EUGENE WATER  &  ELECTRIC  BOARD

As a public utility, our business is your business. Keep up to date on issues and projects affecting the Eugene Water & Electric Board and its 86,000 electric, water and steam customers.

EWEB launched a Smart Meter Demonstration Project in September 2011. Learn about the pilot project, the new technology and EWEB's future plans.

See details about current long-term construction projects that may impact traffic or affect public access.

What is happening to the portion of EWEB's riverfront property that was vacated when the utility moved half of its staff to the new Roosevelt Operations Center in west Eugene?

EWEB's Integrated Electric Resource Plan (IERP) guides decisions about which electric energy resources to acquire to meet customers' needs. EWEB is beginning the process of creating the 2011 IERP.

EWEB recently approved the purchase of power from a biomass energy generation facility planned for construction at the Seneca wood-products facility in northwest Eugene.

EWEB is seeking a new federal license to operate its Carmen-Smith Hydroelectric Project on the upper McKenzie River.

EWEB is embarking on a campaign to step up its investment in the water system, parts of which date back to the early days of the utility's founding in 1911.

Faced with rising costs, an eroding customer base and an inefficient distribution system, EWEB is beginning the process of shutting down its steam utility.

Learn about EWEB's agreement to supply Veneta with wholesale surplus water if the city funds and builds a 10-mile interconnection to EWEB's system.

EWEB is reaching out to customers in the Trainsong neighborhood to encourage home energy efficiency improvements that will help lower monthly heating bills and increase home comfort.

EWEB is building a new boat landing that will be constructed near Leaburg Lake as one of the conditions of the utility's new operating license for the Leaburg/Walterville hydroelectric project.

EWEB is working to alert the public to a very disturbing trend – the theft of copper from the electric distribution system for its value as scrap metal.