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1 Portland General Electric Company Legal Department 121 SW Salmon Street Portland, Oregon (503) Facsimile (503) Douglas C. Tingey Assistant General Counsel July 22, 2010 Via Electronic Filing and U.S. Mail Oregon Public Utility Commission Attention: Filing Center 550 Capitol Street NE, #215 PO Box 2148 Salem OR Re: UM 1462 Attention Filing Center: Enclosed for filing in the captioned docket are an original and one copy of: MOTION TO ADMIT TESTIMONY AND EXHIBIT (WITH AFFIDAVITS AND EXHIBIT) This is being filed by electronic mail with the Filing Center. An extra copy of the cover letter is enclosed. Please date stamp the extra copy and return to me in the envelope provided. Thank yon in advance for yonr assistance. DCT:cbm Enclosures cc: UM 1462 Service List Sincerely, /)!~ DOUGLAS C. TINGEY Assistant General Counsel

2 BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF OREGON UM1462 In the Matter Portland General Electric Company Application for Deferred Accounting MOTION TO ADMIT TESTIMONY for 2010 Pension Expense AND EXHIBIT Portland General Electric Company moves that the following pre-filed testimony and exhibits be admitted into the record of this proceeding: PGEIlOO-lOl Gene Lackershire Patrick lj O~O" Gene Lackershire Patrick The affidavits of the above persons attesting to the truth and accuracy of the testimony and exhibits are attached. Original affidavits are being filed with this motion. PGE also moves that PGE's Response to Staff Data Request 008 be admitted into the record as "PGE Exhibit 300." The other parties to this docket have stipulated to the admission of this exhibit. The document is being filed with this motion. DATED this 22 nd day of July, Respectfully submitted, 0 \ r4ki f!iijf.;jsb No Assistant General Counsel Portland General Electric Company 121 SW Salmon Street, 1WTC1301 Portland, Oregon (503) phone (503) fax doug.tingey@pgn.com PAGE 1 - MOTION TO ADMIT TESTIMONY AND EXHIBIT

3 BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF OREGON UM 1462 In the Matter Portland General Electric Company Application for Deferred Accounting AFFIDAVIT OF PATRICK HAGER for 2010 Pension Expense I, Patrick Hager, being first duly sworn on oath, depose and say: 1. My full name is Patrick Hager. I am Manager of Regulatory Affairs of Portland General Electric ("PGE"). 2. I filed testimony and associated exhibits (PGE/IOO-101 and PGEI200) on behalf of PGE in this matter. 3. To the best of my knowledge, my pre-filed testimony and exhibits are true and accurate. If I were asked the same questions today, my answers would be the same. SIGNED this ~ '»-day of July, SUBSCRffiED AND SWORN to before me this OI/s'-day of July, N~O~/M/'f My Commission Expires: _-/..~:.t..:--l PAGE 1-AFFIDAVIT OF PATRICK HAGER

4 BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF OREGON UM1462 In the Matter Portland General Electric Company Application for Deferred Accounting for 2010 Pension Expense AFFIDAVIT OF GENE LACKERSHIRE I, Gene Lackershire, being first duly sworn on oath, depose and say: 1. My full name is Gene Lackershire. I am Senior Finance Analyst in the Corporate Finance Department of Portland General Electric ("PGE"). 2. I filed testimony and associated exhibits (PGEIl 00-1 Oland PGE/200) on behalf of PGE in this matter. 3. To the best of my knowledge, my pre-filed testimony and exhibits are true and accurate. If I were asked the same questions today, my answers would be the same. SIGNED this ~ day of July, ~ll GENE LAKERSlIIRE SUBSCRllED AND SWORN to before me this bay of July, ~w ~tary Public for Oregon / / My Commission Expires: ---'~f-/.!...11'-i7 (e..: //...11'-- PAGE 1- AFFIDAVIT OF GENE LACKERSHIRE

