Oregon business electricity choice

Direct Access is open only to larger business accounts, and enrollment runs in fixed annual windows rather than year-round — Pacific Power's next opens in November 2026. We help accounts get their paperwork in before the window closes rather than promising an any-time switch.

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At a glance

Oregon in the national picture.

Regulator: Public Utility Commission of Oregon (PUC)
Benchmark rate is called: The Direct Access rate
Open to supplier choice: Electricity only
Who can switch: Business and industrial accounts only — no residential choice

This state We compare rates here Not open to supplier choice

Your utility

Rates are set territory by territory.

Whoever sends your bill today keeps delivering your energy after a switch. What changes is who supplies it. Find yours below — the benchmark you are comparing against is theirs, not the state's.

Electric utilities

Portland General Electric (PGE)
Pacific Power

Reading an offer

What to check before signing anything in Oregon.

Fixed enrollment windows

Unlike most states on this list, you can't apply any time — Direct Access opens for a matter of weeks once a year.

The 30 kW threshold

Eligibility is based on demand, checked twice over 13 months. Smaller commercial accounts typically don't qualify.

Two different exits

Pacific Power customers can also choose Daily Market Flux, a utility-managed market-rate option, instead of a full third-party supplier.

Missing the window

If the deadline passes, the standard fixed-vs-variable and fee questions still apply once you do get in — see below.

Your fixed contract rate Utility default rate Where the fixed rate is ahead

Illustrative. It shows how the two rate types behave — the default rate resets on a schedule, a fixed rate does not — rather than any specific quote. Note the first six months: locking in is not always cheaper on day one. The case for it is the resets you avoid later.

Fixed vs. variable

Why the reset schedule matters here.

Direct Access is open only to larger business accounts, and enrollment runs in fixed annual windows rather than year-round — Pacific Power's next opens in November 2026. We help accounts get their paperwork in before the window closes rather than promising an any-time switch.

A fixed contract holds one number straight through those resets. That is what you are actually buying — not a lower rate on day one, but the resets you never feel.

How this works

Oregon runs on enrollment windows, not open sign-up.

01

Confirm you clear the threshold

Direct Access is open to larger business accounts — typically over 30 kW of demand. We check this against your actual usage.
02

Catch the enrollment window

Pacific Power's next window runs to a mid-November deadline for one-year terms; PGE runs its own schedule. Miss it and you wait a year.
03

Choose Direct Access or a market-based tariff

Depending on your utility, the alternative to standard service is either full Direct Access or a utility market-rate option like Pacific Power's Daily Market Flux.

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