EWEB Conducts Emergency Outage Drill

10/18/2019

The weather on Thursday may have been a mixture of sun and rain showers, but inside the EWEB emergency command center, a mock snow and ice storm had caused widespread damage, leaving more than 7,000 customers without service.

EWEB Commissioners Present Awards for Poster Contest

10/18/2019

For the fifth year running, EWEB held a poster contest for area fifth graders in honor of Public Power Week. EWEB Commissioners stopped by classrooms around Eugene to present winning artists with awards.

Main Break Restricts Broadway/Hilyard

08/16/2019

A broken water main at the intersection of East Broadway and Hilyard Street will severely restrict traffic movements at the intersection, meaning morning commuters should avoid the area and seek alternate routes.

Restoration Plan for March 2, 2019

03/02/2019

As of 8 a.m. Saturday morning, there are just under 2,000 customers who remain without power. This includes a little over 200 in the Eugene area, and about 1,700 in the Mckenzie River Valley. Most of the remaining Eugene-area outages are single homes, which can be extremely labor intensive, particulalry those with accessibility issues, such as backyard service lines with no access for bucket trucks. We will continue to work until every customer is restored.

Eugene outage count falls below 800, resources shifting to McKenzie River Valley

03/01/2019

EWEB and contract crews made substantial progress restoring power to customers Friday, turning the lights back on for more than 1,000 customers.