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Find Out MoreIt's called an FUV, a fun utility vehicle. And we are so having FUN! We are proud to have a small fleet of electric vehicles. Two to be exact.
Find Out MoreOn June 18, with the help of community neighbors, EWEB inaugurated a new emergency water station at the Lane County Fairgrounds.
Find Out MoreEWEB exceeded drinking water safety standards in 2021 for every type of contaminant regulated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Oregon Health Authority. The utility has never failed to meet the standards.
Find Out MoreAs a public utility, it is important EWEB check in with customers to see how we are performing. We invite you to share your feedback and opinions.
Find Out MoreAs a public utility, owned by the people of Eugene, it’s important for us to be open and transparent with our customer-owners. The following State of the Utility Address, delivered by General Manager Frank Lawson at the March 1 EWEB Board meeting, highlights key events, accomplishments and challenges of 2021.
Find Out MoreCommunity organizations, property developers and others will soon be able to submit offers to purchase and develop a 4.44-acre site in a prime location along Eugene’s burgeoning downtown waterfront district.
Find Out MoreHere’s an hour of one-time tasks and a few more behavior change goals that will help you reduce your water use, save energy, lower your carbon footprint and save money on your EWEB bill!
Find Out MoreEugene’s drinking water received an outstanding performance rating from the Oregon Health Authority.
Find Out MoreStarting late night Sunday night, an intense windstorm blew over trees and caused just over 2,600 Eugene Water & Electric Board customers to lose power. But EWEB line crews working through the dark hours of the night and early morning promptly restored service for nearly all those customers.
Find Out MoreSeveral hundred customers have been restored, but the smaller outages with five or fewer customers may not be restored until Tuesday or Wednesday.
Find Out MoreNew programs provide customers opportunities to invest in local environment, watershed protection, and future climate scientists
Find Out MoreEWEB is offering new programs to help Eugene electrify its transporation sector - tackling our largest source of carbon emissions
Find Out MoreEWEB, City of Eugene project reduces City Facilities carbon footprint by 16%
Find Out MoreWhile world leaders debate climate action, EWEB reflects on our community's climate successes
Find Out MorePart of being a public utility is understanding how you—our customer-owners—rate our performance, and making decisions that reflect the values and choices of the community.
Public utilities like EWEB are distinctly different from the investor-owned electric providers, and even rural electric cooperatives, because we are fully accountable to our customers. You have a say in the policies and practices of your electric and water utility.
As part of our commitment to accountability and transparency, we regularly conduct customer satisfaction surveys, as well as focus groups and stakeholder interviews to measure customers' opinions and identify trends over time. Through routine outreach in a variety of forms, and through qualitative, informal feedback, we've built up a clear body of research about how you view our performance, and your priorities in terms of products, services, programs, and spending.
We use surveys to understand your preferences and expectations on a variety of subjects, including product quality and reliability, service, communication and prices. We also collect feedback through more in-depth focus groups, expert panels and advisory committee discussions about emerging and current issues such as modernization efforts, plans to diversify our water sources, pricing models, conservation programs and community or environmental initiatives. Through post-program participation or transactional surveys, we learn about your individual experiences with EWEB employees and program contractors.
Ultimately, the goal of this outreach is to better align our work with your needs and expectations.
The most recent customer satisfaction survey was completed in 2015; the first quarterly survey of 2017 wraps up in early May.
In 2015, a total of 1,109 randomly-sampled residential customers completed or partially completed interviews (816 online and 293 by phone). Here are a few high-level results:
The survey also included a "Gap Analysis," providing insights into the relationship between importance and satisfaction. In 2015, the most significant differences between satisfaction and importance existed for efforts to control costs, protection of drinking water sources, and responsiveness to customer needs and concerns.
The gap between importance and satisfaction with efforts to control costs is a clear improvement opportunity, and a trend we've seen for several years running.
In 2016, we did not issue a customer satisfaction survey, but instead hired a consultant to conduct one-on-one interviews with a cross-section of community stakeholders to gather meaningful feedback about the future direction of the utility. Twenty-two people representing business interests, community organizations, nonprofits, energy advocates, young professionals and other opinion leaders participated.
The interview results were mostly consistent with past satisfaction surveys. Reliability is the clear top priority. The interviewees gave us high marks for customer service and conservation programs. And while they viewed economic development and social needs support as important community issues, they questioned EWEB's role and spending in these areas.
We heard similar feedback about community programs in the 2015 Customer Satisfaction Survey. Community involvement such as grants, sponsorships and special events are considered a strategic or "value-added" activity, according to customer research, and rank below safety, reliability and affordability.
Customer feedback about spending priorities and satisfaction with efforts to control costs are driving factors behind General Manager Frank Lawson's new affordability target. Currently, EWEB customers spend approximately 4 percent of the median income in Eugene on power and water bills. Frank would like us to be closer to 3.2 percent of median income, a 20 percent improvement. To get there, Frank and our Executive Team are working on plans to trim $15 million and some 60 full-time position from the annual budget by 2020.
More outreach planned
We're continuning our outreach to gather detailed information on customer sentiment. Some of the upcoming initiatives include:
By participating in these surveys and other public engagement activities, you have the opportunity to exercise your voice on big questions we face, including investments in local infrastructure, energy conservation and energy efficiency programs, budget and prices, energy resources, customer policies, and level of support for environmental and community programs.
We will keep you updated on the results of our outreach, as well as our plans and progress.
4200 Roosevelt Blvd.
Eugene, OR 97402
800-841-5871
541-685-7000
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