Oregon

PGE data-center cost-allocation order

Enacted legislation or regulation

In effect

Scope

Oregon Public Utility Commission Order No. 26-154, entered May 7, 2026 in docket UM 2377, adopts Schedule 96 with modifications, orders revisions to Schedules 89 and 90 and to Rules C and I, and adopts the First Partial Stipulation. The order's introduction says the Commission institutes a 1-cent per kilowatt-hour surcharge for Schedule 96 customers with 100 megawatts or more of allocated system capacity. Appendix A, which the order adopts, revises Rule I so the large-load customer agreement threshold is 20 megawatts. The Commission finds reasonable a contract term of 10 years for a 20-megawatt load, increasing by one year for each additional 10 megawatts, up to 30 years for a load of 220 megawatts or greater, with 10-year renewals. Ordering paragraph 1 requires Portland General Electric to file tariffs consistent with the order by June 3, 2026, to be effective June 10, 2026. The order does not tell an operating data center to shut down.

Dates

Effective
7 May 2026
Scheduled expiration
None scheduled
Completion condition
The order requires tariffs to be filed by 3 June 2026 and to be effective 10 June 2026. The 1 June 2027 date is the first annual report, not an end date.
Source document
7 May 2026
Last checked
22 September 2026
Issuing authority
Oregon Public Utility Commission

Summary

On May 7, 2026, the Oregon Public Utility Commission entered Order No. 26-154. The order adopts Schedule 96, a Portland General Electric rate class that includes data centers, and adopts the First Partial Stipulation. It says the Commission institutes a 1-cent per kilowatt-hour surcharge for Schedule 96 customers with 100 megawatts or more of allocated system capacity. The adopted stipulation lowers the large-load agreement threshold to 20 megawatts. The Commission finds a 10-year term for a 20-megawatt load reasonable, rising by one year for each additional 10 megawatts up to 30 years at 220 megawatts, with 10-year renewals. Tariffs were to be filed by June 3, 2026 and effective June 10, 2026. An annual report is due beginning June 1, 2027. That report date is not an expiration. The order does not require an operating data center to close.

What this does not establish

  • 1 June 2027 is the first annual-report date. It is not scheduled_expiration_date.
  • House Bill 3546 is cited by the order and was not separately opened. This record is the commission order.
  • The order is for Portland General Electric. It does not set Pacific Power's rates.
  • The May 7, 2026 stamp is the order's effective line. The compliance tariffs were ordered to be effective June 10, 2026. Those are different dates.

Unresolved questions

  • Whether a data center that already takes service is moved onto Schedule 96, or only a new or expanded load, was not restated beyond the order's description of the new class and the large-load agreement.
  • The later compliance order, No. 26-239, approves the filing. It does not replace this order.

Relationships

Supersession means a later instrument replaces the earlier legal effect. A later implementation or a related letter is not treated as a replacement unless the record says so.

Sources

Primary source

https://apps.puc.state.or.us/orders/2026ords/26-154.pdf

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