Oregon electricity and natural gas rates
Electricity
16.27¢
per kWh
Natural gas
$1.99
per therm
Residential sector, US Energy Information Administration, 2026-05. Updated monthly.
How Oregon compares
At 16.27¢ per kWh, Oregon is below the national average of 19.41¢, making it the 26th cheapest of the 51 states we track.
What a typical Oregon household uses
Electricity a month
854 kWh
Bill a month
$132
Households in Oregon use about as much electricity as the national average and pay 12% less than average. Light use and a below-average rate together, which is the cheapest position a state can be in. The climate is fairly balanced — 4,600 heating degree days against 400 cooling ones — so neither season dominates the bill.
Averaged over twelve months across 1,901,973 residential accounts in Oregon. Source: EIA.
What this means for heating
Oregon sees around 60 freezing nights a year. Whether a heat pump beats a furnace here depends on the gap between those two prices above — not on the equipment.
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