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Pacific Power rates and bills in Oregon

Pacific Power's 552,756 residential customers in Oregon paid an average of 15.18¢ per kWh in 2025, for an average bill of $133.04 a month on 877 kWh.1 Over the last 12 months (Sep 2025–Aug 2026) the average was 14.85¢, and 14.70¢ in August 2026.2

EIA-861 2025 final (released October 7, 2026) and EIA's monthly utility survey through August 2026 (preliminary); next monthly update expected November 24, 2026. Averages are revenue divided by kWh, all charges included: not the rate printed in a tariff.

25 of 36 Oregon counties served (EIA-861 2025)

Pacific Power's Oregon homes paid an average of 15.18¢ per kWh in 2025, 8.3%1 more than in 2024 and the highest of PacifiCorp's four state utilities. EIA's monthly survey points the other way since: 14.85¢ per kWh over the 12 months September 2025 to August 2026, with the latest month −5.1%2 on a year earlier (preliminary).

What Pacific Power customers pay per kWh, by period

Pacific Power is the Oregon arm of PacifiCorp, an investor-owned utility. Its lines served 552,756 homes in 2025, 30.3%1 of Oregon's residential customers and second only to Portland General Electric. The answer to "how much per kWh" depends on the period:

  • calendar 2025 (EIA-861, final): 15.18¢ per kWh1;
  • the 12 months September 2025 to August 2026 (EIA-861M, 2026 months preliminary): 14.85¢ per kWh;
  • August 20263 alone (preliminary): 14.70¢ per kWh2.

All three are average revenue per kWh: what residential customers paid in total, divided by the kWh they used. The monthly basic charge and the adjustment riders are spread across every kWh, and most taxes are left out. That makes the figure higher than the per-kWh energy charge in the tariff, and different from what any one household pays: a small user pays more per kWh than the average, a large user less.

In 2025, Pacific Power's average was the 2nd highest of the 19 Oregon utilities with 10,000 or more residential customers, yet 1.8% below the Oregon average, because Portland General Electric's much larger customer base weighs on the state figure. Nationally it sat in the middle: 87th highest of 177 among large utilities, close to their median of 15.07¢ per kWh, and 14.6% below the national average for investor-owned utilities1.

Bills: January is the expensive month

The average residential bill was $133.04 a month in 2025, for 877 kWh1. Over September 2025 to August 2026 it averaged $126.04 on 849 kWh2 a month.

Those averages hide a winter peak. In the same 12 months, use per home ran from 650 kWh in May 2026 to 1,183 kWh in January 2026, and the average bill in those two months from $96.58 to $171.072. Oregon needs little cooling (281 cooling degree days a year in NOAA's 2016–2025 normals, 3rd lowest among the contiguous states) and far more heating (5,3694 heating degree days), so electric heat, not air conditioning, drives the high bills.

Pacific Power: average residential use and bill by month

Source: EIA-861M monthly sales and revenue by utility. kWh per residential customer in each month (EIA-861M; months since January 2026 preliminary). The table adds the average bill and price for the month.

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MonthkWh per customerBill per customer¢/kWh
September 2025701$109.4815.61¢
October 2025772$124.3616.10¢
November 2025909$136.7315.04¢
December 20251,052$154.1814.65¢
January 20261,183$171.0714.47¢
February 2026947$135.0814.27¢
March 2026831$119.2914.36¢
April 2026720$105.8114.70¢
May 2026650$96.5814.86¢
June 2026720$108.5415.08¢
July 2026855$127.0714.86¢
August 2026846$124.3714.70¢

The 2025 increase and a lower 2026 so far

From 2024 to 2025, the residential average rose from 14.02¢ per kWh to 15.18¢ per kWh (+8.3%), faster than Oregon's all-utility average, which rose 5.2%6. Use per home barely changed (883 kWh and 877 kWh a month), so the bill followed the price, from $123.755 to $133.04 (+7.5%1).

