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Electric utilities serving Yamhill County, Oregon

Utilities that list the county in their Form EIA-861 service territory for 2024, with each one's average price, bill and outage minutes.

Yamhill County, Oregon, appears in the Form EIA-861 service territory of 5 utilities for 2024; Portland General Electric Co, Tillamook Peoples Utility Dist and City of McMinnville are the largest by residential customers statewide.

Their average residential prices ran from 7.56¢ to 18.19¢ per kilowatthour, with a median of 11.82¢, against a Oregon average of 14.70¢ and a US average of 16.48¢. Each price is the utility's figure for all of its Oregon customers, not for this county alone.

Bonneville Power Administration lists the county too but reported no residential sales in Oregon under its own name.

The median SAIDI they reported was 401.6 minutes per customer including major event days; the median among all Oregon utilities reporting was 289.2.

The Census Bureau estimates the county's population at 110,024. EIA does not publish customers by county, so which utility serves a given address has to be confirmed with the utility or the state utility commission.

5utilities list the county1 on EIA's short form
11.82¢median of their residential pricesOregon 14.70¢ · US 16.48¢
$122.38median of their monthly billsOregon $129.62
401.6median SAIDI minutes, all eventsOregon median 289.2

Average price is revenue divided by sales for the sector and year; it is not a tariff rate. Reliability figures are as reported by utilities to EIA on Form 861 and may use different calculation methods. Figures are for each utility's whole Oregon operation; EIA publishes nothing at county level.

Utilities and their 2024 figures

UtilityOwnershipResidential customers¢ per kWhMonthly billSAIDI, all eventsSAIDI, no major events
Portland General Electric CoInvestor-owned828,85718.19¢$141.40772.0133.0
Tillamook Peoples Utility DistPublic power district20,13311.82¢$122.38——
City of McMinnvilleMunicipal17,1907.56¢$74.9531.2—
West Oregon Electric Coop Inc short formCooperative4,671————
Bonneville Power AdministrationFederal—————

Ordered by residential customers in Oregon. Short-form filers are small utilities that report only totals to EIA, so no residential price is available; their all-sector revenue per kWh was West Oregon Electric Coop Inc 21.71¢. A utility with no customers shown reported its retail sales elsewhere or delivers power that other companies bill for.

Against the state and the country

Measure, 2024Utilities listing Yamhill CountyOregonUnited States
Average residential price per kWh11.82¢ median14.70¢16.48¢
Average monthly residential bill$122.38 median$129.62$142.26
SAIDI, all events (minutes)401.6 median289.2 median184.5 median
SAIDI, without major event days133.0 median133.0 median99.8 median
Utilities counted5231,413

Outage minutes reported

Portland General Electric Co772 min
City of McMinnville31.2 min

SAIDI for 2024 across each utility's whole system, including major event days (paler bars: only the figure without major event days was reported). Not a measure of outages in Yamhill County itself.

Population: 110,024 (U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimate). Statewide, residential sales came to 4,626 kWh per resident in 2024.

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Questions and answers

Who provides electricity in Yamhill County?

Portland General Electric Co, Tillamook Peoples Utility Dist, City of McMinnville, West Oregon Electric Coop Inc and Bonneville Power Administration list the county in their Form EIA-861 service territory for 2024. Territories overlap, and a utility may cover only a corner of the county.

What is the electricity price in Yamhill County?

EIA has no county-level prices. The utilities serving the county reported average residential prices of 7.56¢ to 18.19¢ per kilowatthour across their Oregon customers in 2024; the state average was 14.70¢.

How reliable is power in Yamhill County?

Reliability is reported per utility, not per county. The utilities listed reported a median of 401.6 minutes of interruption per customer in 2024 including major event days and 133.0 minutes excluding them.

Provenance

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 for 2024, final release: service territory file (counties by utility), sales to ultimate customers, reliability and short form files. State and US averages: Form EIA-861M workbook. Population: U.S. Census Bureau. Public domain. To confirm the utility at an address, ask the utility or the state utility commission.