PGE Quick Facts

Powering a growing community with clean, reliable and affordable energy

For more than 130 years, we’ve been powering people’s lives. We are deeply committed to the success of those we serve, delivering an Oregon kind of energy that energizes lives, strengthens communities and drives enhancements that promote social, economic and environmental progress. It’s who we are and always will be.

We’re leading the way

The future of energy is changing and we are leading the change. We’re building a smarter energy infrastructure, providing our customers the clean energy they want and bringing new energy solutions forward.

It should come as no surprise that we consistently lead the nation in renewable power programs and that our company and employees are passionately involved in serving the community.

A quick look at PGE*
*Figures based on year-end 2022 calendar data

Population of service area

Cities served

1,900,000

51

Population of service area

Counties served

1,900,000

7

Population of service area

Number of retail customers

1,900,000

922,444

Population of service area

Residential customers

1,900,000

809,573

Population of service area

Commercial customers (includes Streetlighting)

1,900,000

112,602

Population of service area

Industrial customers

1,900,000

269

Population of service area

Total number of employees at year end

1,900,000

2,873

Population of service area

Total utility plant assets

1,900,000

$12,888,000,000

Population of service area

Retail revenues

1,900,000

$2,223,000,000

Population of service area

Megawatt-hours delivered (retail and direct access)

1,900,000

21,231,000

Population of service area

Average annual kilowatt-hours per residential customer

1,900,000

9,991

Population of service area

Average annual revenue per residential customer

1,900,000

$1,362

Population of service area

Average revenue per residential kilowatt-hour delivered

1,900,000

13.63 cents

Population of service area

National residential average price per kilowatt-hour

1,900,000

15.64 cents

Population of service area

Circuit miles of transmission lines

1,900,000

1,255

Population of service area

Circuit miles of distribution lines

1,900,000

28,481

Population of service area

All-time peak load

1,900,000

4,453 MW (June 2021)

One number stands out

It takes more than 2,873 employees working as a team to power the potential of our region. In addition to skilled tradespeople, we offer careers in engineering, environmental sciences, information technology, finance, marketing, customer service and more.

We’re a highly skilled workforce with a wide range of talents serving over 900,000 customers with a service area population of nearly 2 million Oregonians in 51 cities. For the fifth year in a row, PGE was recognized by the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index, reflecting our commitment to diversity and inclusion.

PGE officers

No ship the size of PGE would get anywhere without the skill and knowledge of our executive leadership team at the helm. To learn more about them, see our officer profiles PGE.