EIA's monthly survey of 2026 shows lower averages. The 12-month figure to August 2026, 14.85¢ per kWh, is below the calendar 2025 average, and August 20263 came in at 14.70¢ per kWh, −5.1%2 against August 2025. These months are preliminary and EIA revises them with the final annual survey; the data show the change but not its reason, which lies in the utility's Oregon rate filings.

Pacific Power: residential price each month, Jan 2025 to Aug 2026
Pacific Power: residential price each month, Jan 2025 to Aug 202613¢14¢15¢16¢20252026

Source: EIA-861M monthly sales and revenue by utility; EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state. Residential revenue divided by kWh in each month, as reported to EIA's monthly survey (EIA-861M; months since January 2026 preliminary).

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MonthPacific Power (¢/kWh)kWh per customerBill per customer
January 202514.43¢1,249$180.23
February 202514.80¢1,062$157.23
March 202515.19¢895$135.87
April 202515.07¢729$109.77
May 202515.55¢653$101.46
June 202515.64¢721$112.74
July 202515.40¢892$137.45
August 202515.49¢884$137.02
September 202515.61¢701$109.48
October 202516.10¢772$124.36
November 202515.04¢909$136.73
December 202514.65¢1,052$154.18
January 202614.47¢1,183$171.07
February 202614.27¢947$135.08
March 202614.36¢831$119.29
April 202614.70¢720$105.81
May 202614.86¢650$96.58
June 202615.08¢720$108.54
July 202614.86¢855$127.07
August 202614.70¢846$124.37

Pacific Power's Oregon prices are set by the Oregon Public Utility Commission, which reviews general rate cases and the separate filings that adjust bills during the year. Its docket search is the place to check what has been approved or requested; the guide to electric rate increases explains how those decisions reach a bill.

Southern and central Oregon: Pacific Power and its neighbors

Pacific Power reports customers in 25 Oregon counties, from the coast to the Columbia Gorge and the high desert (Benton County, Clatsop County, Coos County, Crook County, Deschutes County, Douglas County, Gilliam County, Hood River County, Jackson County, Jefferson County, Josephine County, Klamath County and 13 others). The territory is patchy. In 247 of those counties at least one other utility also reports service, and in Jackson County the only other one is the City of Ashland. In Josephine County, Pacific Power is the only distribution utility in EIA's records.

Most of the neighbors are consumer-owned: cooperatives such as Central Electric and Midstate around Deschutes and Klamath counties, Douglas Electric and Coos-Curry on the southern coast, Umatilla Electric in the northeast, and people's utility districts such as Central Lincoln. Each of them averaged less than Pacific Power for residential service in 2025, as did Idaho Power, which shares Wallowa County.

Average residential price, 2025: Pacific Power and utilities in its counties
Umatilla Electric Cooperative Association (OR)10.11¢
Central Electric Cooperative (OR)10.49¢
Central Lincoln People's Ut Dt (OR)11.39¢
Midstate Electric Cooperative (OR)11.85¢
Idaho Power Co (OR)11.91¢
Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative (OR)13.97¢
Pacific Power (OR)15.18¢

Source: EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2025 final. EIA-861 2025 final. Average revenue per kWh is all charges divided by kWh; it is not a tariff rate.

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Utilityaverage residential price (bundled customers)
Umatilla Electric Cooperative Association (OR)10.11¢
Central Electric Cooperative (OR)10.49¢
Central Lincoln People's Ut Dt (OR)11.39¢
Midstate Electric Cooperative (OR)11.85¢
Idaho Power Co (OR)11.91¢
Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative (OR)13.97¢
Pacific Power (OR)15.18¢

Across Oregon, public power utilities averaged 11.39¢ per kWh for homes in 2025 and cooperatives 11.71¢ per kWh, against 17.15¢ per kWh1 for the investor-owned utilities. Federal law gives consumer-owned utilities first claim on the hydropower sold by the Bonneville Power Administration: the Bonneville Project Act tells it to give preference and priority to public bodies and cooperatives.

A household cannot pick between them. The address decides the utility, and boundaries cross towns and counties, so a ZIP code or city name is not enough: each utility's own service map settles a street.

