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A community effort to stop PGE's construction of new 100' high voltage lines along Stafford Road
Destruction has started as of February 26. If you were ever going to call your representatives, NOW is the time. See below.
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February 26, 2026
SAVE STAFFORD ROAD UPDATE 2/26/2026
As many of you by now have noticed, PGE upon being granted a Conditional Use permit by Clackamas County has already started tree removal and installation of high voltage power poles on the section of Stafford Road at Rosemont to Johnson Road. Our organization has fought this project with both
the county and the Oregon PUC and after 2 1⁄2 years the destruction has begun even though we have filed an appeal with the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA). This appeal will be ruled on by March 19th but there is a rule that allows PGE to start construction at their own risk while appeals are being considered. Our homeowners have inundated the Clackamas Board of Commissioners with letters of opposition and we now have at least a couple board members who feel as one said that PGE pulled a “Bait and Switch”. Of course we have been trying for the past 2 plus years to get anyone to pay attention to the devastation these industrial type poles and removal of hundreds of trees would create. And now
they see it with their own eyes. Our only last gasp opportunity to possibly stall further destruction is for a mass communication effort to the County Board, Planning Department and local political representatives voicing your opinions. I am providing a list of names and email addresses and please if you are concerned about PGE’s rampant destruction of our neighborhood and the many more they have currently planned, please take a few moments and send notes to all of the listed individuals below.
Thanks - Ed Wagner and Kelly Bartholomew - Save Stafford Road
Board Commissioners:
Craig Roberts, Diana Helm, Ben West, Marth Schrader, Paul Savas
Email: bcc@clackamas.us
Jennifer Hughes: County Planning Director
Email: jenniferh@clackamas.us
Jules Waters: Legislative Rep
Email: rep.juleswaters@oregonlegislature.gov
Rob Wagner: State Senate President - Lake Oswego
Email: sen.robwagner@oregonlegislature.gov
Joe Buck: Mayor Lake Oswego
Email: jbuck@lakeoswego.city
115kV power lines? PGE, we need answers!
115kV power lines? PGE, we need answers!
PGE is planning to construct a new 115kV high voltage power line from the Rosemont substation along Stafford Road to the new Tonquin substation (Rosemont-Wilsonville line). Their projected February 2024 date to break ground has been pushed back to 2025 due to our community's continuing efforts, but we will fight back until the project is moved or cancelled. The poles will be 100 feet tall and many trees will have to be removed or butchered in order for this plan to go forward. We, the community members of the Stafford Road area, are deeply opposed to this plan and are organizing our resources to fight the current plan and help find an alternative. We refuse to accept that the best way to provide power to a growing area is with outdated, hazardous technology.
Your neighbors need YOU:
Your neighbors need YOU:
PGE has only notified people with poles on their property. Many of your neighbors don't even know this is happening. Tell them!!!
Contact Representatives
Contact Representatives
Right now, our goal is to slow this down and get some answers. Please write to or call your elected representatives to make sure PGE is being held accountable to the public!
Fire Mitigation
Fire Mitigation
Overhead lines break in storms. Storms are getting more frequent. One broken high voltage line can ignite the whole hill and we won't be able to put it out. We need a comprehensive fire mitigation plan.
Line burial and alternate routes
Line burial and alternate routes
Re-routing the lines along I-205 and I-5 is a mere half mile longer. Burying lines is by PGE's own admission the way of the future. We are gathering facts daily and need expert (non-PGE) input. Please help with the research effort.
Our protected wildlife
Our protected wildlife
Many neighbors have nesting bald eagles and peregrine falcons, along with many other species that will be directly impacted by the proposed lines.
Check back often for updates, including our next neighborhood meeting dates.
We hope to have lots more information in the coming days and weeks. The earliest we've heard that any neighbor was contacted by PGE was in May 2023, and many of us didn't find out until August 2023. Much more to come (and please contact us via email!).
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