Portland General Electric Co Electricity Rates

How this price compares

Ranked by price against the 26 utilities reporting residential rates in Oregon, Portland General Electric Co comes 25th of 26. The state's range runs from City of McMinnville - (OR) at 7.56¢ to Sunnova at 34.44¢, so where a household sits inside Oregon depends far more on which utility serves it than on the statewide average alone.

Against the 2 other investor owned utilities reporting in Oregon, which averaged 12.66¢, Portland General Electric Co is far above its own ownership class within the state (+43.7%).

All figures come from the 2024 release, so no comparison mixes vintages. The state figure is customer-weighted across 26 reporting utilities.

Scale and consumption

Portland General Electric Co reported 828.9K residential customers, ranking 1st of 26 utilities in Oregon by customers served and covering 45.9% of the state's reported residential customers.

Dividing reported residential sales by customers served gives about 9,328 kWh per customer per year - near the national residential norm, implying a typical annual bill near $1,697.

Within Oregon the median reporting utility sells about 12,423 kWh per customer, so Portland General Electric Co customers use -24.9% against their own state's middle. Consumption this light usually tracks denser housing, gas heating or a milder service territory, which softens the bill impact of a high per-kWh price.

Every utility reporting in Oregon

All 26 utilities reporting bundled residential service in Oregon, largest first, with Portland General Electric Co marked. The named companies either side of it are the ones a household in this state might otherwise be served by.

For generation mix and price history statewide, see electricity rates in Oregon.

Common questions about Portland General Electric Co rates

How much does Portland General Electric Co charge per kWh?

Portland General Electric Co reported an average residential price of 18.19¢ per kWh across its bundled residential customers in the 2024 EIA Form 861 release. That is an annual average across all its residential customers, not a rate schedule, so an individual bill depends on the tariff, usage pattern and season.

Is Portland General Electric Co expensive compared with the rest of Oregon?

Its average residential price is above the Oregon customer-weighted average of 15.20¢ per kWh, a difference of +19.6%. The state figure is weighted by customers across the 26 utilities reporting residential service in Oregon.

What is the average electricity bill for Portland General Electric Co customers?

Dividing reported residential sales by residential customers gives about 9,328 kWh per customer per year. At the reported average price that implies roughly $1,697 a year, or about $141 a month. This is RateWatt's arithmetic on two EIA columns, not a figure EIA publishes.

Who owns Portland General Electric Co?

EIA classifies Portland General Electric Co as Investor Owned, a shareholder-owned company whose retail rates are set through a state regulatory commission. Nationally, Investor Owned utilities averaged 17.36¢ per kWh in the 2024 release.

What this page does and does not tell you

• An average across bundled residential customers for the year, revenue divided by sales, not a rate schedule.
• Form 861 presence is not evidence of availability at an address or of customer choice.

See our methodology, why energy prices vary and understanding rate structures.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form 861 annual electric power industry report, 2024 release. Retrieved and formatted by RateWatt.