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Promote the Environmental Ethic of Your Company With EWEB Windpower
Since the 1970s, Eugene Water & Electric Board has partnered with business customers in an effort to save energy and operating costs while minimizing their impact on the earth. EWEB’s “Energy Smart” programs and other commercial and industrial conservation efforts have reduced EWEB’s energy requirements by more than 100 million kWh per year. The annual energy savings from EWEB’s business customers alone is equal to the annual amount of power generated at the utility’s Leaburg hydroelectric facility on the McKenzie River.

Now, EWEB is offering business customers a new way to minimize their impact on the environment through the EWEB Windpower program. By subscribing to EWEB Windpower, local businesses can help support the development of an energy resource that is renewable, sustainable and has minimal impact on the environment. Participating in the EWEB Windpower program also offers businesses a way to demonstrate their environmental ethic to their customers and the community with a special promotional campaign. You can select one of several various levels of participation: 10, 25, 50 or 100 percent windpower. The “power charge” portion of your bill will increase depending upon the windpower option you select. The “power delivery charge” portion of your bill will not be affected. For example, general service customers buying 10 percent wind will see an increase in the power charge (energy) portion of their bill by 14 percent, but the power delivery charge (distribution) portion will remain unchanged. For more information, call us at 338-WIND. All business customers choosing EWEB Windpower as the source for at least 10 percent or more of their electricity can participate in a specially-designed marketing promotion package designed to help businesses exhibit their commitment to the community through EWEB Windpower. Subscribers can take advantage of a number of promotional tools provided by EWEB that help emphasize their environmental stewardship while offering businesses a way to align with their customers.

Businesses that participate in the EWEB Windpower program will be acknowledged in the following ways:

• EWEB-sponsored advertisements in local newspapers. window decals noting participation in EWEB Windpower. articles listing windpower participants in Pipeline, EWEB’s biannual residential newsletter, distributed to 80,000 customers.
• permission to use the EWEB Windpower logo in company promotion and advertising.

Over 2,000 EWEB residential customers have already signed up for EWEB Windpower, so call today at 338-WIND to find out more about EWEB Windpower for commercial and industrial customers.