Utility-specific large-customer tariffs and demand proceedings
Track each utility's approved tariff and current PUC proceeding.
Current position
Oregon is addressing rapid large-customer demand through utility-specific tariff, planning, and resource proceedings rather than one statewide retail tariff.
- Actions
- 1
- Published tariffs
- 0
- Legislation
- 1
- Status
- Adopted
Regulatory and utility record
Tariffs, contracts, and proceedings
Each record is shown on its own terms. A utility-specific tariff or contract does not automatically apply to every large customer in the state.
Portland General Electric · Effective; review pending
PGE Schedule 96 large-load tariff
The Oregon PUC adopted Schedule 96 and related Rule I protections for PGE data-center and large-load service; PGE's compliance tariff became effective July 8, 2026.
Why it matters
The tariff is effective while post-order reconsideration remains pending; its contract, minimum-demand, credit, exit, and clean-energy protections apply on the filed terms unless modified.
Enforceable terms
Key requirements
Eligibility threshold
20 MW
Schedule 96 applies when a data-center facility requires or contracts for at least 20,000 kW.
Minimum payment
90% generation and transmission minimum demand
The Commission also retained direct recovery of customer-dedicated distribution costs through Rule I contract billing.
Minimum contract term
10–30 years based on load size
The term is ten years at 20 MW, increases one year for each additional 10 MW, and reaches thirty years at 220 MW or more; renewals are ten years.
- Service structure
- PGE Schedule 96 plus mandatory Large Load Customer AgreementEffectiveThe retail tariff and Rule I agreement work together to establish rates, facilities, minimum demand, security, and exit obligations.
- Charges and assessments
- $0.01/kWh surcharge at 100 MW or moreEffectiveThe surcharge applies to Schedule 96 customers with at least 100 MW of allocated system capacity and funds specified public-benefit purposes.
- Credit and collateral
- A-/A3 senior unsecured rating or qualifying supportEffectiveA customer that does not meet the tariff rating standard must provide acceptable support; letters of credit, cash, and surety bonds may qualify under the filed terms.
- Exit protection
- Make-whole protection tied to remaining contract and facilities exposureEffectiveThe Rule I agreement preserves minimum-demand and exit obligations designed to recover stranded customer-caused investment.
- Grid infrastructure
- Dedicated distribution facilities directly assignedEffectiveCustomers bear the revenue requirement for exclusive-use and attributable facilities rather than socializing those costs.
- Generation and resource costs
- Clean-energy sufficiency required before serviceEffectivePGE must demonstrate or procure adequate clean resources consistent with Oregon's statutory clean-energy requirements.
- Reporting and true-up
- Commission compliance and planning reviewEffectivePGE must implement the approved compliance tariff and address large-load resource and cost allocation in its planning and reporting.
Official sources supporting these requirements
Statutory record
Legislation
HB 3546
2025 Regular Session
Large energy-use facilities
Directs the Public Utility Commission to create a large-energy-use service class, allocate service costs and risks to that class, require utility contracts with protective terms, and report biennially on large-load trends.
Enacted as Oregon Laws 2025, Chapter 323; effective on passage.
“Not specified” means the current official tariff record does not establish a normalized term. Retail tariff requirements are not inferred from wholesale-grid rules, interconnection processes, or pending policy proceedings.