Average Electric Bill in Oregon
Residential · 12-month average, September 2025 – August 2026.
That works out to about $1,573 a year. Among the 50 states and DC, Oregon has the 40th highest average residential bill.
Data current through August 2026 — the latest available from the U.S. EIA, which publishes monthly figures on a roughly two-month delay.
What makes up the bill
Price × usage = bill, exactly: 15.51¢/kWh × 845 kWh ≈ $131. A state can land high on either factor — Oregon sits close to the U.S. average on both.
Compared with nearby states
| Oregon | $131 | |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. average | $158 | |
| California | $164 | |
| Washington | $132 | |
| Nevada | $122 | |
| Idaho | $116 |
Oregon is $27 a month below (-17.2%) the U.S. average of $158. Neighboring states share fuel mixes, weather, and often a grid operator, which makes them a closer benchmark than the national average.
Trend since 2008
Each point is a trailing 12-month average, which strips out the summer/winter swing and leaves the underlying trend. Bills start in January 2008 because that is when EIA began reporting customer counts.
Seasonal swing
- Highest month
- $167
- January 2026
- Lowest month
- $110
- May 2026
- Swing
- $57
- peak minus low
- Latest month
- $135
- August 2026
Actual bills are far from flat: Oregon peaks in January 2026 and bottoms out in May 2026. The headline figure above is the average across all twelve months.
Oregon electricity bills in context
Oregon's average monthly electricity bill is $131, ranking 40th among the 50 states and DC — closer to the middle than to the top. The bill is $27 below the national average of $158, a difference of 17.2%. This gap comes from both a lower price and lower usage: Oregon homes pay 15.51¢/kWh against the national 18.07¢/kWh, and use 845 kWh per month against the national 876 kWh per month.
Over the past year, the average bill has declined 2%, falling from $134 to $131. Over the longer stretch since August 2021, it has climbed 23.3%, from $106 to $131. The climb is steeper still over the full record: since December 2008, when tracking began for the size of bills by usage, the average has risen 50.4%, from $87 to $131.
Month to month, the bill swings between a peak of $167 in January 2026 and a low of $110 in May 2026, a spread of $57 around the twelve-month average. Among Oregon's neighbours, only Washington comes close at $132; California runs higher at $164, while Nevada and Idaho both fall below Oregon at $122 and $116 respectively.
Written from the EIA figures on this page, covering data through August 2026.
Frequently asked questions
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How this is calculated
EIA’s retail-sales dataset reports, for every state and month, total residential revenue and the number of residential customers served. The average monthly bill is simply the first divided by the second — total spending across all households, spread evenly over all accounts.
bill = revenue ÷ customers · averaged over 12 months (September 2025 – August 2026)
Two caveats worth knowing. It is an average, so it blends apartments with large houses — a typical household in Oregon may pay well above or below $131. And it counts what was actually billed for electricity, including fixed service charges, so it is not the same as multiplying your own usage by the advertised rate.
Looking for the rate rather than the bill? See Oregon electricity prices by sector.