The dearest of PacifiCorp's four states

PacifiCorp has pages here for 4 state utilities, and in 2025 the highest residential average among them was Pacific Power (Oregon)'s, the lowest Rocky Mountain Power (Utah)'s (13.52¢ per kWh). Pacific Power in Washington averaged 14.33¢ per kWh after a 29.3% jump from 2024, and Rocky Mountain Power in Wyoming 15.13¢ per kWh1. One company, four commissions: each state sets its own rates. The PacifiCorp page puts them side by side.

PacifiCorp's state utilities: average monthly residential bill, 2025
Rocky Mountain Power (UT)$100.84
Rocky Mountain Power (WY)$107.47
Pacific Power (OR)$133.04
Pacific Power (WA)$166.84

Source: EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2025 final. EIA-861 2025 final. Average revenue per kWh is all charges divided by kWh; it is not a tariff rate.

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Utilityaverage monthly residential bill
Rocky Mountain Power (UT)$100.84
Rocky Mountain Power (WY)$107.47
Pacific Power (OR)$133.04
Pacific Power (WA)$166.84

Outage minutes: major events dominate

Pacific Power's Oregon customers averaged 385 minutes without power in 2025 counting major events, more than the Oregon average of 256 minutes. Excluding major event days, the figure was 104 minutes, about the Oregon average of 103 minutes: most of the year's outage time fell on a small number of large-event days. Customers had 1.52 interruptions on average (Oregon: 0.938), all measured under IEEE 1366.

Outage minutes per customer, 2025, including major events
City of Eugene (OR)49
Midstate Electric Cooperative (OR)212
Portland General Electric (OR)273
Pacific Power (OR)385
Central Lincoln People's Ut Dt (OR)516

Source: EIA-861 2025, reliability. EIA-861 2025 final. Average revenue per kWh is all charges divided by kWh; it is not a tariff rate.

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Utilityoutage minutes per customer (all events)
City of Eugene (OR)49
Midstate Electric Cooperative (OR)212
Portland General Electric (OR)273
Pacific Power (OR)385
Central Lincoln People's Ut Dt (OR)516

Oregon's investor-owned utilities file wildfire mitigation plans with the commission, which lists Pacific Power's plans and dockets on its wildfire page.

Solar roofs, smart meters and time-of-use

EIA counted 22,848 net-metered residential solar installations on Pacific Power's Oregon system in 2025, with 178.0 megawatts of capacity: 41.3 per 1,000 residential customers, against 32.6 for Oregon and 38.19 nationally. The net metering guide sets out how surplus solar output is valued on a bill.

Advanced meters made up 98.6% of residential meters, but only 1,947 homes (0.4%) were on a time-of-use rate, against 1.4% of Oregon homes and 11.3%9 nationally on time-varying rates. The option's hours and prices are in Pacific Power's Oregon rate schedules; the time-of-use guide shows how such a plan changes a bill.

Businesses and help with bills

In 2025, 73,893 commercial accounts paid an average of 11.08¢ per kWh, with an average bill of $881.69 a month, and 8,938 industrial accounts 10.97¢ per kWh. Over its whole customer base of 635,588 accounts the average was 12.71¢ per kWh1. Nonresidential customers can buy their power from a certified supplier through Oregon's direct access program; homes cannot.

Households struggling with winter bills can apply for energy assistance: Oregon received $40.5 million10 in federal LIHEAP funds for fiscal year 2026. For prices, bills and generation across the state, see electricity in Oregon.

