Kilowatt Atlas

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Oregon Trail Electric Consumers Cooperative Rates and Bills

Average rate and bill, service area, reliability and rate options for this utility, taken from its 2025 filing with the EIA.

Reviewed Data: EIA Form EIA-861, released October 7, 2026

Independent profile. Kilowatt Atlas is not affiliated with Oregon Trail Electric Consumers Cooperative, does not use its logo or branding and cannot take payments, start service or look up accounts. Figures come from public federal data for 2025.

Residential customers

26 thousand

25,995 homes

Average price

10.97 cents

Oregon average 15.46

Average bill

$109.83

Per month at 1,001 kWh

Price rank

8 of 19

Lowest to highest in Oregon

Oregon Trail Electric Consumers Cooperative rates and average bill

Oregon Trail Electric Consumers Cooperative reported 25,995 residential customers on bundled service in 2025, using 1,001 kWh a month on average at 10.97 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, Oregon Trail Electric Consumers Cooperative ranks 8 from the lowest price.

Oregon Trail Electric Consumers Cooperative compared with Oregon and the United States
AverageCents per kWhkWh per monthMonthly bill
Oregon Trail Electric Consumers Cooperative10.971,001$109.83
Oregon (all utilities)15.46866$133.89
United States17.23874$150.68

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.

Service area

EIA lists the counties where Oregon Trail Electric Consumers Cooperative has distribution equipment. That covers 4 counties in Oregon. A county can be served by more than one utility, so confirm your address with the utility or your bill.

Oregon (4 counties)

Baker, Grant, Harney, Union

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Reliability

For 2025, Oregon Trail Electric Consumers Cooperative reported an average of 88 minutes without power per customer and 0.93 interruptions per customer, with major event days left out. The typical interruption lasted about 95 minutes. For comparison, the median state averaged 127 minutes of outage per customer.

Oregon Trail Electric Consumers Cooperative had about 39 fewer minutes of outage per customer than the median state. The Oregon figure across its utilities was 98 minutes. One interruption lasting 95 minutes and 0.93 interruptions a year per customer add up to the 88 minute total.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 (final 2025 data), reliability schedule, measured under other standard. Utilities define events slightly differently, so compare with care.

Rate options and rooftop solar

  • Time-of-use pricing. Oregon Trail Electric Consumers 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 130 residential net-metered systems on the Oregon Trail Electric Consumers Cooperative grid in 2025, with 0.8 megawatts of capacity. How net metering works.

Who owns and regulates it

Owned by the members it serves. An elected board sets the rates, and members may receive capital credits when the co-op has margins to return.

For questions about state consumer protections, see the Oregon Public Utility Commission.

Oregon Trail Electric Consumers Cooperative is an electric cooperative based in Oregon.

Oregon Trail Electric Consumers Cooperative compared with Oregon

Of the 19 utilities listed for Oregon, Oregon Trail Electric Consumers Cooperative is the 6th largest by homes, at roughly 1.4% of the state total. Its price of 10.97 cents per kWh is 0.89 cents below the median of 7 other cooperatives in Oregon (11.85 cents). At $109.83 a month, an average Oregon Trail Electric Consumers Cooperative home pays about $289 a year less than the Oregon average of $133.89, and uses 136 kWh a month more. Oregon Trail Electric Consumers Cooperative lists distribution equipment in 4 counties, so check your county and your bill before you assume it serves you. 130 of its residential customers use net metering, or 5.0 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.

Other Oregon utilities

Utilities in Oregon close in size to Oregon Trail Electric Consumers Cooperative
UtilityTypeHomesCents per kWh
Oregon Trail Electric Consumers CooperativeCooperative25,99510.97
Central Electric CooperativeCooperative35,38510.49
City of SpringfieldMunicipal30,2128.39
Tillamook People's Utility DistrictPublic power district20,26312.66
Emerald People's Utility DistrictPublic power district19,94611.54
Consumers PowerCooperative18,92113.90

See every one on the electric companies in Oregon page.

Official site and where to get help

Kilowatt Atlas is not Oregon Trail Electric Consumers Cooperative and does not take payments, start service or manage accounts. To pay a bill, report an outage or start service, use the website, app or phone number printed on your bill. Be careful with search ads and lookalike sites that offer to pay your bill for a fee.

Oregon Trail Electric Consumers Cooperative questions

What is the average residential electric rate for Oregon Trail Electric Consumers Cooperative?

Oregon Trail Electric Consumers Cooperative residential customers on bundled service paid an average of 10.97 cents per kWh in 2025, with average use of 1,001 kWh a month and an average bill of $109.83 (EIA Form EIA-861). The Oregon average was 15.46 cents.

How many customers does Oregon Trail Electric Consumers Cooperative have?

EIA reports about 25,995 residential customers for Oregon Trail Electric Consumers Cooperative in 2025.

Who regulates Oregon Trail Electric Consumers Cooperative?

Owned by the members it serves. An elected board sets the rates, and members may receive capital credits when the co-op has margins to return. See the regulator for Oregon on the Oregon state page.

How reliable is Oregon Trail Electric Consumers Cooperative?

For 2025, Oregon Trail Electric Consumers Cooperative reported an average of 88 minutes of outage per customer and 0.93 interruptions per customer, excluding major event days (other standard). Utilities measure outages in slightly different ways, so compare with care.

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