Central Electric Cooperative, OR Rates and Average Bill

Central Electric Cooperative reported 35,385 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 1,296 kWh a month on average at 10.49 cents per kWh. Bundled means the utility supplies the energy and delivers it, so the price covers both. Among the 19 Oregon utilities with at least 10,000 bundled residential customers, Central Electric Cooperative ranks 5 from the lowest price.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data), sales to ultimate customers. Price is revenue divided by sales and includes fixed charges.

EIA lists the counties where Central Electric Cooperative has distribution equipment. That covers 6 counties in Oregon. A county can be served by more than one utility, so confirm your address with the utility or your bill.

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• Time-of-use pricing. Central Electric Cooperative does not report a residential time-of-use program in its 2025 EIA filing. Ask the utility, because programs change. How time-of-use rates work.
• Rooftop solar and net metering. EIA shows 900 residential net-metered systems on the Central Electric Cooperative grid in 2025, with 7.7 megawatts of capacity. How net metering works.

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Central Electric Cooperative is an electric cooperative based in Oregon.

By residential customers, Central Electric Cooperative ranks 4th of the 19 utilities that report homes in Oregon, with about 1.9% of the state's homes. Among 7 other cooperatives in Oregon, the median price is 11.85 cents per kWh, so Central Electric Cooperative at 10.49 cents is 1.36 cents below its peers. Over a year, the typical Central Electric Cooperative bill runs about $25 above the state average, with monthly use 430 kWh higher. Central Electric Cooperative lists distribution equipment in 6 counties, so check your county and your bill before you assume it serves you. 900 of its residential customers use net metering, or 25.4 per 1,000 homes, against 34.3 for Oregon as a whole.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data). Peers are other utilities of the same type in Oregon with at least 1,000 residential customers and a reported price.

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