Scope
The Oregon Public Utility Commission's inaugural POWER Act Biennial Report (2026) to the Legislature, required by House Bill 3546 (2025), describes the Commission's implementation of the POWER Act for data center loads in investor-owned utility territories (Portland General Electric dockets and Order No. 26-239; a Pacific Power investigation expected to conclude in late 2026) and presents data center load trends, including a Commission estimate that data center load is roughly 15 percent of investor-owned utility load and could reach 25 percent by 2030. It is a report; it adopts no rule or rate.
- Geographic scope
- Oregon
- Jurisdiction
- State
- Authority type
- Regulator or commission
- Issuing authority
- Oregon Public Utility Commission
Dates
- Adopted
- No adoption day is recorded
- Effective
- Not a binding measure
- Scheduled expiration
- None scheduled
- Ended
- Not recorded as ended
- Completion condition
- None stated
- Source document
- The source page states no document date
- Last checked
- 23 September 2026 (earlier than tracker date 5 October 2026; not an automatic status change)
Summary
The Oregon Public Utility Commission published its first POWER Act biennial report to the Legislature in 2026. It reports that Portland General Electric's POWER Act compliance tariffs were approved in Order No. 26-239, that data centers in PGE territory saw an average rate increase of 29 percent while other classes saw decreases, and that a Pacific Power investigation is expected to conclude in late 2026. It estimates data center load at roughly 15 percent of investor-owned utility load. The report is informational and does not itself set any requirement.
What this does not establish
- The report is undated on its face in the opened copy; no publication day is stored.
- Its load estimates and rate-change figures are the Commission's statements and were not independently checked.
- The report is not a rule, order or tariff.
Unresolved questions
None recorded.
Relationships
Supersession means a later instrument replaces the earlier legal effect. Repeal links identify the repeal instrument and the measure it ends. A later implementation or related letter is not treated as a replacement unless the record says so.
- No related action is recorded.
Sources
https://www.oregon.gov/puc/forms/Forms%20and%20Reports/2026%20POWER%20Act%20Legislative%20Report.pdf