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style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">May 8, 2009</span></span></p>
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style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">PGE STARTS
IMPLEMENTING UNFAIR, CUMBERSOME
REFUND OF $33.1 MILLION IN UNLAWFUL PROFITS ON
DEAD TROJAN NUCLEAR PLANT</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 0.217485in;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Portland
General Electric Co. (PGE) has begun sending to customers notices, in
their monthly billings, about the refund of $33.1 million in unlawful
profits on the
Trojan nuclear power plant obtained through 15 years of litigation by
the Utility
Reform Project and other clients represented by attorneys Dan Meek and
Linda
Williams.</span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 0.217485in;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">"This
is only a small fraction of the appropriate refund on Trojan profits,
after the
plant permanently closed in 1993," said Meek. "PGE rightfully owes
ratepayers at
least 10 times more than this amount, and we are continuing the
litigation before
the Oregon Public Utility Commission and in the courts to get back the
correct
amount for ratepayers."</span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 0.217485in;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">This
case has been before the Oregon Public Utility Commission and the
courts
since 1993. It has been the subject of numerous decisions by the Oregon
Supreme Court and Oregon Court of Appeals.</span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 0.217485in;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">"PGE
is implementing a highly unfair and cumbersome refund technique, over
our
objections," said Linda Williams. "Instead of just crediting the refund
to the
customer's bill, PGE is requiring that each customer fill out a new
form and send it
back to PGE. There is no reason to do that, and it will only result in
higher
administrative costs and fewer customers receiving refunds."</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span
style="font-family: 'BankGothic Md BT',sans-serif;"><span
style="font-size: 19pt;">Utility Reform Project</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.utilityreform.org">www.utilityreform.org</a></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Daniel Meek, attorney</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;">10949 S.W. 4th Avenue</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Portland, OR 97219</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;">(503) 293-9021 <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:dan@meek.net">dan@meek.net</a></span></p>
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