[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 11 (Thursday, January 18, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E57]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          RECOGNIZING JIM PIRO

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                          HON. EARL BLUMENAUER

                               of oregon

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, January 18, 2018

  Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, today friends, coworkers, and admirers 
of Jim Piro gathered to acknowledge his 37 years of service to Portland 
General Electric and to our community.
   For the last eight years Jim has been president and CEO of Oregon's 
largest public utility. In that role he has worked to help advance that 
utility's efforts to contribute to Oregon's clean energy standards. 
During his tenure, PGE worked to strengthen its portfolio of clean 
energy, and is scheduled to be coal free by 2035. By 2040, half of 
Oregon's electricity will come from renewables and PGE will play a 
significant role in that transition. Jim was one of the first business 
leaders to denounce the Trump Administration's decision to withdraw 
from the Paris climate accord, stressing the importance of national and 
international actions on climate, which are becoming more urgent over 
the last decade. He has provided business and civic leadership that has 
made a difference in the Portland community and beyond. We wish this 
proud Benson High School engineer well as he transitions into this next 
phase.

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