For more than a century, EWEB has planned, built, and maintained the systems that deliver safe, reliable, and environmentally responsible power and water to Eugene homes and businesses—approximately 8.5 billion gallons of drinking water and 2.4 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity every year.
Investments made with your rates and under the leadership of your elected Board of Commissioners have allowed EWEB to deliver positive results for our customers and community, including:
Looking ahead, we're focused on outcomes that are important to our customers and community: providing you with better service, building a more resilient community, reducing outage freqeuency and response times, and creating a cleaner energy future.
Here are some of the major projects we're planning, budgeting and working on in 2022 and beyond.
The three primary tanks that store drinking water for all of Eugene are nearing the end of their useful lives and do not meet modern seismic standards. Learn how we are upgrading and diversifying water storage.
EWEB is investigating optimal scenarios for repairing the Leaburg Canal, considering the financial, environmental, and social impacts to “Return to Service” for power generation, remain as a “Stormwater Conveyance” canal, or a mix of repairs, diversions, and power generation.
EWEB is heavily involved in protecting drinking water in the aftermath of the Holiday Farm Fire.
EWEB is currently in the process of selling our former riverfront headquarters buildings.
We are working with community partners to develop an emergency water supply program that includes several permanent distribution sites located throughout the community using groundwater wells, as well as mobile water trailers.
Community wildfire prevention is increasingly important as climate, drought and a host of other issues are converging—resulting in more frequent and damaging wildfire events.
For more than 50 years, Carmen-Smith has reliably served our customers with low-cost, local hydropower. Relicensing the project includes upgrading much of the equipment, campground improvements, and more fish-friendly operations.
While the McKenzie River will continue to be Eugene's primary water source, EWEB is in the early stages of developing the Willamette River as an additional water supply.
We want to provide customers with better service, build a more resilient community and create a cleaner energy future. As a part of acheiving these goals, we are upgrading our electric and water meters to smart meters.
4200 Roosevelt Blvd.
Eugene, OR 97402
800-841-5871
541-685-7000
Open Monday-Friday
Phone hours: 9 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
