Can utilities prevent the extreme power outages Oregon experienced in last week’s ice storm? Maybe, but at a cost Updated Feb 22, 2021; Posted Feb 21, 2021 Downed electrical equipment along S. Gerber Road in Oregon City on Wed., Feb 17, 2021. Snow and ice brought down thousands of power lines over the course of last week's ice storms. The Oregonian Facebook Share Because this is far from the first time. But this power outage was worse. Longer. No restoration information on Portland General Electric’s website. No luck on the phone. More than a week in, no utility trucks on her road in rural Clackamas County.