Key takeaways
- 38 community-owned utilities: 12 municipal utilities, 6 public utility districts and 20 electric cooperatives reported bundled retail sales in Oregon in 2024.
- Together they served 549,433 of the state's 2,141,498 bundled retail customers (26%); 3 investor-owned utilities served most of the rest.
- The largest public power utility is City of Eugene, with 99,939 customers.
- The largest electric co-op is Central Electric Coop Inc, with 38,864 customers.
Every public power utility and co-op in Oregon
Ranked by bundled retail customers in 2024, with retail sales in megawatt-hours and average price in cents per kilowatt-hour. Names are as EIA abbreviates them. Filter by type or search.
Showing all 38 utilities
| # | Utility | Type | Customers | Sales, MWh | Avg. price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City of Eugene | Municipal | 99,939 | 2,275,859 | 10.41¢ |
| 2 | Central Lincoln People's Ut Dt | Public utility district | 41,527 | 1,194,702 | 7.83¢ |
| 3 | Central Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 38,864 | 816,846 | 9.09¢ |
| 4 | City of Springfield | Municipal | 33,147 | 723,508 | 7.85¢ |
| 5 | Oregon Trail El Cons Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 31,823 | 675,166 | 8.60¢ |
| 6 | Consumers Power, Inc | Cooperative | 23,769 | 410,789 | 12.48¢ |
| 7 | Emerald People's Utility Dist | Public utility district | 23,077 | 475,864 | 10.48¢ |
| 8 | Tillamook Peoples Utility Dist | Public utility district | 22,449 | 489,573 | 9.57¢ |
| 9 | Midstate Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 21,517 | 453,215 | 9.89¢ |
| 10 | Salem Electric | Cooperative | 20,845 | 317,801 | 10.55¢ |
| 11 | City of McMinnville | Municipal | 20,232 | 726,199 | 5.81¢ |
| 12 | Coos-Curry Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 18,533 | 326,807 | 12.25¢ |
| 13 | Columbia River Peoples Ut Dist | Public utility district | 17,496 | 475,131 | 8.02¢ |
| 14 | Umatilla Electric Coop Assn | Cooperative | 16,646 | 8,431,930 | 6.89¢ |
| 15 | Lane Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 13,507 | 234,043 | 12.11¢ |
| 16 | City of Ashland | Municipal | 12,204 | 162,894 | 10.55¢ |
| 17 | City of Forest Grove | Municipal | 11,316 | 263,918 | 8.94¢ |
| 18 | Douglas Electric Coop | Cooperative | 10,582 | 153,754 | 12.60¢ |
| 19 | Northern Wasco County PUD | Public utility district | 10,492 | 1,530,602 | 7.47¢ |
| 20 | Canby Utility Board | Municipal | 7,805 | 194,282 | 7.79¢ |
| 21 | City of Hermiston | Municipal | 5,604 | 107,046 | 9.47¢ |
| 22 | City of Monmouth | Municipal | 4,936 | 75,774 | 9.71¢ |
| 23 | City of Bandon | Municipal | 4,843 | 67,727 | 10.33¢ |
| 24 | Wasco Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 4,749 | 109,915 | 12.43¢ |
| 25 | West Oregon Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 4,671 | 69,432 | 21.71¢ |
| 26 | Clatskanie Peoples Util Dist | Public utility district | 4,312 | 962,823 | 5.94¢ |
| 27 | City of Milton-Freewater | Municipal | 4,172 | 97,020 | 9.81¢ |
| 28 | Hood River Electric Coop | Cooperative | 4,028 | 130,124 | 7.65¢ |
| 29 | Columbia Basin Elec Cooperative, Inc | Cooperative | 4,008 | 127,509 | 9.15¢ |
| 30 | Blachly-Lane County Coop El Assn | Cooperative | 3,667 | 186,299 | 8.96¢ |
| 31 | Harney Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 2,478 | 101,325 | 7.10¢ |
| 32 | Columbia Power Coop Assn Inc | Cooperative | 2,016 | 25,503 | 12.47¢ |
| 33 | Surprise Valley Electrification | Cooperative | 1,968 | 38,836 | 12.55¢ |
| 34 | City of Cascade Locks | Municipal | 1,064 | 29,827 | 9.55¢ |
| 35 | City of Drain | Municipal | 772 | 16,193 | 9.99¢ |
| 36 | Clearwater Power Company | Cooperative | 177 | 1,794 | 13.50¢ |
| 37 | Columbia Rural Elec Assn, Inc | Cooperative | 129 | 6,088 | 10.09¢ |
| 38 | Umpqua Indian Utility Cooperative | Cooperative | 69 | 22,257 | 8.23¢ |
Public power vs. co-ops in Oregon
- Public power utilities — municipal utilities, public utility districts and state-owned utilities — are owned by the communities they serve and governed by a city council or elected board. They buy much like local governments: through public bids, board approvals and published budgets.
- Electric cooperatives are private, not-for-profit utilities owned by their members, who elect the board. Most buy power from a generation and transmission (G&T) co-op and make purchasing decisions through their own policies, often faster than public agencies.
Both publish their plans: watch board and council agendas, budgets, capital improvement plans and rate filings. Our utility funding tracker and rate case & IRP tracker show where the money is coming from.
Selling to Oregon utilities
- Start with the right person. Line, engineering, metering, IT and member-services managers usually define the need; the general manager or CEO and the board approve large purchases.
- Use the networks. State public power and cooperative associations, joint action agencies and G&T co-ops shape purchasing and share vendor experiences.
- Expect small teams. Many of the utilities on this list have only a handful of staff, so phone outreach and a clear reason to talk matter.
Read our guide to how public power, co-ops and water utilities buy, or see the largest public power utilities and largest electric co-ops nationally.
About this data
- Source. EIA's "2024 Utility Bundled Retail Sales – Total" (Table 10), from forms EIA-861 and EIA-861S. Average price is EIA's revenue divided by sales.
- Bundled customers only. The table counts customers who buy both energy and delivery from the utility, so it excludes distribution-only utilities and customers who buy energy from another supplier in retail-choice areas.
- Community-owned utilities only. This page lists municipal, public utility district, state-owned and cooperative utilities. Investor-owned and federal utilities are left out.
Sources
- U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2024 Utility Bundled Retail Sales – Total (Table 10): eia.gov