Oregon Investment Council, Tigard, which runs the $63 billion Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Salem committed $100 million to Reservoir Capital Group's Reservoir Resource Partners, said James Sinks, spokesman.
The manager is raising a $1.5 billion fund to invest in natural resources and additional power generation opportunities, according to materials on the council's website. The Oregon Investment Council invested $50 million in Reservoir's hedge fund seeding strategy in February 2012.