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Electric Reliability Explained

Tracking and monitoring electric outages helps us prioritize investments in infrastructure and equipment upgrades and allows us to report to our customer-owners regarding the quality of service you are receiving.

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Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA)

EWEB to Consider new PURPA Demand Response and Electric Vehicle Charging Standards

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Leaburg Public Info Sessions

EWEB Commissioners consulted with EWEB customers and community members on the social impacts of the future alternatives of the Leaburg Project.

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Public Power Week Poster Contest Returns!

09/29/2022

EWEB is bringing back our annual poster contest for Public Power Week, and needs your help to select our top 5 winners!

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Common Questions During a Power Outage

A list of common questions we hear during prolonged or widespread outages.

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Walterville Canal Updates

03/15/2024

Generation Operations, Dam Safety, and Fisheries Biologists updates on the management of the Walterville Canal.

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Upgrades to Eugene's downtown electric network continue

04/18/2024

You may have noticed construction this week on the corner of 7th and Pearl Street. That’s because crews replaced a corroded, aging vault with an innovative, new Voltek vault. The Voltek design allows for the new infrastructure to be built inside of the existing aging vault. We’re able to install the new vault while the cables are still energized, minimizing disruption to customers and traffic while cutting construction time in half.

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The Big Freeze 2024: After Action Report

04/16/2024

Winter 2024 was one for the records books, and we'll look back on it for years to come and say, "That was a doozy!"   The back-to-back January Ice Storms caused widespread damage to EWEB’s service territory, affecting approximately 38,000 customers. Preliminary repair costs were over $8 million, and additional repairs to transmission lines are still required.

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Spring Cleaning? Let's talk about Spring Emergency Preparedness!

03/19/2024

Spring is officially here and that means the plants are blooming, the sun is (sometimes) shining, and the grass is green! We've had our fair share of severe weather already, but spring weather is notoriously unpredictable. While you're in the midst of spring cleaning and garden care, consider completing these emergency preparedness tasks.

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Nine days without power: My ice storm story as an EWEB customer and employee

02/05/2024

While beautiful and peaceful, buying a home on the edge of the forest and surrounded by trees has its tradeoffs. Moving “upriver,” I knew there would be more threats to prepare for, including Mother Nature’s seasonal surprises.

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