Retirees have Stories to tell.
Whenever retirees get together, the conversation usually gets around to sharing some stories about a major event or a specific PGE facility: Columbus Day Storm, Floods of 96, Trojan, Clackamas Hydros, Starlight Parade, old headquarters building, etc. These are a part of history that doesn’t get stored in a museum, doesn’t get passed on to the next generation of employees at PGE, never gets written down; these verbal stories are often lost as we and our memories fade away.
This section of the website is a place for retirees to tell their stories in writing, with pictures too if possible, so that our memories and stories can be read by others who may be interested to learn about areas and events of the PGE company they never knew.
Tell Us Your Story
If you would like to share a story with other retirees, we would love to help you.
Send an email to PGERetirees@gmail.com the the subject line I HAVE A STORY TO TELL and someone from the communications committee will contact you to listen and help publish the story on this website.
Retiree Golf at Rose City Golf Club September 8 2025
PGE retirees have many stories to tell. Some are past history and some are current. There are work, fun, adventure, volunteering stories, and some not described here. These are some stories and pictures already submitted by our members (send more stories please).
2025 Annual PGE Retirees, Alumni, and Friends Picnic
PGE retirees have worked through major disasters, whether floods, fires, quakes, wind and of course ICE. These events affected generation, transmission, distribution, or customer operations.
2025 PGE Meter Reader Picnic
PGE retirees have worked through major disasters, whether floods, fires, quakes, wind and of course ICE. These events affected generation, transmission, distribution, or customer operations.
Former PGE Employee, Emmett Wheatfall, Publishes a New Book of Poetry
PGE retirees have worked through major disasters, whether floods, fires, quakes, wind and of course ICE. These events affected generation, transmission, distribution, or customer operations.
2025 Net Results Event for PGE Retirees, Alumni, and Friends
PGE retirees have worked through major disasters, whether floods, fires, quakes, wind and of course ICE. These events affected generation, transmission, distribution, or customer operations.
Doug Plambeck Remembered for Lifetime Volunteer Effort
Doug Plambeck Remembered for Lifetime Volunteer Effort Plambeck Gardens Affordable Housing Opens in Tualatin Project Honors the Late Doug Plambeck, Longtime Housing Advocate & Community Leader. KGW News Feature on the Opening - LINK Carol Drummond Maresh reports, “Many of us remember Doug Plambeck from Internal Audit. What you may not know is how passionate
2024 Annual Holiday Luncheon – Another Rousing Success
PGE retirees have worked through major disasters, whether floods, fires, quakes, wind and of course ICE. These events affected generation, transmission, distribution, or customer operations.
Retiree Kimberly Hamling’s generous act of love
PGE retirees have worked through major disasters, whether floods, fires, quakes, wind and of course ICE. These events affected generation, transmission, distribution, or customer operations.
2024 Annual PGE Retirees, Alumni, and Friends Picnic
PGE retirees have worked through major disasters, whether floods, fires, quakes, wind and of course ICE. These events affected generation, transmission, distribution, or customer operations.
PGE Meter Reader Picnic 8/7/2024
PGE retirees have worked through major disasters, whether floods, fires, quakes, wind and of course ICE. These events affected generation, transmission, distribution, or customer operations.
2024 Annual PGE Board Retreat
PGE retirees have worked through major disasters, whether floods, fires, quakes, wind and of course ICE. These events affected generation, transmission, distribution, or customer operations.
How we met our Italian cousins submitted by Jay Tinker June 2024
In 2007, we (myself, my wife Kristin and her parents, fellow retirees Mike and Patti Lama) traveled to Italy for the first time. Like most first-time visitors we wanted to see the ancient sites in Rome, the artistic bounty of Florence and the canals in Venice. But we also had a modest plan to