PGE Quick Facts
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.
*Figures based on year-end 2023 calendar data
Approx. service area population | Cities served |
|---|---|
1,900,000 | 51 |
Approx. service area population | Counties served |
1,900,000 | 7 |
Approx. service area population | Average number of retail customers |
1,900,000 | 928,860 |
Approx. service area population | Residential customers |
1,900,000 | 815,920 |
Approx. service area population | Commercial customers (includes Streetlighting) |
1,900,000 | 112,667 |
Approx. service area population | Industrial customers |
1,900,000 | 273 |
Approx. service area population | Approx. number of employees at year end |
1,900,000 | 2,840 |
Approx. service area population | Total utility plant assets |
1,900,000 | $14,303,000,000 |
Approx. service area population | Retail revenues |
1,900,000 | $2,447,000,000 |
Approx. service area population | Megawatt-hours delivered (retail and direct access) |
1,900,000 | 21,423,000 |
Approx. service area population | Average annual kilowatt-hours per residential customer |
1,900,000 | 9,746 |
Approx. service area population | Average annual revenue per residential customer |
1,900,000 | $1,481 |
Approx. service area population | Average revenue per residential kilowatt-hour delivered |
1,900,000 | 15.20 cents |
Approx. service area population | National residential average price per kilowatt-hour |
1,900,000 | 15.98 cents |
Approx. service area population | Circuit miles of transmission lines |
1,900,000 | 1,254 |
Approx. service area population | Circuit miles of distribution lines |
1,900,000 | 28,868 |
Approx. service area population | All-time peak load |
1,900,000 | 4,498 MW (August 2023) |
One number stands out
It takes approximately 2,840 employees working as a team to deliver safe, affordable, reliable and increasingly clean energy to meet evolving customer needs. 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 920,000 customers with a service area population of 1.9 million Oregonians in 51 cities.
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 
.