Price Risk Management (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Derivative [Line Items]

Schedule of Derivative Instruments in Statement of Financial Position, Fair Value [Table Text Block]

PGE’s Assets and Liabilities from price risk management activities consist of the following (in millions):

	September 30, 2019		December 31, 2018
Current assets:
Commodity contracts:
Electricity	$	6	$	11
Natural gas	8		7
Total current derivative assets(1)	14		18
Noncurrent assets:
Commodity contracts:
Electricity	1		1
Natural gas	3		1
Total noncurrent derivative assets(1)	4		2
Total derivative assets(2)	$	18	$	20
Current liabilities:
Commodity contracts:
Electricity	$	12	$	16
Natural gas	14		35
Total current derivative liabilities	26		51
Noncurrent liabilities:
Commodity contracts:
Electricity	92		78
Natural gas	8		23
Total noncurrent derivative liabilities	100		101
Total derivative liabilities(2)	$	126	$	152

(1) Total current derivative assets is included in Other current assets, and Total noncurrent derivative assets is included in Other noncurrent assets on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

(2) As of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, no derivative assets or liabilities were designated as hedging instruments.

Schedule of Derivative Instruments [Table Text Block]

PGE’s net volumes related to its Assets and Liabilities from price risk management activities resulting from its derivative transactions, which are expected to deliver or settle at various dates through 2035, were as follows (in millions):

	September 30, 2019			December 31, 2018
Commodity contracts:
Electricity	6		MWhs	5		MWhs
Natural gas	140		Decatherms	123		Decatherms
Foreign currency	$	21	Canadian	$	18	Canadian

Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments [Table Text Block]

Net realized and unrealized losses (gains) on derivative transactions not designated as hedging instruments are classified in Purchased power and fuel in the condensed consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income and were as follows (in millions):

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2019			2018			2019			2018
Commodity contracts:
Electricity	$	36		$	(3	)	$	18		$	(5	)
Natural Gas	(9		)	(3		)	(13		)	11
Foreign currency exchange	—			—			—			1

Net unrealized and certain net realized losses (gains) presented in the table above are offset within the condensed consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income by the effects of regulatory accounting.

Schedule of Price Risk Derivatives [Table Text Block]

Assuming no changes in market prices and interest rates, the following table indicates the year in which the net unrealized loss (gain) recorded as of September 30, 2019 related to PGE’s derivative activities would become realized as a result of the settlement of the underlying derivative instrument (in millions):

	2019			2020		2021		2022		2023		Thereafter		Total
Commodity contracts:
Electricity	$	(3	)	$	11	$	9	$	7	$	7	$	66	$	97
Natural gas	2			5		4		—		—		—		11
Net unrealized loss	$	(1	)	$	16	$	13	$	7	$	7	$	66	$	108

Schedule of Concentration of Risk, by Counterparty [Table Text Block]

Counterparties representing 10% or more of assets and liabilities from price risk management activities were as follows:

	September 30, 2019		December 31, 2018
Assets from price risk management activities:
Counterparty A	35	%	42	%
Counterparty B	—		15
Counterparty C	17		5
Counterparty D	11		9
	63	%	71	%
Liabilities from price risk management activities:
Counterparty E	76	%	56	%