth L. Lay

                              
                         
                         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,  1997,  with  the  Securities  and Exchange Commission, the undersigned
director(s)  of  the  Company  hereby  constitute   and  appoint  Alvin  L.
Alexanderson, Steven N. Elliott and Joseph E. Feltz,  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 order 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.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the undersigned has hereto set his hand this 23rd
day of March, 1998.



                                                 \S\  JAMES V. DERRICK, JR.

                                                    James V. Derrick, Jr.

                               

                         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,  1997,  with  the  Securities  and Exchange Commission, the undersigned
director(s)  of  the  Company  hereby  constitute   and  appoint  Alvin  L.
Alexanderson, Steven N. Elliott and Joseph E. Feltz,  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 order 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.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the undersigned has hereto set his hand this 23rd
day of March, 1998.



                                                 \S\  JEFFREY  K.  SKILLING

                                                    Jeffrey K. Skilling