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Revolving Credit Facilities (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Line of Credit Facility [Abstract]  
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity $ 700,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
Credit Facilities - $400 million revolver 400,000,000por_CreditFacilities400millionrevolver
Credit Facilities - $300 million revolver 300,000,000por_CreditFacilities300MillionRevolver
Line of Credit Facitlity, Covenant Terms, One Month Term one
Line of Credit Facitlity, Covenant Terms, Two Month Term two
Line of Credit Facitlity, Covenant Terms, Three Month Term three
Line of Credit Facitlity, Covenant Terms, Six Month Term six
Debt Instrument, Covenant Description .65
Ratio of Indebtedness to Net Capital 0.567us-gaap_RatioOfIndebtednessToNetCapital1
Commercial Paper, Maximum Term 270
FERC Authorized Short-term Debt, effective through February 6, 2014 900,000,000por_FercAuthorizedShortTermDebtEffectiveThroughFebruary62014
Short-term Debt 0us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings
Line of Credit Facility, Amount Outstanding 20,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit
Line of Credit Facility, Remaining Borrowing Capacity 680,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity
letter of credit facility 30,000,000por_Letterofcreditfacility
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount $ 56,000,000us-gaap_PledgedFinancialInstrumentsNotSeparatelyReportedSecuritiesForLetterOfCreditFacilities