Average electric bill in Oregon
A typical Oregon household pays
$132a month · $1581 a year
That is 12% below the national average of $149, the 36th highest bill of the 51 states we track. It covers 854 kilowatt hours a month at 16.27¢ each.
Nobody pays the average
Dearest — January 2026
$167
Cheapest — May 2026
$110
The dearest month costs $57 more than the cheapest — 51% higher and it is heating that does it, in a state with 4,600 heating degree days. If that heat is electric, the winter bill is where the savings are.
Why the bill is what it is
A bill is a rate multiplied by a quantity, and in Oregon the price per kilowatt hour is doing most of the work. Comparing your own bill to this figure only tells you something once you know which of the two you could actually change — the rate is largely fixed, the quantity is not.
Heating and cooling are usually the largest movable part. Whether that means a heat pump, a more efficient air conditioner, or neither depends on Oregon's prices rather than on general advice.
Figures are twelve-month averages across 1,901,973 residential accounts in Oregon, from the US Energy Information Administration. They describe the state, not your house — square footage, insulation and what you keep the thermostat at move an individual bill a long way. See the Oregon rate page for the underlying prices.