Solar by state
Solar in Oregon, by the numbers
Utilities and their rates, adoption, ten years of growth, batteries, ownership, state rules and installer licensing in Oregon, from federal 2024 data.
Oregon in brief
2.82% of Oregon homes had rooftop solar in 2024, the 18th-highest of 51 (3.55% nationally). Power cost 14.70¢/kWh, below the national 16.48¢, and the average system was 6.34 kW. Portland General Electric Company serves 44.5% of homes.
Where does Oregon stand out?
The four measures, beyond price and adoption, on which Oregon sits furthest from the middle of the ranking.
Oregon solar in numbers, 2024
Every Oregon figure next to the national one, with its place in the ranking (highest first, out of the jurisdictions reporting it).
| Measure | Oregon | United States | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with a metered rooftop system | 2.82% | 3.55% | 18th-highest of 51 |
| Rooftop systems counted | 52,600 | 5,077,543 | 20th-highest of 51 |
| Average system size | 6.34 kW | 6.74 kW | 10th-lowest of 51 |
| Residential price | 14.70¢/kWh | 16.48¢/kWh | 24th-lowest of 51 |
| Average monthly bill | $129.62 | $142.26 | 22nd-lowest of 51 |
| Use per home | 10,582 kWh/yr | 10,359 kWh/yr | 26th-highest of 51 |
| Systems with a battery | 1.64% | 5.86% | 24th-highest of 47 |
| Leased or on a PPA | 7.2% | 29.1% | 17th-lowest of 38 |
| Growth in systems, five years | 23.1% a year | — | 23rd-lowest of 51 |
| Minutes without power per customer | 579 | 297 (median state) | 15th-highest of 51 |
| Homes on a time-varying rate | 1.4% | 11.1% | 24th-lowest of 51 |
| Installed rooftop capacity | 333.5 MW | 34,226 MW | — |
Source: US EIA, Form EIA-861, 2024 final release, retrieved 2 September 2026. The Oregon ratios and ranks are HyreSolar calculations from EIA inputs.
Which utility serves Oregon, and what does it charge?
The 8 largest utilities selling to Oregon homes, by residential customers, with the price full-service customers paid and how many run net-metered solar.
| Utility | Type | Homes served | Price per kWh | Use per home, monthly | Net-metered systems |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portland General Electric Company | Investor-owned | 828,857 (44.5%) | 18.19¢ | 777 kWh | 28,437 (3.4%) |
| PacifiCorp | Investor-owned | 547,235 (29.4%) | 14.02¢ | 883 kWh | 19,692 (3.6%) |
| City of Eugene | Municipal | 89,582 (4.8%) | 13.07¢ | 881 kWh | 1,188 (1.3%) |
| Central Lincoln People's Ut Dt | Public power district | 35,904 (1.9%) | 10.93¢ | 991 kWh | 170 (0.47%) |
| Central Electric Co-op Inc | Co-op | 34,562 (1.9%) | 9.75¢ | 1,376 kWh | 811 (2.4%) |
| City of Springfield | Municipal | 29,882 (1.6%) | 8.10¢ | 1,009 kWh | 112 (0.37%) |
| Oregon Trail El Cons Co-op | Co-op | 25,997 (1.4%) | 10.08¢ | 1,003 kWh | 118 (0.45%) |
| Tillamook Peoples Utility Dist | Public power district | 20,133 (1.1%) | 11.82¢ | 1,035 kWh | 74 (0.37%) |
Source: US EIA, Form EIA-861 2024, Sales to Ultimate Customers and Net Metering, utility level, retrieved 5 October 2026. Shares are of 1,864,256 Oregon residential accounts. Each Oregon price is residential revenue divided by sales for full-service customers (HyreSolar calculation); a wires company’s price is its default-service price.
What do the Oregon utility figures mean for a solar quote?
EIA-861 lists 23 utilities serving homes in Oregon in 2024, across 1,864,256 residential accounts. The three largest, Portland General Electric Company, PacifiCorp and City of Eugene, served 78.6% of those homes. By ownership: investor-owned utilities 74.6%, electric cooperatives 8.5%, municipal utilities 7.9%, public power districts 5.7% and small utilities EIA counts as a group 3.4%.
All 1,864,256 Oregon residential accounts bought energy from the utility that delivers it; EIA counted none on a competitive supplier. So a Oregon utility’s own tariff sets both the price you avoid and the credit for what you export.
Portland General Electric Company, the largest, served 828,857 Oregon homes (44.5%). Its full-service residential customers paid 18.19¢ per kWh, above the Oregon average of 14.70¢, and used 777 kWh a month on average. 28,437 of its customers ran net-metered rooftop solar, 3.4% of its homes against 2.82% statewide.
Among the 20 Oregon utilities with at least 5,000 residential customers and a full-service price, the price ran from 7.56¢ at City of McMinnville to 18.19¢ at Portland General Electric Company.
At the Oregon average of 10,582 kWh a year, that 10.63¢ gap is worth about $1,125 a year (our arithmetic), so the same system offsets more money in one territory than the other.
Price a quote on your own utility’s rate, not the 14.70¢ Oregon average.
Rooftop solar is concentrated: Portland General Electric Company alone accounts for 28,437 net-metered residential systems, about 54% of the 52,600 counted in Oregon, and 21 Oregon utilities reported any at all. The highest adoption among the larger utilities was at PacifiCorp, where 3.6% of homes had a system.
