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 as low as possible.

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 a general rate case 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's general rate case is requesting rate increases that would take effect April 5, 2027. The Oregon Public Utility Commission will thoroughly review the rate case and determine final rates before they can go into effect.

During this process, other rate changes will occur 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 part of 2027 by delivering rate decreases in January and April 2027.

The new rates determined by the commission's review of the general rate case would become effective April 5, 2027.

If the general rate case is approved by the Oregon Public Utility Commission, customers would see a rate increase April 5, 2027. Pacific Power has requested an overall rate increase of 8.6% for all customers (10.8% for residential customers). This would represent an increase of $15.61 per month for a typical residential customer, subject to the review and approval of the commission.

Separately, a rate increase request associated with the sale of Pacific Power's Washington service area would, if approved, potentially take effect at or close to the same time as the general rate case increase. If so, this would change the April 2027 increase by 0.5% to 11.3% when combining both requests. However, the final timing of the Washington sale is uncertain.

These increases would largely be offset by separate, annual rate adjustments, including an update that already happened in 2026 and two more that are expected in early 2027. The company's current outlook indicates that a typical residential customer's monthly bill, after going down by $4.03 in May 2026, would go down by $3.42 in January 2027 and by a further $5.04 in April 2027.

This means that overall, when considering increases and decreases projected for 2026-2027, in April 2027 a typical residential customer would pay 2% more than they were paying in April 2026, or $3.12 per month.

You can find the rate case filing documents on our website, and you can see updates on the rate case by visiting the Oregon Public Utility Commission's website under docket UE 470.

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.

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.