POWEREDBYWHO
· STATE FILE · OR
EIA RATE DATA AS OF 2026-02
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Oregon
2 data-center projects on file — 0.5 GW of nameplate capacity, $3.0B in announced investment. Federal data on what residents are paying for the grid to serve them, sourced from the EIA Electric Power Monthly.
Avg residential bill
$139
/ month
Per household · 2026-02
Sales to industrial
24.7%
of state kWh
Factories + data centers · 2026-02
Residential rate rank
#32
of 51
Mid-pack on residential price
10yr rate climb
+41%
#23 of 51
Tracking the national curve since 2016
Largest power plant
1.42 GW
· hydro
John Day · Sherman County
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What residents pay
EIA · Electric Power Monthly
Oregon · residential · latest
14.64¢/kWh
↓ -0.1% YoY
As of Single month · 2026-02
Oregon · residential · 2026 YTD avg
14.65¢/kWh
↑ +0.7% YoY
vs 2025 YTD
US national · residential · 2026 YTD avg
17.54¢/kWh
↑ +8.5% YoY
vs 2025 YTD
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How the grid runs
Net generation · 2026-02
Where Oregon's electricity actually comes from. Each fuel source as a share of total state generation in the most recent reported month.
OREGON · GENERATION MIX · 2026-02
6.14 TWh net · all sectors
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Supply vs demand
EIA-860M generator inventory · projects pipeline
952 MW of new generation came online in Oregon over the last 18 months; another 7.2 GW is in the EIA-860M pipeline (under construction or filed); 11 MW is on the books to retire over the next 36. Meanwhile 500 MW of data-center load is in construction or permitted in the state. Largest plant in the supply pipeline: Sunstone Solar (Morrow County) — 2.4 GW of battery storage, first online 2027-12. On the way out: Threemile Digester — 5 MW of natural gas, retiring 2026-06.
Two bars, one scale. Demand is sorted by certainty — under construction first, then permitted, then proposed. The dashed rule marks where the supply pipeline runs out; everything to the right of it is demand on file with no supply filed against it.
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Data-center load
2 projects
Projects on file
2
published (excludes draft / archived)
Nameplate MW
0.50 GW
≈ 2 GWh/yr at 50% load
Announced investment
$3.0B
aggregate disclosed capex
§ 05
Local voices on data centers
1 statement
CONCERN · 2026-01
“The state wants to give economic development incentives but they make the local governments and the local communities give all the concessions.”
— Gov. Tina Kotek (D)SOURCE ↗
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Follow the money in Oregon
Know when a new data center deal gets cut, who profits, and who signed off on it.
Follow the money in OR
Know when a new data center deal gets cut, who profits, and who signed off on it.