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The average electric bill in Oregon

Oregon households paid $133.89 a month for electricity in 2025, at 15.46¢ per kilowatt-hour for 866 kWh a month. That is 9% below the national median, and ranks #34 of 51 states, most expensive first.

Monthly bill
$133.89
US median $147.18
Price
15.46¢
per kWh · US 15.39¢
Usage
866
kWh per month
Households
1,889,290
residential accounts

What each Oregon utility charges, most expensive first

Portland General Electric Co charges 18.79¢ per kWh and Clatskanie Peoples Util Dist charges 7.58¢ — 2.5× apart inside one state. You do not usually get to choose between them; your address does.

#UtilityPriceTypical billvs US median
1Portland General Electric CoInvestor Owned · 840,457 homes18.79¢per kWh$141.56753 kWh/mo1.36× dearer
2PacifiCorpInvestor Owned · 552,756 homes15.18¢per kWh$133.04877 kWh/mo1.10× dearer
3City of Eugene - (OR)Municipal · 90,395 homes14.24¢per kWh$124.01871 kWh/mo1.03× dearer
4Coos-Curry Electric Coop, IncCooperative · 15,854 homes13.97¢per kWh$132.78950 kWh/mo1.01× dearer
5Consumers Power, IncCooperative · 18,921 homes13.90¢per kWh$161.331,161 kWh/mo1.00× dearer
6Lane Electric Coop IncCooperative · 12,463 homes13.34¢per kWh$167.921,259 kWh/mo1.04× cheaper
7Surprise Valley ElectrificationCooperative · 1,215 homes13.13¢per kWh$144.261,099 kWh/mo1.05× cheaper
8Tillamook Peoples Utility DistPolitical Subdivision · 20,263 homes12.66¢per kWh$127.601,007 kWh/mo1.09× cheaper
9Idaho Power CoInvestor Owned · 14,179 homes11.91¢per kWh$128.881,082 kWh/mo1.16× cheaper
10Midstate Electric Coop, IncCooperative · 18,875 homes11.85¢per kWh$148.851,256 kWh/mo1.17× cheaper
11Emerald People's Utility DistPolitical Subdivision · 19,946 homes11.54¢per kWh$143.021,239 kWh/mo1.20× cheaper
12Central Lincoln People's Ut DtPolitical Subdivision · 36,113 homes11.39¢per kWh$111.12975 kWh/mo1.22× cheaper
13Oregon Trail El Cons Coop, IncCooperative · 25,995 homes10.97¢per kWh$109.831,001 kWh/mo1.26× cheaper
14Salem Electric - (OR)Cooperative · 18,499 homes10.91¢per kWh$95.36874 kWh/mo1.27× cheaper
15City of Forest GroveMunicipal · 10,484 homes10.70¢per kWh$103.21965 kWh/mo1.29× cheaper
16Central Electric Coop Inc - (OR)Cooperative · 35,385 homes10.49¢per kWh$135.941,296 kWh/mo1.32× cheaper
17Umatilla Electric Coop AssnCooperative · 12,784 homes10.11¢per kWh$120.431,191 kWh/mo1.37× cheaper
18Columbia River Peoples Ut DistPolitical Subdivision · 16,430 homes9.75¢per kWh$113.081,160 kWh/mo1.42× cheaper
19City of Springfield - (OR)Municipal · 30,212 homes8.39¢per kWh$85.481,019 kWh/mo1.65× cheaper
20Northern Wasco County PUD - (OR)Political Subdivision · 9,773 homes7.86¢per kWh$95.301,212 kWh/mo1.76× cheaper
21City of McMinnville - (OR)Municipal · 17,666 homes7.82¢per kWh$75.81970 kWh/mo1.77× cheaper
22Clatskanie Peoples Util DistPolitical Subdivision · 3,774 homes7.58¢per kWh$112.611,487 kWh/mo1.83× cheaper

Price is residential revenue divided by residential kilowatt-hours sold, for bundled service only. Typical bill is that utility’s residential revenue spread over its residential accounts and twelve months, not a quoted tariff. The median priced utility charges 13.84¢ per kWh.

Price is only half of it

The median Oregon utility also leaves customers without power for 3.8 hours a year. A cheap utility that is out for two days a year is not obviously a bargain. See Oregon utilities ranked by outage time, or the utilities that charge the most and deliver the least.

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