5 UM 1462 Deferred Accounting of 2010 Pension Expense Exhibit 300 PGE Response to Staff Data Request 008

6 May 20, 2010 TO: FROM: Vikie Bailey-Goggins Oregon Public Utility Commission Patrick G. Hager Manager, Regulatory Affairs PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC UM1462 PGE Response to OPUC Data Request Dated May 6, 2010 Question No. 008 Request: What was PGE's actual FAS 87 Net Periodic Pension Cost (Income) for 2009? Response: PGE's FAS 87 Net Periodic Pension Cost for 2009 was $353,140 as estimated at the beginning of the year in accordance with financial accounting standards. Deviations in actuals from expected market return, discount rates, and/or changes in assumptions are amortized over a period of years through the' Amortization of Actuarial Gains and Losses' component of FAS 87 Net Periodic Pension Expense beginning a year after the actual results. Below is an overview of the components of pension expense. Service Cost Interest Cost Expected Return on Assets Amortization of Prior Service Cost Amortization of Net (Gain)!Loss Net Expense *2009 Dollars in OOOs + $ + $ - $ +/- $ +/- $ $ 2009* $11,311 $31,181 ($43,240) $690 Hll $353 Service Cost - The actuarial present value of benefits earned by active employees during the year.

7 PGE Response to OPUC Data Request No. 008 May 20, 2010 Page 2 Interest Cost - The financing element of expense equal to the increase in the pension obligation due to the passage of time. Expected Return on Assets - Expected annual earnings on the trust assets net of contributions and benefit payments. Amortization of Prior Service Cost - Amortization of the cost of plan amendments that grant benefits based on services rendered in prior periods. Amortization of Net (Gain)/Loss - Amortization of the change in the amount of either the pension obligation or plan assets resulting from experience different than assumed and changes in assumptions. PGE is also subject to the Pension Protection Act (PPA), which was signed into law in August The PPA creates funding percentage requirements for private industry culminating in a requirement of greater than, or equal to, 100% beginning in In the interim, funding percentage requirements escalate 2% annually beginning at 90% in This requirement will likely result in cash contributions in excess of PGE's pension expense for the next several years. g:\ratecase\opuc\dockets\um H 1462 (pension deferral )\dr ~in \opuc_pge\finals\dr_ 008.doc

8 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that I have this day caused MOTION TO ADMIT TESTIMONY AND EXHIBIT (WITH AFFIDAVITS AND EXHIBIT) to be served by electronic mail to those parties whose addresses appear on the attached service list and by method specified, postage prepaid and properly addressed, to those parties on the attached service list who have not waived paper service from OPUCDocket No. UM Dated at Portland, Oregon, this 22 nd day of July, Assistant General Counsel Portland General Electric Company 121 SW Salmon St., lwtc1301 Portland, OR (503) (telephone) (503) (fax) doug.tingey@pgn.com CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE - PAGE 1

9 SERVICE LlST OPUC DOCKET # UM 1462 Gordon Feighner CITIZENS' UTILITY BOARD OF OREGON gordon@oregoncub.org (*Waived Paper Service) Robert Jenks CITIZENS' UTILITY BOARD OF OREGON bob@oregoncub.org (*Waived Paper Service) G. Catriona McCracken Raymond Myers CITIZENS' UTILITY BOARD OF OREGON CITIZENS' UTILITY BOARD OF OREGON catriona@oregoncub.org ray@oregoncub.org (*Waived Paper Service) (*Waived Paper Service) Irion Sanger S. Bradley Van Cleve DAVISON V AN CLEVE, PC DAVISON V AN CLEVE, PC 333 SW Taylor, Ste SW Taylor, Ste 400 Portland, OR Portland, OR ias@dvcjaw.com mail@dvclaw.com Dustin Ball Stephanie S. Andrus, Assistant Attorney General Oregon Public Utility Commission DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 550 Capitol Street NE, #215 Regulated Utility & Business Section Salem, OR Court St NE dustin.r.ball@state.or.us Salem, OR steqhanie.andrus@state.or.ns CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE - PAGE 2

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