Counties where Pacific Power reports customers in Oregon
Counties where Pacific Power reports customers in OregonBaker County: not served by Pacific PowerBenton County: Pacific Power reports service, with 2 other utilitiesClackamas County: not served by Pacific PowerClatsop County: Pacific Power reports service, with 4 other utilitiesColumbia County: not served by Pacific PowerCoos County: Pacific Power reports service, with 5 other utilitiesCrook County: Pacific Power reports service, with 3 other utilitiesCurry County: not served by Pacific PowerDeschutes County: Pacific Power reports service, with 4 other utilitiesDouglas County: Pacific Power reports service, with 7 other utilitiesGilliam County: Pacific Power reports service, with 3 other utilitiesGrant County: not served by Pacific PowerHarney County: not served by Pacific PowerHood River County: Pacific Power reports service, with 3 other utilitiesJackson County: Pacific Power reports service, with 1 other utilityJefferson County: Pacific Power reports service, with 3 other utilitiesJosephine County: Pacific Power reports service (no other utility reported)Klamath County: Pacific Power reports service, with 2 other utilitiesLake County: Pacific Power reports service, with 4 other utilitiesLane County: Pacific Power reports service, with 10 other utilitiesLincoln County: Pacific Power reports service, with 3 other utilitiesLinn County: Pacific Power reports service, with 4 other utilitiesMalheur County: not served by Pacific PowerMarion County: Pacific Power reports service, with 4 other utilitiesMorrow County: Pacific Power reports service, with 3 other utilitiesMultnomah County: Pacific Power reports service, with 4 other utilitiesPolk County: Pacific Power reports service, with 5 other utilitiesSherman County: Pacific Power reports service, with 3 other utilitiesTillamook County: Pacific Power reports service, with 3 other utilitiesUmatilla County: Pacific Power reports service, with 7 other utilitiesUnion County: not served by Pacific PowerWallowa County: Pacific Power reports service, with 2 other utilitiesWasco County: Pacific Power reports service, with 4 other utilitiesWashington County: not served by Pacific PowerWheeler County: not served by Pacific PowerYamhill County: not served by Pacific Power

Source: EIA-861 2025, service territory; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file, counties. EIA-861 2025 service territory: 25 counties. Counts whole counties even where the utility serves only part of one; check the utility's own service-area map for an address.

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CountyOther utilities reporting service
Benton CountyEmerald People's Utility Dist, Consumers Power
Clatsop CountyTillamook Peoples Utility Dist, West Oregon Electric Cooperative, Clatskanie Peoples Utility District, Bonneville Power Administration
Coos CountyCentral Lincoln People's Ut Dt, Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative, Douglas Electric Cooperative, City of Bandon, Bonneville Power Administration
Crook CountyCentral Electric Cooperative, Harney Electric Cooperative, Bonneville Power Administration
Deschutes CountyCentral Electric Cooperative, Midstate Electric Cooperative, Harney Electric Cooperative, Bonneville Power Administration
Douglas CountyCentral Lincoln People's Ut Dt, Emerald People's Utility Dist, Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative, Douglas Electric Cooperative, City of Drain, Umpqua Indian Utility Cooperative, Bonneville Power Administration
Gilliam CountyWasco Electric Cooperative, Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative, Bonneville Power Administration
Hood River CountyHood River Electric Cooperative, City of Cascade Locks, Bonneville Power Administration
Jackson CountyCity of Ashland
Jefferson CountyCentral Electric Cooperative, Wasco Electric Cooperative, Bonneville Power Administration
Josephine Countynone
Klamath CountyMidstate Electric Cooperative, Bonneville Power Administration
Lake CountyMidstate Electric Cooperative, Harney Electric Cooperative, Surprise Valley Electrification, Bonneville Power Administration
Lane CountyCity of Eugene, Central Lincoln People's Ut Dt, City of Springfield, Emerald People's Utility Dist, Consumers Power, Midstate Electric Cooperative, Lane Electric Cooperative, Douglas Electric Cooperative, Blachly-Lane County Cooperative El Association, Bonneville Power Administration
Lincoln CountyCentral Lincoln People's Ut Dt, Consumers Power, Bonneville Power Administration
Linn CountyCentral Electric Cooperative, Emerald People's Utility Dist, Consumers Power, Bonneville Power Administration
Marion CountyPortland General Electric, Consumers Power, Salem Electric, Bonneville Power Administration
Morrow CountyUmatilla Electric Cooperative Association, Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative, Bonneville Power Administration
Multnomah CountyPortland General Electric, Columbia River Peoples Ut Dist, City of Cascade Locks, Bonneville Power Administration
Polk CountyPortland General Electric, Consumers Power, Salem Electric, City of Monmouth, Bonneville Power Administration
Sherman CountyWasco Electric Cooperative, Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative, Bonneville Power Administration
Tillamook CountyTillamook Peoples Utility Dist, West Oregon Electric Cooperative, Bonneville Power Administration
Umatilla CountyUmatilla Electric Cooperative Association, City of Hermiston, City of Milton-Freewater, Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative, Columbia Power Cooperative Association, Columbia Rural Electric Association, Bonneville Power Administration
Wallowa CountyIdaho Power Co, Clearwater Power Company
Wasco CountyCentral Electric Cooperative, Northern Wasco County PUD, Wasco Electric Cooperative, Bonneville Power Administration

