PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC CO OR
For the period ended Dec 31, 2024. Filed Mar 5, 2025.
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Dec 31, 2024 · Filed Mar 5, 2025
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Proxy Statement Summary
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Proxy Statement Summary
This summary highlights selected information to assist you in your review of this Proxy Statement. It does not contain all of the information you should consider, and you should read the entire Proxy Statement carefully before voting. Information regarding our performance is available in our 2024 Annual Report, which accompanies this Proxy Statement and is available on our website at https://investors.portlandgeneral.com/financial-information/annual-reports. For additional information about the Annual Meeting and voting, please see the Questions and Answers section. This Proxy Statement and the accompanying form of proxy card or voting instruction form are first being made available to shareholders on or about March 5, 2025. All website references in our proxy materials are inactive textual references, and the information on, or that can be accessed through, such websites does not constitute a part of these materials.
SHAREHOLDER VOTING MATTERS
| Item One | Board Recommendation | For More Information |
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| Election to our Board of Directors of the 9 Nominees named in the Proxy Statement | FOR Each Director | Page 15 |
| The Board, acting upon the recommendation of the Nominating, Governance and Sustainability Committee, has nominated each of the 9 directors for election to our Board. | ||
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| James Torgerson | Kathryn Jackson, PhD | John O'Leary |
| Dawn Farrell | Michael Lewis | Patricia Salas Pineda |
| Marie Oh Huber | Michael Millegan | Maria Pope |
| •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 that we serve.•Shareholders are being asked to elect each director to serve until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. | ||
| Top Skills and Backgroundsof Board Members | Independent Directorson Board | Women/Ethnically DiverseBoard Members |
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| Item Two | Board Recommendation | For More Information |
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| Advisory vote to approve the compensation of our named executive officers | FOR | Page 38 |
| •Our executive compensation program is described in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section of the Proxy Statement.•The Compensation, Culture and Talent Committee and the Board believe our executive compensation structure is competitive, rewards performance and aligns compensation with shareholder value and serves stakeholders well.•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. | ||
Compensation Best Practices
| What We Do | What We Do Not Do | ||||
| ü | Meaningful stock ownership guidelines | û | No long-term employment contracts | ||
| ü | Appropriate compensation peer group | û | No excise tax gross-ups on change in control payments | ||
| ü | Annual compensation program risk assessment | û | No significant perquisites to executive officers other than relocation support for newly hired officers | ||
| ü | Robust incentive compensation clawback policy in the event of financial misstatements and in the event of misconduct | û | No short sales, transactions in derivatives, hedging or pledging of Company securities by directors or executive officers | ||
| ü | Independent compensation consultant that performs no services for the Company other than services for the Compensation, Culture and Talent Committee | û | No single-trigger change in control payouts | ||
| û | No dividends on unvested equity | ||||
| ü | Incentive award payouts are based on a balanced mix of short-term and long-term Company performance | ||||
| ü | Double-trigger change in control provisions for equity award vesting | ||||
| ü | Significant performance-based compensation aligned with strategy | ||||
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Pay for Performance
2024 Target Direct Compensation for Chief Executive Officer
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2024 Target Direct Compensation for Named Executive Officers other than the CEO
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| Item Three | Board Recommendation | For More Information |
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| Ratification of the appointment of independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2025 | FOR | Page 86 |
| •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 2025.•The Audit and Risk Committee and the Board believe the continued retention of Deloitte is in the best interest of PGE and its shareholders. | ||
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
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. 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 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K, available on our website at https://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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