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Portland General Electric Co
Portland General Electric Co served 840,457 residential customers in Oregon in 2025 (44.5% of the state's residential customers), the 1st largest of 23 utilities reporting there. Bundled service; ownership: investor owned; balancing authority PGE.
The meter, one average month.
Scroll to run 30 days of Portland General Electric Co's average residential use through a five-dial register.
- Used so far
- 753 kWh
- At 18.79¢/kWh
- $142
Price ruler0 to 50¢ per kWh
Where 18.79¢ sits.
Portland General Electric Co averaged 18.79¢ per kWh against a Oregon residential average of 15.37¢: 22.3% above the state figure. Among the 3 investor owned utilities in Oregon with bundled residential sales, it ranks 3rd from the lowest price.
2020 and 2025EIA-861
Five years, same meter.
In 2020 the average Portland General Electric Co home used 817 kWh a month at 12.5¢ and paid $102. In 2025 it used 753 kWh at 18.79¢ and paid $142: the price per kWh is up 50.3%.
| Measure | 2020 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Price, ¢/kWh | 12.5 | 18.79 |
| Use, kWh a month | 817 | 753 |
| Bill, US$ a month | 102.17 | 141.56 |
| Class | Customers | MWh sold | ¢/kWh |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 840,457 | 7,596,298 | 18.79 |
| Commercial | 110,222 | 8,201,803 | 13.52 |
| Industrial | 4,274 | 4,159,149 | 9.38 |
| Transportation | 1 | 10,916 | 12.83 |
Who else is on the line
Homes are one class.
Homes took 38.0% of the electricity Portland General Electric Co sold in Oregon in 2025.
Rooftop solar on its linesnet metering
33,867 roofs.
- Residential net-metered PV
- 33,867installations reported for 2025
- Capacity
- 269.6 MWresidential, net metered
- Per 1,000 homes
- 40.3installations per 1,000 residential customers
Service territoryEIA-861
7 counties.
ClackamasColumbiaMarionMultnomahPolkWashingtonYamhill
Counties in Oregon where Portland General Electric Co reported serving customers in 2025 (7 in all; up to 24 listed).
EIA-8612025Utility 15248
The filing, line by line.
| Measure | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Average price | 18.79 | ¢/kWh |
| Oregon average price | 15.37 | ¢/kWh |
| Difference from state average | 22.3 | % |
| Price change over 5 years | 50.3 | % |
| Typical monthly use | 753 | kWh |
| Typical monthly bill | 141.56 | US$ |
| Residential customers | 840,457 | accounts |
| Share of OR residential customers | 44.5 | % |
| Size rank in OR | 1 of 23 | by customers |
| Price rank, investor owned peers | 3 of 3 | 1 = lowest |
Rate plans on fileOpenEI URDB
3 active plans.
- Time-of-use
- 2more than one energy period within a month
- Seasonal only
- 0price changes by month, not by hour
- Median fixed charge
- $16.36US dollars per month
Active residential plans: not ended, started within the last 5 years, latest version of each plan name. Time-of-use means more than one energy period within a single month; plans whose price changes only by season are counted as seasonal.