Electricity in Yamhill County, Oregon

3 electric utilities serve homes in Yamhill County, Oregon: Portland General Electric, Tillamook Peoples Utility District and City of McMinnville. In 2025, the average home bill of these utilities was $75.81 (City of McMinnville) to $141.56 (Portland General Electric) a month. This page covers 2 cities with 25,000 or more people in the county, from McMinnville to Newberg.

  • 2 cities
  • 3 utilities
  • EIA and Census data, 2025

Electric utilities in Yamhill County

EIA lists utilities by county, not by address. Your address has one utility: its name is on your bill, or type your ZIP code in the utility finder.

Electric utilities with 1,000 or more homes in Yamhill County: average home bill in 2025 and 1,000 kWh bill in November 2026
UtilityHomes in OregonAverage bill 20251,000 kWh now
Portland General ElectricInvestor-owned utility · bill calculator 840,457 $141.56753 kWh, 18.8¢ $212.88
Tillamook Peoples Utility DistrictPublic power district 20,263 $127.601,008 kWh, 12.7¢ —
City of McMinnvilleCity utility 17,666 $75.81970 kWh, 7.8¢ —

2 smaller utilities with fewer than 1,000 homes are also listed in the county. The average bill is the 2025 average of each utility's homes that bought their power from it (EIA-861). The Oregon average was $133.89 a month.

Cities in Yamhill County

Cities with 25,000 or more people in Yamhill County (2025 estimates) and the solar output of 1 kW of panels
CityPeopleCity-owned utilitySolar kWh a year per kW
McMinnville34,647City of McMinnville1,196
Newberg26,896—1,167

A city-owned utility is a municipal utility in the county with the city's name (EIA data). Solar output: PVWatts version 8 for a south-facing roof; see the solar savings calculator.

Who provides electricity in Yamhill County?

3 electric utilities serve homes in Yamhill County, Oregon: Portland General Electric, Tillamook Peoples Utility District and City of McMinnville. The name of your utility is on your bill.

Which cities in Yamhill County are on this page?

McMinnville and Newberg.

Sources: EIA-861 data, 2025 (utilities by county, homes and average bills); Census Bureau city population estimates, Vintage 2025; PVWatts (National Laboratory of the Rockies).