What does power cost in Oregon, and why does it matter?
Residential electricity in Oregon averaged 14.70¢ per kilowatt-hour in 2024, the 24th-lowest of 51 and below the national 16.48¢. The price sits near the middle of the 51. With the retail rate unremarkable, what your utility pays for exported power can decide the result.
The average Oregon household bill was $129.62 a month ($1,555 a year), the 22nd-lowest of 51, against $142.26 nationally. That $1,555 is the ceiling on what solar could save a typical Oregon home, before fixed monthly charges.
Only 1.4% of Oregon homes were on a time-varying rate in 2024 (11.1% nationally), so a flat rate is the likely starting point. 92.9% of Oregon residential meters were smart meters (83.8% nationally), and a time-varying rate needs one. How time-of-use changes solar.
How many Oregon homes have solar?
Oregon had 52,600 rooftop systems on net metering in 2024, across 1,868,012 residential accounts: 2.82% of homes, the 18th-highest of 51. Adoption in Oregon sits above the middle of the 51, so there is a working installer market to choose between.
The Oregon market counted 7,600 more systems in 2024 than in 2023 and has grown 23.1% a year over five years, the 23rd-lowest of 51. Where growth has turned nationally.
How has Oregon solar changed since 2014?
Oregon counted 8,086 net-metered rooftop systems in 2014 and 52,600 in 2024, 6.5 times as many. The share of homes with one moved from 0.48% to 2.82%. The biggest one-year addition came in 2023, with 10,073 more systems than the year before.
| Year | Rooftop systems | Share of homes | Average size | Residential price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 8,086 | 0.48% | 4.3 kW | 10.47¢ |
| 2016 | 11,912 | 0.70% | 4.8 kW | 10.66¢ |
| 2018 | 16,590 | 0.95% | 4.5 kW | 10.98¢ |
| 2020 | 20,984 | 1.18% | 5.0 kW | 11.17¢ |
| 2022 | 34,927 | 1.91% | 5.9 kW | 11.42¢ |
| 2024 | 52,600 | 2.82% | 6.3 kW | 14.70¢ |
Source: US EIA, Form EIA-861 annual files 2014–2024, net-metered residential systems, retrieved 2 September 2026. Oregon shares and sizes are HyreSolar calculations.
What does the Oregon trend mean for a savings estimate?
Over the same years the Oregon residential price went from 10.47¢ to 14.70¢ per kWh, up 40%, and the average system from 4.3 kW to 6.3 kW. A rate that has risen that far makes a 2024 bill a conservative base for a Oregon savings estimate only if the trend continues, which nobody can promise.
How big is a typical Oregon system?
The average Oregon system was 6.34 kW in 2024, the 10th-lowest of 51, against 6.74 kW nationally. Oregon homes used 10,582 kilowatt-hours a year each, the 26th-highest of 51.
A Oregon home using 10,582 kWh is an average, not a design input: size from your own twelve months of bills and usable roof with cost by system size and the system size calculator.
Who owns the systems in Oregon?
In Oregon, 7.2% of systems were third-party owned in 2024: leased, or on a power purchase agreement (PPA), rather than owned by the household. That is the 17th-lowest of 38, against 29.1% nationally.
Most Oregon systems are owned by the household, so purchase and loan offers will make up much of what you see. Whoever owns a Oregon system claims any tax credit on it: Section 48E explained.
Do Oregon homes add batteries?
In Oregon, 1.64% of solar systems were paired with a battery in 2024 (862 systems), the 24th-highest of 47. Oregon’s share is well under half the national 5.86%.
On reliability, the average Oregon customer went 579 minutes without power in 2024 counting major storms, and 124 minutes without them. The median state saw 297. Outages in every state.
Whether a battery pays in Oregon turns on your utility’s export credit and your own outage history: what a home battery does.
Which Oregon solar laws have we read?
Oregon statutes we read ourselves. Any rule not listed here is one we have not read, not one that does not exist.
Property tax on the added value
Exemption of the added value for a net metering facility or a system primarily offsetting on-site use. A note to the section indicates no exemption for tax years beginning after July 1, 2029.
ORS 307.175. Read from a third-party copy of the code on September 2, 2026, not yet confirmed against the state’s own publisher. Property tax exemptions
How do you check a solar company’s license in Oregon?
We checked 57 Oregon solar companies from June to August 2026 against the state license register. None of those showed an expired or revoked license when checked.
Ask which license a company holds, then confirm the number with the issuing authority yourself.
These counts describe the companies we checked on those dates, not every company in Oregon, and a license current then may have lapsed since. How to verify a solar license.
Which states are closest to Oregon on adoption?
The six jurisdictions nearest to Oregon’s 2.82% share of homes with rooftop solar.
Where do the Oregon numbers come from?
The Oregon figures are HyreSolar calculations from the Form EIA-861 annual files: 52,600 net-metered residential systems counted against 1,868,012 residential accounts, sizes as means, and 23 utility-level rows for the utility table, matched to net-metering records by EIA utility number.
The method and limits cover all 51; the Oregon row is in the data as a CSV.
No Oregon figure here is an estimate for one home: your roof, usage, utility tariff and tax position decide that.
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