Pacific Power works hard to deliver safe, reliable and low-cost power to all of its Oregon customers. Electricity rates are adjusted periodically to reflect changing costs and investments in critical system upgrades. The company has seen increased costs, including higher material costs which affect households and businesses across Oregon, significant new capital investments such as the Willamette River Crossing, and increased insurance costs related to wildfire.

While the company must manage those cost drivers, it is seeking to do so while working to keep rates stable in 2026, deliver lower rates during the first half of 2027 and minimize any potential rate increase until July 2027.

The company is asking the Oregon Public Utility Commission to approve a plan that would keep rates stable in 2026, deliver lower rates during the first half of 2027 and minimize any potential rate increase until July 2027. If the company’s plan is approved, customers can expect to see zero net impact to their rates through the end of 2026 when combining two separate actions: the company’s proposed rate increase (effective June 5 if approved by the commission), and a separate rate decrease that began on May 1. Together, these two rate changes cancel out.

Further changes to bills would occur in 2027, with rate decreases expected to take effect in January and April. Through its general rate case filing, the company is working to minimize rate impacts after the first half of 2027 and any rate increase would take effect no earlier than July, if Pacific Power’s proposal is approved. The company expects any residential bill increase in 2027 to be minimal and lower than inflation.

Pacific Power, along with other investor‑owned utilities in Oregon, has its prices reviewed through a public process overseen by the Oregon Public Utility Commission. State law allows utilities to recover costs associated with prudent investments through rate actions filed with the OPUC. In that filing, we share detailed information about the costs we expect to incur to serve customers.

The OPUC then reviews the filing, considers input from stakeholders and the public, and ultimately sets prices at the levels it determines to be fair and reasonable.

Pacific Power is requesting an interim rate increase that would become effective June 5, and would be fully offset by a separate rate decrease that began on May 1. This means that after just over a month of lower rates during May, customer bills would return to April levels and remain there through the end of 2026.

During this process, other rate adjustments will take effect through “adjustment mechanisms” that take place each year. Due to long-term planning by the company, these adjustments are expected to lower bills during the first half of 2027 by delivering rate decreases in January 2027 and April 2027. After the first half of 2027, if a rate increase occurs, the company expects it to be an overall minimal increase relative to current bills and lower than inflation.

The commission reviews all rate requests and must approve any changes before they go into effect.

If approved by the Oregon Public Utility Commission, customers would see stable rates through the rest of 2026 because the company’s requested interim rate increase (effective June 5 if approved) would be offset by a rate decrease that began on May 1. This means that after over a month of lower rates in May, June rates would be equal to April rates and would remain at that level through the end of the year.

Then, as part of annual rate adjustment updates expected in early 2027, a typical residential customer's bill would go down by $3.42 in January 2027 and by a further $5.86 in April 2027.

If Pacific Power’s proposal is approved, a minimal increase would take effect in July 2027, meaning that the same typical customer would pay $3.12 more per month in July 2027 than in April 2026.

Customers can share their input by submitting comments directly to the Oregon Public Utility Commission (referencing docket number UE 470), participating in public hearings when scheduled, or reviewing case information and filings on the commission’s website. Customer feedback is an important part of the rate‑setting process and is considered by commissioners when making decisions.

No. The company is not seeking to recover costs related to wildfire litigation.

If Pacific Power’s plan is approved, your rates will be stable through the rest of 2026. A minimal rate increase in the second half of 2027 would not be related to data centers.

Additionally, Pacific Power residential customers are not responsible for the costs of serving data centers. The Oregon POWER Act helps protect residential customers by ensuring very large energy users, like data centers, pay the full cost of the power system infrastructure needed to serve them. This helps reduce the risk that those costs are passed on to households and small businesses through higher electric rates.

Pacific Power offers the Oregon Low-Income Discount Program, which is helping about 70,000 of our most vulnerable customers across the state lower their power bills from 20% to 80%, depending on their income. You can find out more about our program at PacificPower.net/LID.