Portland General Electric Co electricity rates

It is the dominant supplier in Oregon, serving 828,857 residential customers, so its pricing effectively sets what the state average looks like. Its 18.19¢ per kilowatt-hour runs 11.8% above the Oregon average of 16.27¢.

Consumption here is below the national norm at 777 kilowatt-hours a month against 871, which softens the effect of the rate on the final bill.

A shareholder-owned company whose rates are set by the state regulator, including an approved return on the capital it has invested. That matters because a bill is not only the cost of generating electricity: it also carries the cost of the network, and who owns that network changes how it is paid for.

In 2024 the average Portland General Electric Co customer went 772 minutes without electricity across 1.27 interruptions. The median across the 941 utilities that report this is 185 minutes.

That is far worse than typical, and figures at this level almost always reflect a major storm season rather than everyday performance. A single hurricane or ice storm can dominate the annual number.

Portland General Electric Co offers time-of-use pricing to residential customers. 23,921 households were enrolled, about 2.9% of its residential base.

These plans are opt-in almost everywhere. They reward households that can move laundry, dishwashing, water heating or electric vehicle charging out of the late-afternoon peak, and they cost more than the standard rate for households that cannot. How to tell which group you are in.

28,437 residential customers had net-metered solar in 2024, totalling 214.2 megawatts. That works out to 34.3 installations per thousand customers, against a median of 8 across the utilities reporting it.

Adoption here is exceptionally high. That usually means some combination of a high retail rate worth displacing, strong sunshine and favourable export rules, and it tends to bring its own regulatory argument about who covers the fixed cost of the network. What exports are actually worth.