Pacific Power in Oregon: common questions

How much does Pacific Power charge per kWh in Oregon?

Averaged over all residential customers and all charges, 15.18¢ per kWh1 in calendar 2025 and 14.85¢ per kWh2 over the 12 months September 2025 to August 2026 (2026 months preliminary). These are averages of what customers paid, total revenue divided by kWh, not the energy price printed in Pacific Power's Oregon rate schedule, which leaves out the basic charge and several adjustments.

What is the average Pacific Power bill in Oregon?

$133.04 a month in 2025 for 877 kWh1, and $126.04 averaged over September 2025 to August 2026. Winter bills are the largest: in EIA's monthly data the average reached $171.07 in January 2026 and fell to $96.58 in May 20262.

Did Pacific Power raise rates in Oregon in 2026?

EIA's data record what customers paid, not tariff decisions. The residential average for August 20263 was 14.70¢ per kWh, −5.1% against August 2025, and the 12-month average to August 2026 (14.85¢ per kWh2) was below the 2025 figure of 15.18¢ per kWh1; 2026 months are preliminary. Approved and pending rate changes are in the Oregon Public Utility Commission's dockets.

Is Pacific Power the same company as PacifiCorp and Rocky Mountain Power?

Yes. Pacific Power is a brand of PacifiCorp, which also serves homes in Utah, Washington, Wyoming, as Pacific Power in Washington and Rocky Mountain Power in Utah and Wyoming. Each state's commission sets that state's rates, so averages differ: 13.52¢ per kWh in Utah and 14.33¢ per kWh1 in Washington in 2025.

Can I buy electricity from another supplier instead of Pacific Power?

Not as a household. 0.0%1 of Oregon's residential customers bought from a competitive supplier in 2025. Oregon's direct access program is limited to nonresidential customers.

Related pages

Sources

  1. EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2025 final; table Sales_Ult_Cust_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
  2. EIA-861M monthly sales and revenue by utility; table sales_ult_cust_2025 and _2026; released October 23, 2026. www.eia.gov
  3. EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state; table sales_revenue.xlsx (EPM Table 5.6.A); January 2001 to 2026-08; months since January 2026 preliminary; released October 23, 2026. www.eia.gov
  4. NOAA, Climate Prediction Center population-weighted degree days by state; table daily state files, base 65°F; 2016-2025 annual sums; 1981-2010 CPC normals; released November 13, 2026. ftp.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov
  5. EIA-861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 final; table Sales_Ult_Cust_2024; 2024, final (file updated December 3, 2025); released December 3, 2025. www.eia.gov
  6. EIA, Historical state data, annual sales, revenue and customers; table HS861 2010-.xlsx; 2010-2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
  7. EIA-861 2025, service territory; table Service_Territory_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
  8. EIA-861 2025, reliability; table Reliability_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
  9. EIA-861 2025, advanced meters, dynamic pricing and net metering; table Advanced_Meters, Dynamic_Pricing, Net_Metering 2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
  10. HHS, LIHEAP funding releases to states; table FY2027 first release; FY2026 final; FY2027 first release (October 9, 2026); FY2026 total; released October 9, 2026. acf.gov
  11. Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file, counties; table cb_2025_us_county_5m; cb_2021_us_county_5m; 2025 (2021 for Connecticut). www.census.gov

How every figure is built: methodology. Found an error? Write to [email protected]; corrections are listed on the updates page.