Facts about EWEB
The Eugene Water & Electric Board's annual Facts and Figures publication provides
detailed statistics and information about EWEB, its facilities
and the many programs it offers. The statistical highlights from 2010 are shown below:
Name: Eugene Water & Electric Board
Headquarters location: 500 E. Fourth Ave., Eugene, Ore. 97401
Mailing address: P.O. Box 10148, Eugene, Ore. 97440
Founded: 1911
Type of utility: Municipal public, chartered by the City of Eugene
Governance: Five-person Board
of Commissioners elected to four-year terms by the citizens of Eugene
Employees: 546
Service area: 235.6 square miles
Drinking water source: McKenzie River
Total customers: 87,277
Residential customers: 78,056
Retail sales (kilowatt hours): 2.39 billion
Revenue from retail sales: $166.8 million
All-time peak one-hour demand: 627,000 kilowatts (Dec. 23, 1998)
2010 peak one-hour demand: 485,000 kilowatts (Nov. 24, 2010)
2010 conservation savings: 25,576,031 kWh
Homes weatherized: 1,152
Percent of power purchased from BPA: 52%
Percent generated by EWEB-owned power plants: 13%
Substations: 38
Total customers: 51,628
Residential customers: 45,686
Sales (gallons): 7.8 billion
Revenue from sales: $22.52 million
All-time peak daily demand: 71.8 million gallons (July 28, 1998)
2010 peak daily demand: 58.9 million gallons (July 27, 2010)
Reservoirs: 26
Reservoir storage capacity: 98.5 million gallons
Steam customers: 63
Steam sales revenues: $3.7 million
Energy assistance: $3.9 million
Surplus revenue payments: $13.2 million
Education grants: $676,497
